Vikas Shrivastav

Vikas Shrivastav
Vikas Shrivastav in a still from Dangerous Ishq
Born
Patna, Bihar
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

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

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

  • All works are in Hindi, unless otherwise noted.

Films

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

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

Television

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

  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.
  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.