Vikas Kumar is an Indian actor, producer and dialogue coach. He is known mainly for his performances as Senior Inspector Rajat in ''

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'', ACP Khan in the

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-nominated '' Aarya'', Senior Inspector Damodar Deshmukh in YRF TV's ''

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'', Abhay in ''

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'', Major Prem in '' Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran'', Santosh in the Netflix series “Kaala Paani”, and for his work as dialogue coach in Hindi films like ''

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'', '' Shakuntala Devi'' and '' Udaan''.

Personal life

Kumar was born in

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and his father was a doctor in

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. He did his schooling from

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and holds an

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degree. He did a three-month acting workshop under the renowned theater director

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. He married Raavi Sehgal, and the couple is blessed with a daughter, Rabani.

Career

He had worked as a theatre artist in various plays, including ‘''The Legend of Ram– Prince of India''’, ‘''The Fifty Day War''’, ‘''Kamra Number 420''’ and ‘''Khamosh! Adalat Jaari Hai''.’ Vikas Kumar with the cast and crew of ‘''The Legend of Ram- Prince of India''’ were felicitated by the then President of India, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in 2004. He had acted in a few TV serials, like ‘''

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''’ (2010) in which he played the character of Umesh Jagdale and ‘''

''’ (2011) in which he played the character of Senior Inspector Damodar Deshmukh. He is popular for playing the character of Senior Inspector Rajat in one of the longest-running TV shows, ‘

’ in 2012–2013. He has appeared in the

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films like ''Handover'' (2012), ''Prithipal Singh- A Story'' (2015), '' Ajji'' (2017), and '' Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran'' (2018). He appeared in the popular

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web-series, ‘'' Aarya'',’ in which he played the role of ACP Younus Khan in 2020. He also produced a short film ''‘Sonsi’'' (Shadow Bird), won 'Best Film' award at the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival 2021, 'Best Cinematography' (Non-Feature category) in 67th National Awards and was declared 'Best Short Film' at Lady Filmmakers Festival,

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. He is a well-known dialogue coach in

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and his debut as a dialect coach was ‘''

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''’ (2009). He had worked as a dialect teacher for

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in ‘''

''’ (2010),

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in ‘''

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''’ (2011),

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in ‘''

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''’ (2014), and

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in ‘''

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''’ (2016).

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

Producer

Dialogue coach

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Vikas Living people Indian male television actors Indian male film actors Male actors from Bihar People from Bihar Sharif 1977 births