Actor Vijay Varma reflected on his first trip to the Cannes Film Festival, when he accompanied the team of his film Monsoon Shootout. The actor was an unknown quantity then, and he didn't even have a tuxedo to wear at the premiere. But a decade later, he is now well-regarded in the industry, having delivered a string of acclaimed performances. 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, "When 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, 'Can some designer come, can some stylist help me out?' And they said, 'Who's Vijay Varma? We don't want to dress anybody.'" He continued, "So, 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 didn't have money to buy from." He said that he looked fine, and he admitted that he 'got enchanted' by himself. He said that he looked at those pictures again, and felt that he looked like a 'Marwari Johnny Depp'. 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, he'll 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.
