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From Cannes to Cockpits, India’s Vijay Varma Takes Flight (EXCLUSIVE)


Indian actor Vijay Varma charts his rise from Cannes darling to streaming sensation, embracing unconventional roles while eyeing global opportunities.

The actor recently wrapped filming on Vibhu Puri’s “Ul Jalool Ishq,” a poetic drama co-starring Naseeruddin Shah about an Urdu letterpress owner searching for a reclusive poet. That international exposure continued with films like Nandita Das’ “Manto” (2018) and Zoya Akhtar’s”Gully Boy” (2019) playing at Cannes and Berlin respectively. “IC 814” marked a departure for Varma, casting him as the heroic pilot of a hijacked plane after years of playing morally ambiguous characters.

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