Vikas Kumar is an Indian television and film actor. He is also a dialogue coach, a person who helps actors shape the speech and sounds of their characters.
Wiki/Biography
Vikas Kumar was born in Bihar Sharif on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 (46 years old; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Taurus. He attended Wareham Boys School, Dehradun.
Photos of Vikas Kumar from his school days
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Eye color: black
Hair color: black
family, caste and wife
His father is a doctor in Bihar. He is married to Raavi Sehgal and has a daughter, Rabani.
Vikas Kumar’s parents
Vikas Kumar with wife and daughter
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Profession
He is a famous dialogue coach in Bollywood. His first project as dialect coach was “Gulaal” (2009). He has served as dialogue coach for Vidya Balan in Ishqiya (2010), Kalki Koechlin in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), Lisa Haydon in Shaukeens (2014) and Aditya Roy Kapur in Fitoor . (2016).
Vikas Kumar and Lisa Haydon
He owns Strictly, a dialect tutoring company. He said in an interview,
I would say this is God’s will. When I audition, most of the time I get rejected because of my appearance. But the good thing is, everyone who has seen my tapes says that conversational delivery is my strong point. “
He has acted in several Hindi films such as Handover (2012), Prithipal Singh – A Story (2015), Ajji (2017) and Parmanu: The Pokhran Story ( 2018).
Vikas Kumar in Parmanu
He has appeared in several television series. In 1998, he appeared in one of the longest-running television shows, “CID” (1998), playing the role of Inspector Rajat.
CID stills
In 2010, he appeared in the Sony TV series “Powder”, playing the role of Umesh Jagdale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQoq8Ricj9A
In 2011, he appeared in the TV series “Khotey Sikkey”, playing the role of Senior Inspector Damodar Deshmukh.
Vikas Kumar as Khotey Sikkey
He has appeared in several theater productions such as Ram – The Prince of India, The Fifty Days War, Kamla 420 and Kamoshi! 》 Adala Jari Hai.
Vikas Kumar in drama performance
In 2020, he appeared in the popular Netflix web series “Aarya” as ACP Khan.
Vikas Kumar in Arya
Facts/Trivia
- He attended a three-month workshop with theater guru Barry John.
- In 2004, Vikas Kumar and the cast and crew of Ram were felicitated by the then President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam congratulates Vikas Kumar
- He was often spotted drinking at parties.
- In an interview, when he was asked about playing a gay character in the Netflix web series Aarya (2020), he said,
I love the way this character is written. Although ACP Khan is gay, the show neither sensationalizes nor portrays it as a major reveal. It only has one normal scene where his partner comes to him with lunch and asks him why he is so stressed out at work. This is how we normalize things for the LGBT community. A person’s sexual orientation cannot become his or her identity. Here, Khan’s identity is not ‘gay’ but ‘cop’. “
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