Vijay Varma Biography
- Vijay was born on 8th January 1986 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
- He belongs to a Hyderabad-based family and started his career as a theatre artist.
- Varma has worked for some hit movies like Pink, Gully Boy, Super 30 & Baaghi 3.
- He has also acted in several famous web series like She and A Suitable Boy.
- Vijay’s zodiac sign is Capricorn along with Indian nationality.
Education & Qualification
- Varma has worked in a number of plays before moving to Pune for two years for his formal education in acting.
- He did his post graduate course in acting from Film and Television Institute of India.
- When Vijay applied for his further studies in FTII his parents opposed him and were not ready to allow him for acting in movies.
- Vijay went for his acting studies in FTII when his friend funded him.
- From his hometown Hyderabad, Vijay Varma started his acting journey as a theatre artist.
- Gradually, Varma shifted to Mumbai to pursue his acting work after he successfully completed his Post Graduate course.
Physical Appearance
- Vijay is a tall handsome man with 5’11” or 180 cm height.
- He weighs almost 80 kg and has a perfect physique with chest 42 inches, waist 32 inches and biceps 16 inches.
- Varma has dark brown eyes and black hair colour.
Family
- Vijay Varma belongs to a Marwari family but his parents never wanted him to go for acting in movies.
Acting Career
- His first acting career started from a short film ‘Shor’ which was directed by Krishna D.K. and Raj Nidimoru. Luckily, this short film turned out to be very fruitful for him because it was awarded as the Best Short Film at MIACC festival, New York.
- He is also sharing the screen with a very talented and famous actress Aditi Sudhir Pohankar in the web series SHE which is directed by Imtiaz Ali.
- In the year 2012, he got the job of Jhunku Roy in the film ‘Chittagong’ which also featured Manoj Bajpayee. In this superhit film, he played the role of young revolutionary dealing along with a gloomy past and indecisive future. This film also won the award of Best Debut Director at National Film Awards, 2012.
- Varma is a very good actor due to which he has always received an affirmative reaction from critics as well as the audience for his outstanding acting.
- Vijay also received a signed DVD of superhit Bollywood film ‘Piku’ from great actor Amitabh Bachchan for his mother.
- Varma has also played a leading role of a rookie cop in the existential thriller movie ‘Monsoon Shootout” which was directed by Amit Kumar. In the year2013, this film turned out to be an official selection at the famous Cannes Film Festival.
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In the same year 2013, he also worked in Rangrezz movie which was directed by Priyadarshan.
- In the year 2014, Vijay Varma also did acting in Satish Kaushik’s movie ‘Gang of Ghosts’.
- In the year 2016, he got a golden opportunity to work with a famed actor Amitabh Bachchan in the movie ‘Pink’. In this movie, he played an amazing role of abusive Delhiite and got a very positive response from his fans & followers.
- In 2017, he acted in two movies ‘Monsoon Shootout’ directed by Amit Kumar. His second movie was Telgu film MCA which was directed by Venu Sree Raam.
- Vijay Varma also acted in two hit movies in the year 2019 Gully Boy and Super 30.
- In the movie Super 30, he made a special appearance of Fugga Kumar.
- Baaghi 3, Hurdang as well as Bamfaad are some other movies in which he acted for the year 2020.
Movies & Web Series
Movie Year
Chittagong 2012
Rangrezz 2013
Gang of Ghosts 2014
Pink 2016
Monsoon Shootout 2017
MCA 2017
Cheers- Friends. Reunion.Goa 2018
Gully Boy 2019
Super 30 2019
Ghost Stories 2020
Baaghi 3 2020
Hurdang 2020
Bamfaad 2020
Web Series
A Suitable Boy 2020
She 2020
Income & Net Worth
In the Tamil Industry, Vijay Varma is considered as the most top earner.
His net worth estimated is around 430 million.
Interesting facts about Vijay Varma
- Vijay Varma is fond of playing video games.
- On his blog, recently Amitabh Bachchan shared the picture of photo-bombing him.
- At any cost, he manages to watch one movie every day because he is a film fanatic.
- One of his most famous roles till date is in Bollywood movie Pink as Ankit Malhotra.
- Vijay Varma has become a spotlight due to his back to back acting in some super hit movies like Pink and Gully Boy.
- He has a lot of fan followers on his social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
- After the release of Gully Boy, Vijay Varma tells that his phone has turned out to be a hot tawa from ringing frequently. Gully Boy has completed changed his life and gave him the opportunity to work with some famous celebrities.
- He is very close and thankful to Amitabh Bachchan, Zoya Akhtar and Irrfan Khan.
- Vijay Varma’s parents are completely away from smartphones and the internet, while they are living a very basic life in Hyderabad. Vijay’s nieces & nephews inform his parents about his movies and series. He says that parents that didn’t allow once to go for this field are now proud of him.
- For Vijay, Amitabh Bachchan has always been a key inspiration in his life.
- He tells that he is in love with Sriram Raghavan and Tabu wants to really work with them once in his life.
- For Vijay, Mumbai has always been the most inspiring city because it is the place from where he learnt hardships and started his career for movie-making business.
