Vikas Kumar

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.

Vikash Kumar Singh
Born	Gaya, Bihar, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	MBA
Occupation(s)	Actor Producer Dialogue coach
Years active	2006 - present
Spouse	Raavi Sehgal
Children	1

Personal life

Kumar was born in Gaya 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 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 ‘Powder’ (2010) in which he played the character of Umesh Jagdale and ‘Khotey Sikkey’ (2011) 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 2012–2013.

He has appeared in the Hindi films like Handover (2012), Prithipal Singh- A Story (2015), Ajji (2017), and Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran (2018).^[4]

He appeared in the popular Disney+ Hotstar web-series, ‘Aarya,’ in which he played the role of ACP Younus Khan in 2020.^[5] 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, Beverly Hills.^[6][7]

He is a well-known dialogue coach in Bollywood and his debut as a dialect coach was ‘Gulaal’ (2009). He had worked as a dialect teacher for Vidya Balan in ‘Ishqiya’ (2010), Kalki Koechlin in ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ (2011), Lisa Haydon in ‘The Shaukeens’ (2014), and Aditya Roy Kapur in ‘Fitoor’ (2016).

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Shanu Taxi	Shanu	Short film
2012	Handover	Ratan Das
2015	Prithipal Singh..A Story	Prithipal Singh
2016	ABS NT	Iqbal	Short film
2017	Ajji	Inspector Dastur
2018	Hamid	Abhay	Urdu film
	Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran	Major Prem Singh / Bheem Rajat		[8]
2019	Shakai	Investigator	Short film
2021	The Knot	Shirish Mathur		[9]
	Dhamaka	Praveen Kamat		[10]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Powder	Sr. Inspector Umesh Jagdale		[11]
2011	Khotey Sikkey	Sr. Inspector Damodar Deshmuk
	Adaalat		Special appearance
2012-2013	CID	Sr. Inspector Rajat		[12]
2014	Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah		Special appearance	[13]
	CID Vs Adaalat – Karmyudh		Telefilm	[14]
2019	Court Room - Sachchai Hazir Ho	Host		[15]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020-present	Aarya	ACP Younus Khan	3 seasons
2022	Delhi Khabbar	Danny Singh
2023	Kaala Paani	Santosh Savla		[16]

Producer

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2020	Sonsi	Short film	[17]
2022	Shera
2023	Going Solo	Documentary	[18]
2024	Himalaya Ki Peeth Par

Dialogue coach

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2006	One Night With The King	English film	[2]
2009	Gulaal
	Radio: Love on Air
2010	Udaan		[19]
	Ishqiya
2011	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
	7 Khoon Maaf
2012	Cover Story: The Ultimate Interview
2013	Aurangzeb
	Ishk Actually
2014	MAD: Mad About Dance
	The Shaukeens
	Main Aur Mr. Riight
2016	Fitoor

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2021	New York Indian Film Festival	Best Actor	The Knot	Nominated	[20]

References

1. Kumar, Madhuri (6 February 2014). "Bihar youth coaches Bollywood actors in diction | Patna News". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
2. Hegde, Rajul (21 April 2011). "How Yana, Kalki learnt Hindi". Rediff.com. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
3. "First of Many: Vikas Kumar revisits Powder". The Indian Express. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
4. "Actor Vikas Kumar completes the UK shooting schedule for a new International collaboration documentary on Indian women cyclists!". ANI News. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
5. "Vikas Kumar reveals ACP Khan's sexual orientation was initially not part of Aarya's script: 'One day I got a call…'". The Indian Express. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
6. "Oscars 2022: Sonsi, Produced By Aarya Actor Vikas Kumar, Joins Short Film Race". NDTV.com. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
7. "It's too much to take in: Aarya actor Vikas Kumar on Sonsi joining the Oscars race". Hindustan Times. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
8. Ghosh, Samrudhi. "John Abraham unveils Parmanu poster: All you need to know about the story of Pokhran". India Today. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
9. "The Knot to be screened at Los Angeles' Indian film festival". The New Indian Express. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
10. "Kartik Aaryan starrer Dhamaka to release on November 19 on Netflix". Bollywood Hungama. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
11. "First of Many: Vikas Kumar revisits Powder". Indian Express. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
12. "I am equally passionate about being an actor and a dialogue coach – Vikas Kumar". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
13. "CID & Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma to have a Mahasangram episode". The Times of India. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
14. "Sony to screen a telefilm with CID and Adaalat's cast". afaqs!. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
15. "COLORS announces Courtroom - Sacchai Haazir Ho, a crime-legal drama". mid-day. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
16. "Netflix's survival drama series 'Kaala Paani' gets premiere date". The Hindu. PTI. 20 September 2023. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
17. "Vikas Kumar on 'Sonsi' winning the National Film Award: I'm thrilled and extremely grateful". Outlook India. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
18. "Going Solo: A documentary on two women cyclists and their pursuit of freedom". Indian Express. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
19. Madhuri Kumar (6 February 2014). "Bihar youth coaches Bollywood actors in diction". Times of India. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
20. "New York Indian Film Festival 2021: Documentary on Gandhi wins top honour". Hindustan Times. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

External links

• Vikas Kumar at IMDb
• Vikas Kumar on Instagram