Vikas Gupta (born 7 May 1988) is an Indian television producer, creative director, screenwriter and host. He is known for participating in '' Bigg Boss 11'', '' Bigg Boss 14'' and hosting '' MTV Ace of Space''.

Life

Gupta was born on 7 May 1988. He hails from

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. His brother, Siddharth Gupta, is an actor as well as a model. In June 2020, Gupta came out as

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in an Instagram post. Gupta is also one of the directors of an NGO called ''Lost Boy Welfare Association'' that helps poor children.

Career

Gupta started working at the age of 17 in Balaji Telefilms as an actor He was the creative head of

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’s

Balaji Telefilms Balaji Telefilms is an Indian company that produces Indian soap operas in several Indian languages. Balaji Telefilms also owns Alt Balaji, the platform known for producing adult rated content. Balaji Telefilms also produces reality TV, comedy ...

for shows like '' Mahabharat'', ''

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' ( ''Because Even a Mother-in-Law Was a Daughter-in-Law Once'') is an Indian Hindi-language soap opera that aired from 3 July 2000 to 6 November 2008 on Star Plus. The show was co-produced by Shobha Kapoor a ...

'', '' Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil'' and '' Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya''. Later, he started his own production studio ''Lost Boy Productions'' which has created popular television series like '' Gumrah: End of Innocence'', ''Warrior High'', '' Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan'', ''V The Serial'', '' Yeh Hai Aashiqui'' and '' MTV Webbed''. Gupta has also been the youngest programming head of

MTV India MTV is an Indian pay television channel specialising in music, reality and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 as the Indian version of the original American network and is owned by JioStar, under a license agreement with Par ...

. In October 2017, Gupta participated in

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's '' Bigg Boss 11'' where he emerged as the second runner up of the season. Due to his performance, he was given the title of “Mastermind” on the show. In 2017, he produced '' Class of 2017'' on ALTBalaji. In 2018, he hosted ''IIFA Buzz'' in Thailand for '' IIFA Awards 2018'' on Voot. Gupta also created and hosted his own reality show titled '' Ace of Space'' on

. In 2019 he played Bigg Boss 13 As a proxy In 2019, he participated in Colors TV's '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9'' in Argentina. He was disqualified from the show Next, he created '' Puncch Beat'' for on ALT Balaji. In March, he reunited with his co-contestants Bharti Singh, Aly Goni, Harsh Limbachiyaa among others to be a part of '' Khatra Khatra Khatra''. In May 2019, Gupta created anthology series ''Yeh Ishq Nahi Aasaan'' for

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. In August 2019, he returned as the host of MTV India's '' Ace of Space 2''. In February 2020, he created '' Class of 2020'' for ALTBalaji. In November, he participated in Colors TV's '' Bigg Boss 14'', this time as a challenger. When co-contestant Arshi Khan involved Gupta's family in a fight, he pushed her and was thus expelled from the show. He re-entered the show soon after.

Filmography

Television

Web series

* 2017: '' Class of 2017'' * 2019: '' Puncch Beat'' * 2020: '' Class of 2020''

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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