It has not been a cakewalk to the limelight for Vijay Varma. After making blink-and-miss roles for seven years, Ranveer Singh’s Gully Boy (2019) got people to sit up and take notice of the actor. Revelling in his new-found fame, Varma has come on board to play a pivotal role in Sujoy Ghosh’s Devotion of Suspect X. “We are all neck-deep in prep now,” says the actor, adding that he is “happy to escape the Mumbai summer” as they will soon head to Darjeeling for a two-week schedule.

Sujoy Ghosh