When the world came to a standstill during the lockdown, Vijay Varma was forced to pause — and face himself. For an actor who had been living out of film sets, juggling one acclaimed project after another, the silence that followed became overwhelming. In an intimate conversation with Rhea Chakraborty , the Dahaad star revealed that the pandemic brought with it not just loneliness, but a crippling bout of anxiety and depression. “Lockdown was particularly difficult,” shared Vijay Varma in a heartfelt conversation with Rhea Chakraborty. “The Gully Boy released in 2019, and then I was flooded with work. Within a week, I was shooting Mirzapur, then She, then another one, then another one. I was shooting Dahaad… dada dada dada — shooting, shooting, shooting. Life was looking fab, and

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