Dahaad stars Sonakshi Sinha and Vijay Varma along with Gulshan Deviah and others
Actor Vijay Varma, who plays the role of a seriel killer in Sonakshi Sinha starrer 'Dahaad', says that he was a bit doubtful about how audiences would react and respond to his character. “I kept thinking what will happen when the series will release and how people will perceive this evil character. And hence, I was pleasantly surprised when it received appreciation from everywhere,” beams the actor, who played a somewhat twisted character in web film Darlings (2022) as well.
The 37-year-old also stated that he was not scared to be streotyped. “I’m sure It’ll leave some impact. And I wouldn’t be surprised if I get typecast and people say, ‘He must be up to something!’ That might happen. But, I’m not worried because I have enough in my arsenal to kind of change that [image and notion] over the years. For now, I was enjoying being deliciously evil," he told HT.
He also clarified that none of these dark characters or projects affected his mental health as is the case with many actors after playing such parts.
“Playing these twisted characters in Darlings and now Dahaad definitely impacted me, but not to the extent that they would take a toll on my mental health. I enjoyed the effects that they create in the audience’s minds,” says the actor, who would next be seen in OTT project The Devotion of Suspect X alongside Kareena Kapoor Khan.
Ask him about the prep that goes into while portraying such challenging parts, and he says that it was“quite difficult” to get into the mental space of a psychopath for Dahaad. “The exterior of the personality is fairly easy to understand, but there’s so much happening in your head. Some of the actions, you just don’t understand why would anybody do this? So, it took me some time to understand that aspect,”the actor told the publication and added that, “I had a love-hate relationship playing this part because I love the idea of being this mysterious serial killer, but I hated the effects of it.”