Vijay Varma, who has steadily built a strong reputation in the industry through his diverse performances, is now preparing for a refreshing shift in his on-screen persona. The actor, who made his Bollywood debut with a negative character and continued to consciously choose roles in the same space, is now ready to step away from the intensity of such portrayals. With Manish Malhotra’s romantic drama Gustaakh Ishq, Vijay is set to embrace an old-school lover-boy avatar, marking a significant change in his career trajectory.
In a conversation with IANS, Vijay opened up about deliberately moving away from his antagonist image and exploring the gentler world of romance. He shared, “It was a break that I wanted from the negative parts because they tend to weigh down on you. I was constantly told by fans, ‘We hated you in that film; we hated you, but you are a brilliant actor.’ So I wanted to get rid of the word ‘hate’ and call it something else. So be it IC-814 or Jaane Jaan or Murder Mubarak or anything else, I just wanted to take a break from that.”
Discussing Gustaakh Ishq, he added, “It is a sweet, romantic film. It has love, it has worship, it has sin. There are a lot of things in it that were there for me to explore as an actor.” Vijay also recalled how adapting to softer roles required a shift in approach. “Anything that you do new tends to take a bit of time to adjust to, and it can be difficult. I remember when I was in Pink, it was a very dangerously written scene and was a very gruesome scene in the car.”
Reflecting on the challenges of stepping into this romantic world, he said, “Here, in Gustaakh Ishq, I would say that the challenge was to pull off such poetic dialogues and to stand in front of ‘THE’ Naseeruddin Shah, the legend, and to not shiver, yet manage to be believable, and to convey all the emotions correctly. It was a new challenge. Whenever you switch or change yourself, it can be a bit challenging. But it’s fun. And then you keep doing it for a while, and then you feel like doing something new. So my next step will be to try to go towards comedy.”
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