Journey from Junior Artist to Team India in ₹ 600 Ravichandran Ashvin Dainik Bhaskar Updates | Travel from Junior Artist to Team India in ₹ 600: Varun said- Architect, also tried to become a musician; Taking 9 wickets in Champions Trophy

Varun Chakraborty made his ODI debut against England on 9 February 2025.

Varun Chakraborty, who played a key role in the India’s Champions Trophy 2025 victory, has been very upwards. He recently spoke about his career in Ravichandran Ashwin’s YouTube show ‘Kutty Stories with Ash’.

Varun worked in a sector like architect, musician, filmmaker, and junior artist before getting success on the cricket field. He said, I also tried to become architects, musicians. 600 rupees were available every day in junior artist.

After the 2021 T20 World Cup, Varun was dropped from the team, but then the 33 -year -old player made India the champion by taking 9 wickets in the tournament in Dubai.

Varun was the second top wicket of the Champions Trophy 2025.

Architecture Job Varun said that after college, he worked as an assistant architect in an architect company for one and a half years. Initially the salary was ₹ 14,000, later increased to ₹ 18,000. But it was not for me to sit in the office.

Trying to make a career in music After leaving the architecture, Varun tried to play guitar for some time and make a career in music. He said, “I could not do more than an hour of guitar practice. In 6-8 months, I understood that if your aim is to impress only others, then no art will work.

Interior Design Business Varun then started the interior design and construction business. He said, one year everything went well, but the cyclone came to Varada and took all my earnings.

Become a junior artist, ₹ 600 was available every day When Varun’s business did not run, he went into the film industry with his friends, where he tried to become an assistant director. There when a director asked him, do you play cricket? Then he said, ‘Only tennis-ball cricket.’ He was then signed as a junior artist in a film. I used to get ₹ 600 per day, it was enough at that time. “

Varun also wrote and directed some short films, but he realized that he could catch emotions, but it is difficult to mold him to the screenplay. He said on this, the shoot went on for 20 days, I enjoyed it. Then I wrote some scripts, but could not pitch them.

In 2014, Varun acted in the Tamil film Jeeva. This film was the story of a cricketer who failed completely.

Return to cricket: Tennis ball to Team India Varun, who played tennis-ball cricket, later focused on his cricket career. He was recognized by his mystery spin in the local tournament. He was later bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL. He got recognition from here. Varun was selected in the 2021 T20 World Cup but could not do anything special for the team. After this he was expelled from the team. He returned to the England series in February. In which he performed brilliantly. At the behest of Rohit Sharma, Varun was brought to the team in Champions Trophy (Dubai). He played an important role in India’s victory with 9 wickets in the tournament.