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'Dahaad' Actor Vijay Varma Says Designers Rejected Him On First Cannes Trip

After starring in Monsoon Shootout, which also featured Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vijay rose to prominence through projects such as Mirzapur, Gully Boy, Darlings and most recently, Dahaad

Actor Vijay Varma
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Actor Vijay Varma remembered his first trip to the Cannes Film Festival, when he accompanied the team of his film Monsoon Shootout. The actor says he didn바카라t even have a tuxedo to wear at the premiere. 

He returned to Cannes this year as a part of the Indian delegation. In an interview with Film Companion, he looked back on his maiden trip, and said, 바카라When I came here, I bought one jacket from Zara, which I could afford. But for the main event, for two events, they said you have to wear the whole suit. And I went to people, saying, 바카라Can some designer come, can some stylist help me out?바카라 And they said, 바카라Who바카라s Vijay Varma? We don바카라t want to dress anybody.'바카라

He continued, 바카라So, a friend of mine gifted me a Zara suit, which I wore for the morning photocall. And somebody stitched me a tuxedo for the red carpet. When I saw the pictures, they came out on Getty Images and all these places, which I didn바카라t have money to buy from.바카라 He said that he looked fine, and he admitted that he 바카라got enchanted바카라 by himself. He said that he looked at those pictures again, and felt that he looked like a 바카라Marwari Johnny Depp바카라.

After starring in Monsoon Shootout, which also featured Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vijay rose to prominence through projects such as Mirzapur, Gully Boy, Darlings and most recently, Dahaad. Up next, he바카라ll be seen in The Devotion of Suspect X. Other Indians at Cannes this year are Sara Ali Khan, Esha Gupta, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and more.

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