Ankur Vikal is an Indian theatre and film actor.

Career

He graduated from the

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(NSD), New Delhi in 2000, after studying Architecture at Maharaja Sayajirao University of

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. He has acted with the Motley Theatre Group in plays such as ''Manto Ismat Haazir Hain'', ''Safed Jhooth Kaali Shalwar'', ''Katha Kollage II'', ''All Thieves'','' The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'', and ''Salome''. His film career began with the Indian ground-breaking film ''

Mango Soufflé ''Mango Soufflé'' is a 2002 Indian English language film written and directed by Mahesh Dattani. The film stars Atul Kulnani and Rinkie Khanna. It was promoted as "first gay male film from India" and was adapted from Dattani's own English play ...

'', followed by the highly acclaimed films ''

Maqbool ''Maqbool'' is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, starring Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Piyush Mishra, Murali Sharma, and Masumeh Makhija in an adaptation of the play ' ...

'' and ''

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''. Ankur played the role of Maman in ''

Slumdog Millionaire ''Slumdog Millionaire'' is a 2008 British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel '' Q & A'' (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup. It narrates the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. Starring Dev Patel ...

'' (2008). It was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight - the most for any 2008 film-including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best adapted screenplay. It won seven BAFTA awards including Best Film, five Critic's Choice Awards, and four Golden Globes. In the film, he discovers the children while they are living in the trash heaps and brings them to his Orphanage. He won a Screen Actor's Guild Award ( Outstanding performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) for his highly acclaimed and appreciated performance as Maman. He also played the lead in '' The Forest''. He was most recently seen in Telugu language film '' Kedi'' and Hindi film '' Striker''. In Tamil cinema he debuted in ''Mariyan'' (2013) where he played the role of an oil worker. He played Yakub, the antagonist terrorist leader, in the TV Series '' 24''. He then worked on Nirbhaya-A play by Yael Farber for 3 years. The play was about the gang rape on a bus in Delhi on 16 December 2012. It was also about sexual abuse, patriarchy and misogyny. It won a fringe first, an Amnesty award and a heralds angel when it opened in Edinburgh. It is considered by many critics and audiences to be one of the most important works of human rights theatre in the world. This was followed by films like Phobia with Radhika Apte, Jazbaa with Irrfan Khan, And Yaara by Tigmanshu Dhulia. His series Betaal is on

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and Paatal lok is on

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. Saina by Amol Gupte, Inside Edge, Season 3 and Baahubali, before the beginning will release later this year.

Filmography

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'' (2002) as Kamlesh *''

'' (2003) as Riyaz Boti *''

'' (2005) as Gaurav Sengupta *''

'' (2008) as Maman *'' The Forest'' (2009) as Pritam *'' Striker'' (2010, Hindi) as Zaid *'' Kedi'' (2010, Telugu) as Chandra *'' Breaking the way'' (2010, Short) as Ashok *'' Maryan'' (2013, Tamil) *'' Yamdas'' (2014) as Darshan *''

Unfreedom ''Unfreedom: Blemished light'' (Hindi title: ''Dagh Ujala'') is a 2014 Indian drama film by Raj Amit Kumar, which was released in North America on 29 May 2015. Faiz Ahmad Faiz's poem, "Ye Dagh Dagh Ujala", is the inspiration behind the film. Th ...

'' (2014) as Najeeb *'' Bang Bang'' (2014, Hindi) as Shoaib *'' Jazbaa'' (2015, Hindi) as Vijay *'' Blemished Light'' (2015) as Najib *''

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'' (2015) as Brown (India) *'' Sold'' (2016) as Varun *''

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'' (2016, Hindi) as Manu Malhotra *'' Indu Sarkar'' (2017, Hindi) as Shivam *''

Love Sonia ''Love Sonia'' is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Tabrez Noorani and produced by David Womark. The film features newcomer Mrunal Thakur as the title character along with Riya Sisodiya, Freida Pinto, Demi Moore, Manoj Bajp ...

'' (2018) as Hotel Manager *'' Mehandi Circus'' (2019, Tamil) as Jadhav *''

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'' (2020) as Mokashe *'' Yaara'' (2020) as Fakira/ Durrani *''

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'' (2020) as Mr.Agarwal *'' Saina'' (2021) as Jeevan Kumar, Saina's Coach * ''

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'' (2021) as Bhurelal * '' Beast'' (2022, Tamil) as Umar Saif *'' Toolsidas Junior'' (2022) as K.K.Burman

Television

* (2013) '' 24'' - Yakub Sayeed * (2020) '' Betaal'' Netflix Original Series - Bhunnu * (2020) '' Paatal Lok'' Amazon Prime Video Original Series - Kana Commando * (2021) '' Inside Edge'' (Season 3) Amazon Prime Video Original Series - Coach Azeem Khan

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vikal, Ankur Indian male film actors Living people Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda alumni 1982 births