Vijay Varma says he wants 'to be challenged'

Vijay Varma has cemented his position as one of the most sought-after stars in Bollywood with his recent releases. During an interaction, the ‘Darlings’ star revealed that his success stems from people recognising his potential and using it well.

Expressing his desire to challenge himself with diverse roles continuously, the actor was quoted saying, “I constantly feel like whatever I have achieved in my roles is because somebody saw something in me. It’s not me creating this character, but somebody saying, ‘You can play this person also; you can play that person’. So, I want to be challenged that way. I desperately want to do a comedy and I want to do a zombie movie, one of my favourite genres.”

Vijay further revealed that last year was a hat-trick for him with successful OTT releases. The actor stated, “I think my last theatrical release was before the pandemic and I’ve had around 15 releases since 2020. And they’ve all been streaming, mostly on ‘Netflix’ and ‘Amazon’. There have been movies and series. Fortunately, I’ve been part of some of the good films that came out, a good series that came out, including directors who made very big films.”

He also mentioned the ongoing new wave of Bollywood with the OTT blockbuster ‘IC814’: “Arvind sir and I were part of it. It’s one of the biggest shows that ‘Netflix’ has made. And it’s talking about a story, which is a historical event. I think what it’s giving me is basically a new version of Bollywood, which doesn’t subscribe to the idea of four songs and seven fight scenes and a start, middle, end, kind of those things. So, this is a new parallel that’s what I figured.”