Vijay Varma Reveals SRK Was Interested In Playing Hamza, Calls Darlings An Antithesis Of Kabir Singh

Vijay
Varma
is
currently
on
cloud
nine.
The
actor
has
been
receiving
praises
from
every
nook
and
corner
for
his
portrayal
of
Hamza
in
the
recently
released
Netflix
film

Darlings.
In
his
latest
interview
with
an
entertainment
portal,
the
actor
admitted
that
he
was
initially
scared
to
take
up
the
role
but,
here’s
what
convinced
him
to
give
it
a
shot.

The
Gully
Boy
actor
told
Film
Companion,
“I
remember
somebody
had
told
me
that
when
Shah
Rukh
read
the
script,
he
said,
‘Agar
main
young
hota
toh
main
hi
karta
(If
I
was
younger,
I
would’ve
done
this
role)’,
which
was
interesting
for
me
to
hear.
That
was
also
one
of
the
reasons
I
felt
that
I
could
do
this
role,
if
Shah
Rukh
Khan
thinks
that
he
can
do
this
role,
being
an
absolute
lover-boy
and
a
sweetheart.

Vijay
said
that
he
was
scared
to
take
up
a
role
like
this,
but
I
am
very
glad
that
it
hit
the
nail
on
the
head.

Further,
the
She
actor
also
compared
his
character
Hamza
to
Shahid
Kapoor’s
Kabir
Singh.
He
called
Hamza
an
antithesis
of
what
Kabir
Singh
represented
and
said
that
for
a
change,
an
abusive
man
was
being
idolised
by
the
society
which
was
quite
prevalent
in
80s
and
90s
cinema.

“It
was
a
different
point
of
view.
And
the
magic
lies
in
the
gaze,
it’s
told
by
a
woman.
I
feel
Jasmeet’s
perspective
was
the
correct
one
and
the
important
one.
And
that
perspective
allowed
the
character
to
be
humanised,
but
didn’t
sugarcoat
his
monstrosity.
We
cannot
celebrate
this
behaviour.
And
also,
this
is
a
cause-and-effect
world.
Therefore,
the
end
of
the
character,” he
said
in
his
interview.

Directed
by
Jasmeet
K
Reen,
besides
Vijay
Varma,

Darlings
features
Alia
Bhatt,
Shefali
Shah
and
Roshan
Mathew.
The
black
comedy
is
currently
streaming
on
Netflix.