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Vikas Shrivastav

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Vikas Shrivastav
Vikas Shrivastav in a still from Dangerous Ishq
Born
NationalityIndian
Other namesVikas Shrivastava, Vikas Srivastav, Vikas Srivastava
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present

Vikas Shrivastav is an Indian actor who has appeared primarily in Hindi films.

Career

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Vikas Shrivasatav was born in Bihar and grew up in Uttar Pradesh.[1] He worked in theatre since he was young.[1] He started his career as an actor with Gangaajal.[2] Vikas got his breakthrough as an actor in several successful films including The Dirty Picture (2011), Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012), Dhoom 3 (2013), Special 26 (2013), and Gabbar Is Back (2015).[3][4] He has worked on the short films Hanki Panki (2013) and Meena (2014).[5] He played the lead role as Nirbhay Gujjar in Beehad - The Ravine (2013).[6] In 2019, he turned lyricist for the film, The Gandhi Murder and debuted in Tamil cinema with Kadaram Kondan.[1][7][8] In 2020, he was cast in the Savdhan India FIR Series as an honest police officer.[9][10]

Incident

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In 2016, an incident occurred after Shrivastav returned from Dehradun to Versova in which several lakhs worth of valuables were stolen.[11] The suspect was later revealed to be Narendra Tak, an actor, who stayed with Shrivastav.[12]

Selected filmography

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  • All works are in Hindi, unless otherwise noted.

Films

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Year Film Role Notes
2003 Gangaajal Hindi film debut; Uncredited role
2006 Chingaari
2009 Barah Aana
2008 Contract RAW Lalji
Money Hai Toh Honey Hai
2009 Billu
Wanted
2010 Phoonk 2 Balu
Raavanan Veera's aide Tamil film debut
Raavan Beera's aide
Red Alert: The War Within Naxalite
Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Verghese
Gangor Daroga Bengali film debut
Action Replayy
2011 Haunted – 3D
Shaitan
Hum Tum Shabana
The Dirty Picture Sudhir
2012 Dangerous Ishhq Inspector Arbaaz Sheikh
Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai
Ajab Gazabb Love
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within Babu Tipnis
2013 Special 26 Rajiv Gupte
Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story
The Attacks of 26/11
Beehad - The Ravine Nirbhay Gujjar Lead role
Ek Thi Daayan Police Inspector
Dhoom 3 Tamil Don
2014 Ek Villain
Sonali Cable
Ungli
2015 Gabbar is Back Inspector Vikas
2016 Anna
2018 Thugs of Hindostan Daroga
Bhaiaji Superhit
2019 Battalion 609 Al-Nazar
The Gandhi Murder Nathuram Godse English film debut; also lyricist
Kissebaaz Inspector Rajender Jha
Kadaram Kondan Vincent Tamil film

Short films

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Year Film Role Notes
2013 Hanki Panki English short film
2014 Meena Manooj

Television

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Year Program Role Notes
2009 Na Aana Is Des Laado Shera Replaced by Bhavin Wadia
2012 Ramayan Nishadraj
2016 24 Shinde 4 episodes
2018 Chandrashekhar Sachindranath Bakshi
2020 Savdhan India FIR Series Avinash Raj Singh

References

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  1. ^ a b c "தமிழ் சினிமாவில் என்ட்ரியானார்!". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 6 August 2019. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "'गंगाजल' में काम कर चुके फिल्म अभिनेता को सता रहा हत्या का डर". Patrika News (in Hindi).
  3. ^ "From Sultanpur to Hollywood - the incredible journey of Vikas Shrivastav". Planet Bollywood. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. ^ "कोरोना पॉजिटिव अभिनेता विकास श्रीवास्तव इलाज के लिए लखनऊ रेफर". punjabkesari (in Hindi). 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ Smith, Emma (23 June 2013). "Best friends celebrate turning 50 by writing their own Bollywood movie.. and it's been nominated for an award". Daily Record.
  6. ^ "The WWW of Nirbhay Gujjar". The Pioneer.
  7. ^ "கடாரம் கொண்டான் - விமர்சனம் - Dinakaran Cinema News". cinema.dinakaran.com.
  8. ^ "முதல் பார்வை: கடாரம் கொண்டான்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil).
  9. ^ "'Savdhan India awares people against crime'". The Pioneer.
  10. ^ "'सावधान इंडिया' शो के एक्टर विकास श्रीवास्तव ने राशन बाटकर की जरूरतमंदों की मदद।". Mayapuri (in Hindi). 20 May 2020.
  11. ^ Jayprakash S Naidu (13 October 2016). "Gold, valuables worth lakhs stolen from actor Vikas Shrivastav's house". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  12. ^ V Narayan (13 October 2016). "Struggling actor detained for theft at small-time actor's Versova flat". Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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