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 primary schooling from Hillgrange Preparatory School in Dehradun. After which he did his senior schooling from Welham Boys' School, Dehradun. He also and holds an MBA degree. 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. 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).
He appeared in the popular Disney+ Hotstar 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, Beverly Hills.
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 YearTitle RoleNotesRef. 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 2019 Shakai Investigator Short film 2021 The Knot Shirish Mathur Dhamaka Praveen Kamat
Television YearTitle RoleNotesRef. 2010 Powder Sr. Inspector Umesh Jagdale 2011 Khotey Sikkey Sr. Inspector Damodar Deshmuk Adaalat Special appearance 2012-2013 CIDSr. Inspector Rajat 2014 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Special appearance CID Vs Adaalat – Karmyudh Telefilm 2019 Court Room - Sachchai Hazir Ho Host
Web series YearTitle RoleNotesRef. 2020–present Aarya ACP Younus Khan 3 seasons 2022 Delhi Khabbar Danny Singh 2023 Kaala Paani Santosh Savla
Producer YearTitle NotesRef. 2020 Sonsi Short film 2022 Shera 2023 Going Solo Documentary 2024 Himalaya Ki Peeth Par 2026 Lovers in the Blue Night Directed by Anuparna Roy
Dialogue coach YearTitle NotesRef. 2006 One Night With The King English film 2009 Gulaal Radio: Love on Air 2010 Udaan 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
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