Vinay Pathak

Vinay Pathak (born 27 July 1968)^{[citation needed]} is an Indian theater and film actor. He has starred in many films including Khosla Ka Ghosla, Bheja Fry, Island City and Johnny Gaddaar and had a supporting role in movies like Jism, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and My Name is Khan.^[1]

Vinay Pathak
Vinay Pathak at the audio release of Maximum
Born	(1968-07-27) 27 July 1968 (age 56)[citation needed] Bihiya, Bihar, India
Occupation(s)	actor, television presenter, film producer, theatre actor
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Sonika Sahay ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	2

Early life

Pathak was born on 27 July 1968^{[citation needed]} in Bhojpur district, Bihar, India. He spent his early childhood in Dhanbad as his father was posted in the police department there. He attended the boarding school Vikas Vidyalaya, Ranchi until 1982. After graduating from Allahabad University, he moved to the United States for higher studies.^[2] Perhaps chief among his mentors in his BFA program Stony Brook University was Farley Richmond, who also urged him to return to India and Hindi theater and film in 1995.^[3]

Career

While studying at State University of New York at Stony Brook Pathak had many acting roles, notably in the comedies Khosla Ka Ghosla and Bheja Fry.^[4] In 1999, he played the role of Vinny in the television series Hip Hip Hurray. He also produced the film Dasvidaniya, which told the story of a common man bidding farewell before dying.^[5]

Along with good friend Ranvir Shorey, he anchored the show OYE. Together they hosted the talk show Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun?.,^[6] as well as House Arrest, Duniya Goal Hain and Cricket Crazy. He also teamed up with his friends Ranvir, Suresh Menon, and Gaurav Gera to be a part of a gag-based show The Great Indian Comedy Show.

Pathak starred in a minor role as Inspector Gurpal Badash in a made-for-TV movie Murder Unveiled (2005), featuring the Sikh community in Canada.

Pathak acted in the movies Johnny Gaddaar, Aaja Nachle , Khoya Khoya Chand and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

His next film produced by Pritish Nandy Communications Raat Gayi Baat Gayi, was released in India in December 2009.

Vinay Pathak with Deepak Bhanushali on ONCE MORE STUDIOS location

He was in the film Antardwand.

Personal life

Vinay Pathak is married to Sonika Sahay.^[7] The couple have two daughters Vasudha and Sharinee.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1997	Margarita		Hindi
1998	House Arrest	Host/presenter	English
1998–2001	Hip Hip Hurray	Vincent "Vinnie" George	Hindi
2001	Kahani Poori Filmi Hai	Host/presenter	Hindi
2002	Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr	Professor	Hindi
2004–2007	The Great Indian Comedy Show	Various characters	Hindi
2005	Murder Unveiled	Inspector Gurpal Badas	English	Canadian television film
2007	Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun?	Host/presenter	Hindi
2010	Kaam Ka Plot	Inspector	Hindi	Television film[8]
2013	CID	Mintoo Hasan	Hindi	Bajatey Raho Special episode
2013–2014	Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai	Host/presenter[9]	Hindi
2019	Made in Heaven	Ramesh Gupta	Hindi
2020	Special OPS	Abbas Sheikh	Hindi
2020	A Suitable Boy	L.N. Agarwal	Hindi
2021	Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story	Abbas Sheikh	Hindi
2021	Chalo Koi Baat Nahi	Host/presenter	Hindi
2022	Khakee: The Bihar Chapter	Sri Ujjiyaar Prasad	Hindi
2023	Sultan of Delhi	Jagan Seth	Hindi
2023	P I Meena	Dr.Basu	Hindi
2024	Life Hill Gayi	Himaylay	Hindi

Films

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1996	Fire	Guide At Taj Mahal	Hindi/English	Indo-Canadian co-production
1998	Bombay Boys	Chaiwalla	English
1999	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Tarun	Hindi
2000	Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega	Monty
2003	Jism	DCP Siddharth
2006	Khosla Ka Ghosla	Asif Iqbal
	Mixed Doubles	Vinay
2007	Johnny Gaddaar	Prakash
	Aaja Nachle	Mr. Chojar
	Bheja Fry	Bharat Bhushan		Won - Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role Nominated - IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
	Say Salaam India	Mr. Chopra
2008	Oh, My God	Rajendra Dubey
	Dasvidaniya	Amar Kaul		Also Producer
	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Balwinder "Bobby" Khosla		Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Via Darjeeling	Inspector Robin Dutt
	Mithya	Ram Bhai
	Manorama Six Feet Under	Sub-Inspector Brij Mohan
2009	Raat Gayi Baat Gayi	Amit
	Quick Gun Murugun	Chitragupta	English
	Straight	Mr. Peenu Patel	Hindi
2010	Antardwand	Madhukar Shahi
	The Film Emotional Atyachar	Joe
	My Name is Khan	Jitesh	English
2011	Pappu Can't Dance Saala	Vidyadhar Acharya	Hindi
	Tere Mere Phere	Jai Dhumal
	Bheja Fry 2	Bharat Bhushan
	Jo Dooba So Paar	Havaldar Tokan
	Utt Pataang	Ram Sharma / Lucky Sardana
	Chalo Dilli	Mannu Gupta
	Ek Tho Chance			Special appearance
2012	Midnight's Children	Hardy	English	Canadian-British film
	Fatso!		Hindi
	Maximum	Tiwari
2013	Bajatey Raho	Mintoo Hasan
2015	Gour Hari Dastaan	Gour Hari Das
	Kaagaz Ke Fools	Purshottam Tripathi
	Island City
	Chidiya	Bali
	Badlapur	Harman
2016	Motu Patlu: King Of Kings	Guddu Ghalib		Voice role
2017	Dark Brew	Anil Vadera
	Hanuman Da' Damdaar	Popat Sharma		Voice role Animated film
2018	Khajoor Pe Atke	Ravinder
	Toba Tek Singh	Saadat Hasan Manto		Released on ZEE5[10]
	Yours Truly			Released on ZEE5.[11]
2019	Chintu Ka Birthday	Madan Tiwary		Released on ZEE5[12]
	Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi	Pankaj Bhargava		[13]
	Chappad Phaad Ke	Sharad Atmaram Gupchup
	Axone	Landlord
	Mitin Mashi
	Dhuusar (Grey)	Supt. Avinash Gautam	Bengali, Hindi
	The Tashkent Files	Mukhtar	Hindi
	Luka Chuppi	Trivedi Ji
2023	Blind	Prithvi Khanna		[14]
	Bhagwan Bharose	TBA		[15]
	The Archies	H. Dawson		Netflix film
2024	Merry Christmas	Inspector Paresh Kamdar
	Aliya Basu Gayab Hai	Vikram

Producer

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2008	Dasvidaniya	Shashant Shah