Vijay Varma, Kritika Kamra, Sai Tamhankar, Gulshan Grover, Siddharth Jadhav, Bhupendra Jadawat, Jamie Lever, Girish Kulkarni, Simran Ashwini, director Nagraj Manjule, producer Siddharth Roy Kapur, writer Abhay Pannu and Nikhil Madhok, Head of Indian Originals at Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, attended the trailer launch of their web series, Matka King, in Mumbai.
Vijay Verma plays the role of Matka King
In Matka King, the actor becomes Brij Bhatti, an ordinary man chasing respect and power, who eventually becomes a gambling kingpin.
The show is helmed by Nagraj Manjule, best known for the Marathi blockbuster Sairat.
“It’s been my dream to work with him (Manjule),” says Vijay. “But I was surprised why he chose me for Matka King. He doesn’t need actors. If you see, his first film Fandry had non-actors. In Sairat, he launched two leads who had never acted before. In Jhund, except Mr (Amitabh) Bachchan, the rest of the cast had newcomers. I believe that non-actors have worked so well in his movies that I feared I would be exposed, aur meri acting pakdi jayegi (my acting would get caught),” says Vijay.
The actor shares that he had to “unlearn a lot” to align with Manjule’s style, calling him one of the “finest” filmmakers working today.
Matka King releases on Amazon Prime Video on April 17.
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