The Vijay Varma starrer, 'Matka Singh', has made its OTT debut on April 17, 2026, on Amazon Prime Video. Amid this, netizens are sharing their reviews on X.
Director, Nagraj Manjule’s web series, Matka King, has finally been released on OTT. For those unaware, the series is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video on April 17, 2026. The series stars Vijay Varma, Kritika Kamra, Sai Tamhankar, Jamie Lever, Siddharth Jadhav, Gulshan Grover, Vineet Kumar Singh, Bharat Jadhav, Bhupendra Jadawat, and others. For those who haven't already watched the series and are wondering whether it's worth their time, here's what users on X (formerly Twitter) are saying about the film after watching it.
A netizen who completed watching the Matka King within hours of its release took to X and wrote, "Finished it. Excellent series. Scam 1992 ke baad ye hi itni badhiya lagi. @MrVijayVarma ki acting is effortless. Ek second ke liye bhi you don't feel he's not #MatkaKing (sic)." Another tweeted, "Matka King first episode is good, has some pacing problem though. Some things felt abrupt, but nice cliffhanger (sic)." A third X user wrote, "This web series on Prime Video portrays, in a somewhat cinematic style, the journey of Brij Bhatti—from quitting his employer’s job to starting the ‘Matka’ business and becoming the ‘Matka King’—up until the period of the Emergency. & rest continuing in its 2nd season.. Love it (sic)."
The setting of Matka King is in Bombay, in the 1960s. The series explores the rise of the gambling empire at the time. The story revolves around the real-life Ratan Khatri, who was a cotton trader. He ended up creating a gambling game called Matka, which, before long, became a nationwide phenomenon. Those who haven't already watched Matka King can expect a layered rise-and-fall story. Additionally, Vijay Varma and Kritika Kamra, with their powerful performances, have made the show more engaging.
Director, Nagraj Manjule is known for his thoughtful projects. Some of his best-known works include Sairat, Pistulya, and Jhund, to name a few. Just a few days ago, before Matka King's OTT release, Nagraj opened up about his experience collaborating with Vijay Sharma in a candid interview. Nagraj called Vijay a fantastic actor and recalled how he used to constantly ask questions about his character on the series. This is because he wanted to give his all to the character. He was quoted as saying:
"Vijay is a fantastic actor, and what I truly admire about him is how deeply he thinks about his character. He constantly asks questions, wanting to understand why his character behaves a certain way in each scene. We would often sit together to discuss scenes before shooting. Since I like to leave some room for spontaneity and last-minute changes, Vijay’s questions pushed us beyond our limits and helped us bring out the best in every scene, because Matka King is a game of details."
Later, Vijay himself spoke about his role in Matka King. He said that his character, ‘Brij Bhatti', came to Mumbai when he was only seven or eight years old during the partition. His life was not a bed of roses as he initially had to live on the streets with his brother. Despite this, the series begins by showing ‘Brij’ with a stable life, where he is married and expecting a child. In his words:
"When we meet Brij in the show, he is already married. His wife is expecting a child. He has a home. Things are reasonably stable; he holds a job as a manager. However, he is not allowed to dream. The morality of a middle-class man differs from that of a wealthy man, just as it differs from that of a poor man. Brij wants to challenge this notion. He wants to ask: if a man of means is permitted to dream, why shouldn't a man like him be allowed to do the same? If a wealthy man can gamble with his destiny, why can't he?"
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