Vijay Varma

Vijay Varma is an Indian film actor, who has acted in Telugu and Hindi films.

Vijay Varma
Vijay Varma playing investigative journalist Jamal Kidwai
Born (1986-03-29) 29 March 1986
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
OccupationActor
Known forRangrezz
Monsoon Shootout
Gully Boy

Early life

Vijay belongs to a Hyderabad-based family. He applied to FTII and got in, but his parents were opposed to him acting in movies. A friend funded him and he went to FTII Pune.[1]

Career

Vijay started his acting journey as a theatre artiste in his hometown Hyderabad. He worked in numerous plays before he decided to move to Pune for two years to get a formal education in acting at FTII. After finishing his post graduate course, he shifted his base to Mumbai in search of acting work. His first acting job was in Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK's short film titled Shor which was highly acclaimed at festivals and won the Best Short Film at the MIAAC festival, New York that year. He also worked in critical acclaimed movie Pink as well[2]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleDirectorLanguageNotes
2012ChittagongJhunku (Subodh Roy)Bedabrata PainHindi
2013RangrezzPakkyaPriyadarshanHindi
2014Gang of GhostsRobin HooddaSatish KaushikHindi
2016PinkAnkit MalhotraAniruddha Roy ChowdhuryHindi
2017Monsoon ShootoutAdi Amit KumarHindi
MCASivaVenu Sree RaamTelugu
2018Cheers - Friends. Reunion. GoaCiggy (Siddharth)Twilight EntertainmentHindi
Manto Ansaar Shabnam Dil Nandita Das Hindi
2019 Gully Boy Moeen Zoya Akhtar Hindi
Super 30 Fugga Kumar (older) Vikas Bahl Hindi Special appearance
2020 Ghost Stories Zoya Akhtar Hindi Anthology film
Baaghi 3 Akhtar Lahori Ahmed Khan Hindi
Hurdang Hindi
Bamfaad Jigar Fareedi Ranjan Chandel Hindi

Web series
Year Title Role Notes
2020 A Suitable Boy Rasheed Filming, BBC One series [3]
2020 She Sasya Netflix

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
2019 26th Screen Awards Best Supporting Actor Gully Boy Nominated
2020 65th Filmfare Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [4]

References
  1. "Vijay Varma -Actor Biography".
  2. "Hyderabad boy Vijay Varma's Interview".
  3. "BBC - Cast announced for BBC One's A Suitable Boy, the first screen adaptation of Vikram Seth's classic novel - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. "NOMINATIONS FOR 65TH AMAZON FILMFARE AWARDS 2020". Filmfare. Retrieved 18 February 2020.


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