Vinay Varma

Born in Hyderabad to academic scholar Dr. Anand Raj Varma,^[2] he grew up with the ambition of becoming a physician. When he failed to fulfil this dream, he turned towards the humanities. Over the years, he worked as a lecturer, news reporter, administrator, and translator before resigning from his banking career in the early 2000s to pursue theatre.

Over the decades, he has directed 45+ plays, acted in more than 50, and performed in 200 productions across India and abroad. Some of his well-known performances include Natasamrat, Raktbeej,^[3] Main Rahi Masoom,^[4] Siyaah Haashiye, Stronger Than Superman, Main Nathuram Godse, Death Watch, Kanjoos Makkhi Choose,^[5] David Mamet's Oleanna.^[6][7] His play Main Rahi Masoom is based on the life of writer Dr Rahi Masoom Raza. Besides Hyderabad, Main Rahi Masoom has been performed in Kala Ghoda Arts Festival – Mumbai, 3rd Minerva National Theatre Festival – Kolkata, Pratyay Theatre Festival – Kolhapur, 12th Bharath Rang Mahotsav – New Delhi, 22nd National Drama Festival – Allahabad, 8th World Theatre Olympics-Chandigarh, Film and Television Institute of India-Pune. It was also performed in Chennai, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bengaluru etc. Vinay Varma was also invited by the Society of Friends International, London, to stage Main Rahi Masoom.^[8] On 2 March 2018, Main Rahi Masoom celebrated its 50th show, at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad, India. He directed Sutradhar's debut Marathi play, Passwala. It premiered on World Theatre Day 2024 in Hyderabad. Passwala brings to life Jayant Pawar's (senior journalist & playwright) dialogue with a crematorium keeper in Worli, Mumbai.^[9]

Varma has been conducting Acting, Voice, Audition, and Body Language Workshops at Sutradhar since 1999 and has identified and trained more than 300 talents. Actors trained by him include Vijay Varma,^[10] Sree Vishnu, Aditi Sharma (Ahana of Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki), Vijay Deverakonda,^[11] Anand Deverakonda,^[12] and Aberaam Varma.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2025	Kama and the Digital Sutras [13]	Suryam
2025	Vrusshabha	Prakash (Mohanlal's friend)	An upcoming Indian period fantasy action drama film. Shot in Telugu and Malayalam, the film will also be dubbed into Hindi, Tamil, English, and Kannada.
2025	Artiste	Ravindra, a lecherous debtor (Krisheka Patel's father) [14]
2024	Dhoom Dhaam	Maheshwara Bhoopathi, Suhana (Hebah Patel)’s father
2023	Waltair Veerayya	Superintendent of Police
2023	Meter	DGP Dileep Raavath
2023	Music School	Govind Rao Bhaskar Rao Kulkarni, the supportive parent	Also served as the Casting Director
2023	Aadikeshava	Vijay Mohan, Minister for Mines and Geology
2021	Zombie Reddy	Bhooma Reddy, Lahari Shari's father
2021	Naandhi	Nagendra, a corrupt ex-Home Minister
2021	Aakashavaani	Dora, the main villain	In Telugu, Dora means lord, master, or chief.
2021	Drushyam 2	CI J. Prathap, member of Goutham's (Sampath Raj) investigation team
2020	V	Sadique Hasan, the benevolent underworld don
2020	IIT Krishnamurthy	ACP Vinay Varma
2019	Evaru	Banerjee, Regena Cassandrra's lawyer
2019	George Reddy	Minister Ramayya, the main antagonist who plans George Reddy's murder
2019	Meeku Maathrame Cheptha	Avantika Mishra's uncle
2019	Dorasaani	Raja Reddy, the Dora, the main antagonist	In Telugu, Dora means lord, master, or chief.
2019	Boy	Mathematics teacher Nagendra
2018	Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava	Timma Reddy, N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s grandfather
2018	Idam Jagath	Police Commissioner Vikram Simha
2016	Gentleman	David, Nivetha Thomas' uncle
2016	Terror	DCP Rathod
2016	Zindagi	Interrogating Cop
2014	Anaamika	CI Ravi Chandra
2012	Nippu	Police Commissioner of Dubai
2012	Ko Antey Koti	Inspector Ranjit Kumar
2012	Dream	Doctor, Rajendra Prasad (actor)'s friend
2009	Ninnu Kalisaka	Heroine's (Dipa Shah) father
2006	Veedhi	Sivanna, Gopika's father, the main antagonist
2005	Danger	Tantrik
2004	Tapana	Siddhu's (hero) father
2002	Nee Thodu Kavali	Manasa's (Charmy Kaur) father
2000	Love	Pakistani terrorist

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2025	Jaat	Superintendent of Police Vivek Kumar
2024	Fighter	Air Commodore Debajyoti "Debu" Biswas, AOC, Air Force Station, Srinagar
2023	Music School	Govind Rao Bhaskar Rao Kulkarni, the supportive parent	Also Co-Wrote the dialogues and served as Casting Director
2022	Jersey	Major Krishna Rao, Mrunal Thakur's father
2014	Yeh Hai Bakrapur	Singhania, the right-wing party leader
2014	Bobby Jasoos	Tasawwur's (Ali Fazal) father
2011	Virgin Goat (Laadli Laila)	Butcher
2010	Knock Out	Police Commissioner
2008	Mukhbiir	Underworld don Ismail
2004	Rudraksh	Fake mantrik
2002	16 December	Home Minister Shiv Charan Shukla
1999	Tu Hi Meri Ganga	Loknath, the fake Godman

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Beeper	Tiger, Harvey Keitel's partner in drug peddling

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2026	Jailer 2	Goa SI Devananad
2025	Test	Dharmesh Agarwal, jeweller cum bookie
2014	Anaamika	CI Ravi Chandra

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Language	Ref.
2022	Qubool Hai?	Rafique pehelwan	aha	Hyderabadi & Telugu	[15]
2021	Game	Rana, the organ racketeer	Hotstar	Telugu
2020	A Simple Murder	Politician Pran Dawas	Sony Liv	Hindi	[16]
2019	Sacred Games	National Security Advisor	Netflix	Hindi

Name	Language	Role	Notes
Bala	Urdu	Muazzam, the lecherous son of Aurangazeb	DD National.
Daanav Hunters	Hindi	Lankeshwar	Epic Channel
Dayasagar	Hindi	Judas Iscariot	DD National
Dharti Bane Phulwari	Hindi		DD National
Ek Kahani (Atmahatya) Ek Kahani (Narsayya ki Baodi)	Hindi	Chiranjeevi & bank loan broker respectively	Two Seasons - 1985 & 1989. On DD National.
Main Phir Janma Hoon	Hindi	Barabbas	Telefilm. DD National.
Madhavi	Telugu	Jaswant Rao, antagonist	DD National
Manushulu – Mamathalu	Telugu	Protagonist	DD National
Naghme ka Safar	Hindi	Doctor	DD National
Peter the Second	Hindi	Antagonist	Telefilm. DD National.
Shraddha	Hindi	Played a writer, husband of Rama Vij	DD National. Also wrote dialogues for all the episodes.