Actor Vijay Varma completes filming for "Matka King"; Wild custom cake captures online attention
Revamped Rant:
Hey, listen up! Actor Vijay Varma, fresh off his stint in "Mirzapur," "Dahaad," and "IC814," is diving headfirst into another gripping web series, "Matka King." Once filming wrapped up, Vijay celebrated the occasion with a custom matka-shaped cake and a simple Instagram story post: "Matka King Wrapped!"
Directed by the legendary Nagraj Manjule of "Sairat" and "Fandry" fame, "Matka King" takes us on a gritty, engaging ride through 1960s Mumbai. The story follows an innovative cotton trader who launches a daring gambling game called Matka, setting the city ablaze and shaking up the established high-stakes gambling world previously nestled in the hands of the rich and powerful[2][4][5].
Here's a fun fact: Initially, Matka was a bet on the opening and closing rates of cotton from the New York Cotton Exchange to the Bombay Cotton Exchange. But in the 1960s, the game evolved, using various methods to generate random numbers, including drawing from a matka[3].
Vijay leads the stellar cast, which includes Kritika Kamra, Sai Tamhankar, Gulshan Grover, and Siddharth Jadhav, along with others. Written by Abhay Koranne and Nagraj Manjule, the project is under the banner of Roy Kapur Films[4].
On a side note, Karuna Kumar is concurrently working on a Tollywood project titled "Matka," delving into the gambling culture of the 1950s-1980s. The Telugu drama will star Varun Tej in the lead[1].
On top of that, Vijay will grace our screens in Vibhu Puri's upcoming directorial, "Ul Jalool Ishq." He'll share the screen with no less than Naseeruddin Shah, Sharib Hashmi, and Fatima Sana Shaikh, along with other big names[1]. That's a wrap!
Vijay Varma, having finished filming for "Matka King," shared a photo with a matka-shaped cake and declared, "Matka King Wrapped!"
The 1960s saw the evolution of Matka, a gambling game that was initially based on cotton trading, into a game employing various methods of generating random numbers, including drawing from a matka.
In the upcoming entertainment project, "Matka King," celebrities like Vijay Varma, Kritika Kamra, Sai Tamhankar, Gulshan Grover, and Siddharth Jadhav are set to create quite a stir in the world of movies-and-TV.
As the 1960s Matka game changes lives, another movie titled "Matka" is about to delve into the gambling culture of the 1950s-1980s, starring Varun Tej. This Telugu drama will offer a glimpse into a different era of gambling, parallel to Vijay Varma's future role in the gripping web series, "Matka King."
