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India’s Vijay Varma Talks Berlinale Series Show ‘Dahaad’: ‘There’s a Shroud of Mystery Around My Character’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Naman Ramachandran Acclaimed actor Vijay Varma is one of the leads in “Dahaad” (“Roar”), the first Indian series to compete in the Berlinale Series Competition.

Produced by Excel Entertainment and Tiger Baby and directed by Reema Kagti (Amazon Prime Video series “Made in Heaven”) and Ruchika Oberoi (Venice winner “Island City”), the other leads are Sonakshi Sinha, Gulshan Devaiah and Sohum Shah. “‘Dahaad’ is about the investigation of a series of crimes conducted by a small town, rookie police officer at a small police station in Rajasthan [western India] – there are these disappearing girls and somehow the young police officer finds a certain similarity between these these disappearances,” Varma told Variety. “It’s a slow burn, investigative drama and it’s also very atmospheric and moody and noir-ish.” About his own character Varma said: “I play a literature professor in a girl’s college and seemingly having a normal, good life.

There’s a shroud of mystery around my character, which is something that I would like to maintain right now before the release, but it’s more than what meets the eye and an extremely challenging part for me.” Varma is no stranger to playing complex characters that have resonated internationally.

He was the lead in Amit Kumar’s 2013 Cannes selection “Monsoon Shootout,” portraying a troubled cop; a Fagin-like drug peddler in 2019 Berlinale selection “Gully Boy”; an Urdu-language teacher in Mira Nair’s BBC and Netflix series “A Suitable Boy” that premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival; and the lead role of a cyber crime detective in Disney+ Hotstar sci-fi comedy series “OK Computer,” which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2021.

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