Vijay Varma Detests The Idea Of Actors Being Called Strugglers; Calls It Snark Remark

Actor
Vijay
Varma
who
recently
impressed
everyone
with
his
brilliant
performance
in
Jasmeet
K
Reen’s

Darlings,
opened
up
about
his
journey
as
an
actor
in
the
film
industry
and
said
that
he
detests
the
idea
of
actors
being
called
strugglers.

Elaborating
his
point,
he
told
Times
Of
India
that
when
he
started
out,
the
wide-eyed,
innocence
and
optimism
helped
him
to
explore
the
film
industry.
He
kept
thinking
that
every
opportunity
he
got,
including
auditions,
was
a
stepping
stone
helping
him
to
get
closer
to
what
he
eventually
wanted
–
a
career
that
would
let
him
make
a
living
out
of
what
he
loves.

He
further
said,
“I
detest
the
idea
of
artistes,
especially
actors,
being
called
strugglers.
In
any
other
profession
if
a
young
person
is
out
of
work,
they
are
called
unemployed.
Only
in
the
field
of
acting,
when
an
actor
doesn’t
have
work,
he
or
she
is
called
a
struggler.
This
kind
of
snark
remark
at
my
profession
is
something
that
doesn’t
sit
well
with
me.”
(sic)

Did
you
know
Vijay
played
his
first
lead
role
in
Amit
Kumar’s
film
Monsoon
Shootout?
The
actor
called
the
film
a
personal
achievement.

He
said
that
he
had
never
imagined
himself
getting
a
film
so
early
in
his
career
and
that
too
as
a
lead.

He
further
added,
“Nobody
was
making
films
with
a
leading
man
that
didn’t
fit
a
certain
stereotype
of
leading
men
that
people
in
the
industry
had.
Monsoon
Shootout
went
to
the
Cannes
Film
Festival,
and
I
walked
the
red
carpet
there.
It
all
felt
great,
but
then
we
had
to
wait
a
long
time
for
it
to
be
released.
So,
while
Monsoon
Shootout
was
a
personal
achievement,
it
didn’t
become
a
path-breaking
event
in
my
career.”

The
film
that
did
become
path-breaking
for
him
was
Zoya
Akhtar’s

Gully
Boy.
Vijay
asserted
that

Gully
Boy
changed
a
lot
of
things
for
him,
including
public’s
perception.

“Before
that,
whenever
my
name
was
pitched
for
a
role,
people
would
ask
‘Who
is
Vijay
Varma?’.
I
think
that
question
got
answered
with
Gully
Boy
and
that
was
a
significant
thing
for
me,”
concluded
Varma.