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Vikas Kumar
Indian actor and dialogue coach
Vikash Kumar Singh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nalanda, Bihar, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | MBA |
| Occupation(s) | Actor Producer Dialogue coach |
| Years&#;active | - present |
| Spouse | Raavi Sehgal |
| Children | 1 |
Vikas Kumar is an Indian actor, producer and dialogue coach.
He is known mainly for his performances as Senior Inspector Rajat in CID, ACP Khan in the Emmy Awards-nominated Aarya, Senior Inspector Damodar Deshmukh in YRF TV's Khotey Sikkey, Abhay in Hamid, 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 Ishqiya, Shakuntala Devi and Udaan.
Personal life
Kumar was born in Nalanda and his father was a doctor in Bihar. He did his schooling from Welham Boys' School, Dehradun and holds an MBA degree.[1][2] He did a three-month acting workshop under the renowned theater director Barry John.
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 ’ and ‘Khamosh!
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He had acted in a few TV serials, like ‘Powder’ () in which he played the character of Umesh Jagdale and ‘Khotey Sikkey’ () in which he played the character of Senior Inspector Damodar Deshmukh.[3] He is popular for playing the character of Senior Inspector Rajat in one of the longest-running TV shows, ‘CID’ in –
He has appeared in the Hindi films like Handover (), Prithipal Singh- A Story (), Ajji (), and Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran ().[4]
He appeared in the popular Disney+ Hotstar web-series, ‘Aarya,’ in which he played the role of ACP Younus Khan in [5] He also produced a short film ‘Sonsi’ (Shadow Bird), won 'Best Film' award at the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival , 'Best Cinematography' (Non-Feature category) in 67th National Awards and was declared 'Best Short Film' at Lady Filmmakers Festival, Beverly Hills.[6][7]
He is a well-known dialogue coach in Bollywood and his debut as a dialect coach was ‘Gulaal’ ().
He had worked as a dialect teacher for Vidya Balan in ‘Ishqiya’ (), Kalki Koechlin in ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ (), Lisa Haydon in ‘The Shaukeens’ (), and Aditya Roy Kapur in ‘Fitoor’ ().
Filmography
Films
Television
Web series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | Aarya | ACP Younus Khan | 3 seasons | |
| Delhi Khabbar | Danny Singh | |||
| Kaala Paani | Santosh Savla | [16] |