India, April 11 -- Vijay Varma found success belatedly in his career. The actor, who once flew on a charter plane with Amitabh Bachchan, endured periods of no work before Gully Boy changed everything for him. In a new interview, the actor recalled those days of struggle.

Vijay is currently awaiting the release of his Prime Video series, Matka King. During the promotions, he spoke to news agency PTI, recalling how he sat idle even after doing a film that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. "The first festival that I went to was Cannes with my film Monsoon Shootout, before anything had been released. I could not have done a bigger dhamaka (blast) than this, but after this, I was sitting idle for many years," Vijay said.

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