Be it Dahaad, Lust Stories 2 or Jaane Jaan, Vijay Varma’s choice of roles perhaps has to do with how he is in real life, too — uninhibited. With certain sections of the audience increasingly feeling that OTT sometimes goes overboard with explicit content and strong language — how does he react when he is offered a script and he realizes that this strong content is not required?

“If I think something is not written or executed aesthetically well and it doesn’t serve a larger purpose, I raise it with the makers. Thankfully, I have worked with people who are democratic and I never had to put my foot down. Whoever has a better point wins.”

How does he react to the growing consensus over the lack of censorship on OTT? “My filmography shows I pay no heed to moral policing. There are far more horrifying things happening in the news everyday,” he makes it clear.

In a decade-long career, OTT has helped cement his reputation as a reliable name, with projects such as Darlings (2022) and the more recent Kaalkoot.

“I would attribute most of the success to the makers for telling incredible stories in a fresh way. Good streamers back the right stories and have a campaign that would help the story to have the widest audience possible,” Varma wraps up.