After starring in Prime Video’ series Dahaad, Vijay Varma is all set to collaborate once again with the platform for his upcoming series titled Matka King. The show is backed by Roy Kapur Films, Aatpat and SMR Productions and will be directed by Nagraj Manjule, best known for 2016 Marathi blockbuster Sairat.
During the recent Prime Video event, Varma shared that although being an FTII graduate he learned more on the job, “I learnt more from the masters who worked before me like Dilip Kumar sahab, Amitabh Bachchan sahab, Shah Rukh Khan sir, Salman Khan sir. I like what Javier Bardem once said, ‘I don’t believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino,” the actor said.
According to the streamer, the 1960s-set Matka King follows the story of an enterprising cotton trader in Mumbai who starts a new gambling game called Matka, taking the city by storm and democratising a terrain previously reserved for the rich and elite.