Vidya Balan's Next Untitled Film On Modern Love & relationship

 

One of the Bollywood iconic actress Vidya Balan confirm her next untitled project on modern love and relationship co-starring with IIeana D’Cruz, Pratik Gandhi and India-American actor Sendhil Ramamurthy. The film will be directed by ad-maker Shirsha Guha Thakurat with production house Applause Entertainment and second with Ellipsis Entertainment.

In a statement on social media actress Vidya Balan wrote about the film, "Stoked about my next - an untitled charming drama-comedy about modern relationships, which promises to be either your story or the story of your friend. It will make you laugh and cry in equal measure and I'm enjoying playing Kavya to the hilt."

She also added in her post that "Can't wait for you'll to watch it next year! And wait for an announcement on the title soon!"

However, it will be her first project with Applause Entertainment and second with Ellipsis Entertainment after 2017^th film ‘Tumhari Sulu’.

On the other hand, indian-American actor Sendhil Ramamurthy who are popular in American shows like Heroes, Beauty and the Beast, Covert Affairs and Never Have I Ever returned to Mumbai after a decade for the film.

He shared an Instagram post that, it’s truly a remarkable script- a yet-untitled comedy film which based on modern love and relationships, to be directed by Shirsha. When I was told that it would be with amazing actors like Vidya Balan, Pratik Gandhi and IIeana, I was doubly excited.”

Meanwhile, talking about the film director Shirsha GuhaThakurta said, "When I first heard this story, I was instantly attracted to its universe-honest, funny and so today. The actors have been a dream to work with. Their generosity is something I will cherish...Yes, I am nervous but this journey so far has been truly special." 

Recently, this team started filming in several locations across Mumbai and Ooty. It will release in 2022.  

Taapsee Pannu and Pratik Gandhi’s upcoming project a comedy film Woh Ladki Hai Kahaan?

Woh Ladki Hai Kahaan is the first on-screen collaboration of Taapsee Pannu and Pratik Gandhi. Both of them mostly known in Bollywood industry for their acting talent. So, people will excite to see them on-screen together. Apparently, it looks a lot of laughter and drama what those power house actors are promises to brings in their upcoming project.

Earlier this year, when the film was announced the title of the film grabbed the attention because it is similar to a popular Bollywood song of Dil Chahata Hai films. That iconic song was featured with Saif Ali Khan and Sonali Kulkarni which became one of the hit songs at that time.

Than a news published that Woh Ladki Hai Kahaan’s producer Siddharth Roy Kapur who is a good friend of actor director Farhan Akhtar gives special thanks to Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Siddhwani for allowing to use the title of the song for their film.

In an interview Siddharth said, “I'd like to thank my friends Farhan and Ritesh for so graciously permitting us to use as our title the name of their song from the iconic Dil Chahta Hai, that so perfectly captures the theme of our film!”    

Recently, Woh Ladki Hai Kahaan’s first looks was unveiled where we can see Tappsse Pannu wear a police uniform and hold a map and Pratik Gandhi fractured with perfect indian groom looks who supposed wants to find his bride. Lead actor Pratik and Tappsee both shared the first look of the film on their Instagram profile.

In the statement Taapese Pannu wrote, “Pratik Gandhi and I are all set to find his missing bride in Junglee Pictures and Roy Kapur Films' next comedy-drama Woh Ladki Hai Kahaan? Here's the First Look!”

In this film, actors Sendhil Ramamurthy and Ileana D'Cruz will also feature in lead roles. The film is written and directed by Arshad Syed.

Jee Le Zara Director Farhan Akhtar’s upcoming film

 

On the occasion of 20 years’ celebration of Dil Chahta Hai, Farhan Akhtar surprised his fans and announced his next road trips directional film Jee Le Zara, starring with Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt. 

'Jee Le Zaraa' marks Farhan Akhter's directional comeback after over a decade. He last directed Shah Rukh Khan's Don 2.

Basically, the plot of 'Jee Le Zaraa' based on a female road trips story which is written by Zoya Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar and Reema Kagti. The film will release in 2023.

Farhan Akhtar shared the news on his Instagram account.

He wrote, “Thrilled to announce my next film as director and what better day than 20 years of Dil Chahta Hai to do it. #JeeLeZaraa with @priyankachopra @katrinakaif @aliaabhatt will commence filming in 2022 and I cannot wait to get this show on the road.”  

After announcing the film cast, actress Priyanka Choprawrote a long post expressing how she ended up being a part of ‘Jee Le Zaraa’.

She said, “she wanted to be a part of Hindi film which was “different, cool, never been done before.” Just like many, she also noted that there were not enough ‘all-female cast’ films in Bollywood, which led to an impulsive call from her end to her “2 real friends” Alia Bhatt and Katrina Kaif.”

On 10th August, 2021 Excel Entertainment have published a music video of the ‘Jee Le Zara’ on their YouTube account. This video has been getting huge responses from fans. All are excited to see the female road trip with this awesome cast.

    

Recently, a rumored has spread that ‘Jee Le Zara’ is set to feature a special cameo from the boys of his 2011 hit film ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’.

According to India Today, “ZNMD lead actors will be making a cameo or there will be a crossover between ZNMD and JLZ. Farhan is trying to make the idea of merging the characters from ZNMD into JLZ for a surprise cameo.”

So, recent report confirmed that the lead stars of ZNMD, actor Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, and Farhan Akhter will also be a part of the upcoming film.

However, this is a big news! for Farhan's fans, can’t wait for this. 

I think, it will be awesome experience to see all together in a film.

 

Rashmi Rocket film review

 

Rashmi Rocket in a Hindi film released on 15 October 2021 on ZEE5. This sports film directed by Akarsh Khurana and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Neha Anand and Pranjal Khandhdiya.

The story was written by Nandha Periyasamy and the music was composed by Amit Trivedi. The principal photographer Neha Parti Matiyani started shooting in November 2020 at FLAME University in Pune and wrapped up on 26^th January 2021 in Gujarat.

In this film, actress Taapsee Pannu played the lead role as Rashmi Virah Chibber an indian professional sprinter who undergo peer jealousy, institutional politics and gender testing facts. She is the only girl who also come out openly and fight for justice. Priyanshu Painyuli played the character of an army man and Reshmi’s partner who always has her back as a solid rock. Abhishek Benerjee played as a committed lawyer who takes up Rashmi’s case and fight till the end for justice. His silly mistakes and nervousness made the character catchier.   

This film’s story mainly based on Indian professionalsprinter Dutee Chand, who also became Indian’s first athlete to openly come out as a LGBTQ community and tried to expressed her truth in front of the world. But, this movie is not that kind of film which based on a true event, it just followed some part of the real story. The gender testing issues and court cases was the real part of her life which picturized in this film. So, after released many people said that it was the combinations of facts and fictions.

Actress Taapsee Pannu is the perfect blend for the lead character Rashmi. Her perfect toned body and tomboy attitude represent the Rashmi’s character so real that which Rashmi could believe audiences also believed it too.

In the film Rashmi Vira seen as a tomboy attitude with carefree childhood in Kutch. Where her supporting parents encourage her to do whatever she wants to do. Since childhood she run so fast that eventually everyone called her ‘rocket’, as fast as rocket she was. After some years she got selected for national level.

Everything seems all right initially. But, after won three significant race a sudden medical test happened and she was found to have excessive testosterone. For this reason, she will be ban for all international and domestic race competition. Surely, she would go through a tough time. Despite all, she decided to come out of it and filed a court case against her ban and fight for the justice.

Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost said “Here for a change is a Hindi film that knows how to portray male allies without allowing them to cross the line into male saviour territory. Here for a change is a Hindi film featuring female adversaries sans the all-women-are-enemies-of-women stereotype, and spotting female allies in unexpected places.”

Shubhra Gupta, in her review of the film in Indian Express wrote, "When you see Taapsee Pannu’s Rashmi fighting the good fight, for herself and for other athletes who have been done against in similar fashion, you want to cheer. For keeping sporting women on top, and for the very worthy cause."

At the end, I thought that the film is well documented and made with a great subject of gender liberty.

All about Rajkumar Rao

Rajkummar Rao Yadav is an Indian actor who mostly known for his works in Hindi films industry. This versatile actor made his film début in2010 with Dibakar Banerjee's experimental film Love Sex aur Dhokha. But achieved success in 2013 with the film Kai Po Che! For this film he also nominated for the Filmfare Award for the best Supporting Actor.

After that he never looked back. He went to cast several commercially successful movies. Through his film career, Rao became one of the most promising new actor in India. His raw acting talent and natural charisma won the hearts of film community, critics, and the public.

For his brilliant participation in Hindi film industry till now he received seven Awards, including a National Film Awards, three Filmfare awards and an Asia-Pacific Screen Awards. 

Early life and Education

Rajkummar was born in 31 August 1984 in Prem Nagar, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. His Zodiac sign is Virgo.

He was born as Raj Kumar Yadav. But her mother suggested him to change his name because his had a strong believe in numerology. After that he changed the name as ‘Rajkummar Rao’ from ‘Yadav’ and added an extra ‘m’ on his middle name in 2014.    

Rao grew up in a middle-class movie enthusiastic joint family in Pram Nagar, Gurugram. His late father Satya Prakash Yadav was a government employee and his mother late Kamlesh Yadav was a homemaker. Rao has two older siblings brother Amit and sister Monika.

He finished his schooling from Blue Bells Model School, Gurgaon and graduated in Arts from Delhi University. Since his school life he has been participated in school plays and college dramas. Also, he was very fascinated about Bollywood of that time and so much influenced by Shah Rukh Khan, Manoj Bajpayee and Amir Khan.

So, beside his college studies he was simultaneously doing theater with Kshitij Repertory and the Shri Ram Centre in New Delhi. Where he was also working for one year. During this working pride his senior Mukesh Chhabra was very impressed with his acting talent and later he cast Rao in his two breakthrough films ‘Kai Po Che!’ in 2010 and ‘Shahid’ in 2013.

In 2008, he joined in a two year acting course at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune and after completed the course he moved to Mumbai for pursuing his acting career in 2008. During his struggling period in industry he used to get several small roles in Ads. He got his big movie brake in Dibakar Banerjee's experimental film Love Sex aur Dhokha in 2010.  

Rao has been committed with actress Patralekha Paul since 2010. He first met her at FTII. But fell in love during the making of a short film. They also shared on-screen with the film of ‘CityLights’ in 2014 which is the debut film of Pathralekha.     

Lifestyle and Hobbies

Rao is a Vegetarian. He also won an award as PETA’s Hottest Vegetarian Celebrity in 2017.

Beside that he loves Italian and Indian Cuisine’s. his favorite beverage is Tea.

His hobbies are reading, travelling and dancing. He was passionate about dancing since childhood and wanted to be a dancer. When Rao was just 16 years old he auditioned for a dance reality show in Mumbai.

He also formally trained in Taekwondo. From his 5^th standard he took training in martial arts and was a national level gold medalist in Taekwondo.  

He is an avid dog lover.

Acting Career        

After graduating from FTII in 2008, Rao move to Mumbai and there he spend next year and giving several auditions for one and a half years. In 2010, he got his big break from Dibakar Banerjee's experimental film Love Sex aur Dhokha in 2010. At that time Dibakar looking for a newcomers and published ads for that. After seen that ads Rao met Dibakar and selected for this new film. In this film he got just 16,000 rupees.

He played the role of Adarsh a supermarket supervisor who cons an employee into sleeping with him so he can record the act on a hidden camera and sell it. For this role Rao lose 6 kilograms in a month. After release got commercial success as well as Rao’s appearance praised by film critics and audiences.

But it was not a first appearance of Rao in Bollywood. He first featured as a ‘News Reader’ Ram Gopal Varma's 2010 political thriller Rann, starring with Amitabh Bachchan and Paresh Rawal. For this short role he got around 3000 rupees.

After the success of LSD, Rao featured with Ekta Kapoor horror film Ragini MMS in 2011. In this film Rao’s performance didn’t get much appreciations but the film gets commercial success in Box-Office.

Next year, He was casting Bejoy Nambiar's crime thriller Shaitan which he played a role of a police officer. For this role Rao got huge appreciation from Bollywood films critics and audiences.

In 2012, director Anurag Kashyap cast him his crime thriller series film Gangs of Wasseypur-part 2. In the film he played the supporting role of Shamshad Alam for which Rao visited Wasseypur to learn perfect accent and local character. This film also critically and commercially successful.

Rao’s another released of this year was Chittagong which basically based on the Chittagong armoury raid and his role was that of independent activist Lokenath Bal. His final released of this year was ‘Talaash: The Answer Lies Within’ which was a Reema Kagti’s suspense thriller. There he played the role of a cop, starring with Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji and Kareena Kapoor.

In an interview, Rao said that he did the film because, just shared the screen space with one of his inspiration, Aamir Khan. This film emerged as the year's eighth highest-grossing Hindi film with over 1.74 billion rupees’ worldwide earnings.                                                

Rajeev Masand commented that in just one scene Rao shows "what a good actor can bring even to a small part".

In 2013, Rao featured with Abhishek Kapoor’s film Kai Po Che! Starring with Sushant Singh Rajput and Amit Sadh. Basically the film’s plot based on Chetan Bhagat’s 2008 novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life. After releasing the film 22 February 2013, he got huge response form audiences with acclaim from film critics. For this role Rao was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

The same year, he appeared in the biographical film Shahid directed by Hansal Mehta. Where he plays the role of late lawyer Shahid azmi. During the final preparation for the role, Rao met with Azmi’s family and spend times with them and know about Azmi’s personality. After released the film everyone praised his performance which indeed a most challenging part of the film.

Anupama Chopra called the film Rao's "triumph"; "His Shahid has strength, anguish and a controlled anger, but also real charm."

This film got super success on Box-office collection. Rao received several Awards for his performance. including National Film Award for Best Actor at the 61^st National Film Awards and the Filmfare Critics’ Awards for Best Actor at the 59^th Filmfare Awards.

At the same year Rao featured with a comedy film Queen where he played the role of a manipulative fiancé. This film was first world premiered in the Busan International Film Festival. The film was critically and commercially successful with 970 million rupees worldwide earning.

In the same year he first featured in a short film named Bombay Mirror directed by Shlok Sharma along with Vijay Maurya.

In 2014, he was acted in Mehta’s film CityLights opposite his real life girlfriend Patralekha Paul. During this role’s preparation he lived in a small town Sadri in the Pali district of Rajasthan for a month and follow local people’s life style and dialect. After released his performance praised by audiences and critics.   

Sweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times writing that he slips "effortlessly" into the role.

In 2015, Rao featured in as a supporting role in Dolly Ki Doli, starring with Sonam K Ahuja, Pulkit Samrat and Varun Sharma.

At the same year, his next release was romantic film Hamari Adhuri Kahani directed by Mohit Suri where Rao played an abusive husband to Vasudha Prasad.

After he cast biographical film Alighar. This film’s mainly based on the life of Professor Ramchandra Siras where Rao plays as a journalist who try to dig up the story. For this performance in the movie Rao have got huge critical acclaim and nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.   

Sukanya Verma called Rao "pitch-perfect" in his role of "inquisitive journalist.

Rao’s next collaboration with Vikramditya Motwane’s Trapped which was released in 2016. This film story based on a man who trapped in this apartment without food, even water and electricity for several days. For this role Rao had to loss wright and maintain a crash diet with a carrot and coffee. Despite a vegetarian, Rao ate meat in some of scenes. Trapped first premiered at the 2016 Mumbai Film Festival and released theatrically on 17^th March 2017. Rao won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for this film.  

Subhash K. Jha wrote that Rao "immerses himself in the judiciously assembled plot with such radiant authenticity that after a while we cease to watch the skill that underlines the outstanding performance".    

In 2017 Rao’s first release was Behen Hogi Teri opposite Shruti Haasan. This film can’t do well as expected. His next project was romantic comedy film Bareilly Ki Barfi directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, starring with Ayushmann Kurrana. For this film Rao got positive review from critics and it was commercially successful. Rao won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor of the film.

Namrata Joshi wrote, "Rao is a hoot and brings the house down with his chameleon turn and comic timing – simpering simpleton one minute, full of swagger the next; a role that could have become a caricature in the hands of a lesser actor."

His next released was black comedy film Newton directed by Amit V. Masurkar, where he played the role of a government clerk who selected for election duty to a Naxal-controlled town. This film premiered at the 67 Berlin International Film Festival and released in India on 22 September 2017. Rao’s performance got huge appreciation and critic’s acclaims. For this film Rao won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Actor and a nomination for Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.

Rajeev Masand commented, "It's hard to separate the actor from the character, and not many of our artistes can claim to possess that gift.”

His next appeared in Raabta directed by Dinesh Vijan. For his role of Mohak he went through a tiresome make-up process for five to six hours every day to look like a 324 years old man.

His final released of the year was Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana with Kriti Kharbanda which got positive response from critics.

At the same time, he debuts in Digital medis with ALTBalaji’s Historical biography web series Bose: Dead/Alive. Its plot based on 2012 book India’s Biggest Cover up by Anuj Dhar.   

  

Thalaivii movie review

Thalaivii is a 2021 biographical film mainly based on the life of Indian film actress and AIADMK’s former general secretary J. Jayalalithaa who served six times as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu between 1991 and 2016. The film was directed by A.L.Vijay and written by K.V.Vijayendra Prasad, Madan Karky was written the Tamil part and Rajat Arora has written the Hindi version because the film released in three languages and shot in two languages in Tamil and Hindi.

For this movie, director Vijay and writer Vijayendra had researched a lot. Even Vijay has studied more than 25 books and spend almost eight months researching on her life to build the 'Thalaivii' script. In the film Jayalalithaa had sketched as a powerful politician of Tamil Nadu as well as a strong-willed woman who has been successful in a male-dominated world.

In an interview with The Times of India A. L. Vijay director of ‘Thalaivii’ said, “The film will focus on the journey of a woman who has been successful in a male-dominated world. The most beautiful thing about her is that she has a powerful mind and is very strong-willed; she is an inspiration for many. There will be honesty in the biopic, not drama.”

He also said that there was a huge responsibility of making an honest biopic while we grow up to watch her an achieves. This film is also the official biopic of ‘Jaya amma’ because the film has getting the permission from Jayalalithaa’s nephew, Deepak who is Jaya amma’s brother Jayakumar’s son.  

According to Kangana Ranaut, the film was divided in two parts. In the first part we have sketched the life of Jayalalithaa’s 16 to 40 age’s biography and there will be a second film, where her life from 41 to her death in 2016 will get covered.   

‘Thalaivii’ is produced by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Shailesh R Shing of Vibri Moton Picture and Karma Media And Entertainment bannered. In the film, Bollywood mainstream actress Kangana Ranaut played the lead role as Jayalalithaa and Arvind Swami played the character of M.G. Ramachandran who has also an influential character of the film. This film is also featured with Nassar, Bhagyashree, Raj Arjun, Madhoo, Jisshu Sengupto, Thambi Ramaish, Shamna Kasim and Samuthirakani in supporting roles.

The film music album and background music’s in all languages were composed by G.V. Prakash Kumar.  

Initially, the film was officially decided to release on 24^th February 2019 on the occasion of Jayalalithaa’s birth anniversary. But the released date was postponed due to wide speeding Covid-19 and lockdown issues in Maharashtra. At last it was released on 10 September 2021.

After released this film’s first week collection at the box office was 4.75 crore ropes. While it’s made on budget was almost 100 crore rupees. This film received a mix reviewed from film critics and audiences. Some critics reviewed that the film was over dramatic. But it has also praised the character of lead as well as played by Arvind Swami and other supporting characters. They all did justice with their characters.      

All about Vikrant Massey

Vikrant Massey is a well-known Indian film and television actor. He got the lime light after playing the role of Shyam Madan Singh in Colors TV serial “Balika Vadhu.”

As a brilliant actor he creates a great example of doing more with less. Most of his magnetic on-screen moments had limited screen time. Though, he received much praise from audiences for his magnificent performance of the characters. So, he is indeed one of themost talented actors in India.

Before entering in Bollywood industry about eight years ago. He has been popular on the TV industry. He made his television début with ‘Kahaan Hoo Main’ in 2004. Subsequently, he had played the roles in several popular TV series such as ‘Dhoom Machaao Dhoom’, ‘Dharam Veer’, ‘Balika Vadhu’, ‘Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo’, and ‘Qubool Hai’.

This versatile actors Bollywood début film was Vikramaditya Motwane's Lootera along with Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha. After that he won’t looked back have featured in several movies. Includes, ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ and ‘Half Girlfriend’ where he played the supporting role.

He got his first lead role in 2017’s critically acclaimed film ‘A Death in the Gunj’ directed by Konkona Sen Sharma. For this film’s performance he had got nomination in the Best Actor critics category.

In 2020, he was starred opposite Deepika Padukone in the film ‘Chhapaak’ which has based on an attach survivor’s true story. After he had featured in romantic comedy film ‘Ginny Weds Sunny’.

In 2021, he acted in the lead role in the Romantic Thriller ‘Haseen Dilruba’ opposite Tapsi Pannu. Last time, he had seen in the social comedy drama ‘14 Phere’, opposite Kriti Kharbanda. This film was released on 23 July 2021 on ZEE5.

Vikrant was also starred in several web-series and OTT released films. The actor has the main role in popular web-series ‘Mirzapur’ in 2018. After that he appeared in Criminal Justice in 2019, first two series of ‘Broken But Beautiful’, ‘Rise’ and so on.

Now, we discuss about actors Vikrant Massey’s life, career, family everything. People who are a big fan of this talented actors they may have great interest to know about the actor. So, this write-up for only them.

Early life of Vikrant Massey

Vikrant Massey was born on Friday, 3^rd April 1987 in Mumbai. His Zodiac sing is Aries. Basically he belongs to a Roman Catholic family. His father Jolly Massey follows Christianity and her mother Meena Massey follows Sikhism. He has an elder brother Mohsin Massey who works for kingfisher airlines.

He grows up in a middle class family in a 1-BHK flat in Mumbai. After he attained St. Anthony’s High School in Versova and went to R. D. National College of Arts & Science in Bandra, Mumbai to completed his graduation.

Since his childhood he has been very passionate towards acting and dancing. When he was just 7 years old he has started to participating at theatre and several stage shows for small time dancing and acting.

on an interview, he said in school he got support from his teachers and school principal and had guidance for pursuing his career as an actor or dancer. They all were appreciate his passion about acting and dancing. Subsequently, he being a well-trained ballet dancer.

Belongs to a middle class family he had to started earning since his college time. When Vikrant was studied in college, he started working with Shiamak Davar as a choreographer. As, before joining in TV industry, he had working in several jobs.

Vikrant received his first acting break when he was just 17, it was an occasion of Diwali dinner party, he went to ‘Out of the Blue’ restaurant in Pali Hill, Mumbai. There he spotted by a person from the Star Network who offered him a Prime time TV show.

In November 2019, Vikrant got engaged with Sheetal Thakur who is also an actress. Before engaged the couple have been dating each other over 4 years.

Lifestyle & Hobbies

In reality, Vikrant leads a very simple life with his family and friends. His nickname is Sonu. He is a sincere, talented, and steady actor. He proofs that talent, perseverance and merit can be fruitful in a long run.

He always has believers in consistent work towards his passion and following a basic principle which is ‘What he shouldn’t do in his life.’

During his leisure time, he enjoys traveling, playing cricket and video games. His hobbies are collecting shoes, perfumes and sunglasses. He is also an avid dog lover. Though, Vikrant is a non-vegetarian. His favorite dish is Rajma Chawal and Palank Paneer.

In Childhood, Vikrant was so fond of acting that often he and his elder brother sit down to read daily newspapers and used to mark out TV shows lists what they watch.

Vikrant favorite film is Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), Vaastav (1999), Yuva (2004). He is a big fan of Tabu’s voice, personality and hair. His favorite actors are Irrfan Khan, K K Menon, Ajay Devgn and Pankaj Kapur.

Vikrant has featured on the cover of many magazines like SMARTlife Magazine.

As a popular actor, his integrity and effective performance in films, web series and television was praised by all as well as got a loyal fan base.

On an interview with Hindustan Times, Asked what he loves about being an actor, Vikrant said, "My profession, being in creative field, gives me the opportunity to speak my mind through my work. It allows me to understand the world at large. It gives me an opportunity to represent the times we are living in."

 Career:

Television works

Vikrant started his career as a modern Jazz dancer under Shiamak Davar. On 19th January, 2004 he gave his first shot of life for the 13 episodes show "kahaan hoon main" which did not go on air. In 2006, he made an appearance in ‘Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan’.

Next, he appeared as a choreographer in Disney Channel’s comedy drama ‘Dhoom Machaao Dhoom’ which came him the limelight in home industry. Then he appeared in the television drama ‘Dharam Veer’ as Rajkumar Dharam. He was also assistant director for a serial on Star One.

Vikrant came to the spotlight the role of Shyam Madan Singh in the television drama Balika Vadhu on Colors TV. This drama got the huge success.

Subsequently, he appeared in several popular television shows like Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo (2010), Dharam Veer (2008), Gumrah End of Innocence (2012), and Yeh Hai Aashiqui (2013), and 'Ajab Gajab Ghar Jamai' (2014), Qubool Hai (2012-2013) where he played varied roles.

Vikrant played the lead role in Nikhil Sinha and Rkesh Paswan’s Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo on NDTV Imagineas Murli who is her husband of Bharti. He also played the lead roles in Zee TV’s series Qubool Hai.

He has been a part of various television commercials projects as well as many brands such as Zatak Deo, Cadbury, FINOLEX LED, Nescafe, Khazana Jewels, Samsung Galaxy, Cornetto and Idea 4G.

Web Series & Short Films

After doing well in film and Television industry, he simultaneously debuts in OTT platforms in 2017 with ‘Rise’ as ‘Shrey’. Subsequently, he has also been working on some famous web series.

His one of the most popular work is ‘Mirzapur’ where he played the lead character where he portrayed as Bablu Pandit who was the only good and intelligent man among the violent goons of Mirzapur. But, he soon become the brain behind illegal operations which run by Kaleen Bhaiya as Pankaj Tripathi known by the king of Mirzapur. This web series was streaming on October 23, 2018 on Amazon Prime Video.

Next he appeared in Broken But Beautiful in 2018. It was starred with Vikrant and Harleen Sethi in lead roles. This story about two people who are emotionally broken after their failed relationships and letting go from their relationships.

Then he made his impactful appearance in Zoya Akhtar’s web series ‘Made in Haven’ in 2019. This nine episodes’ web series told the story of two wedding planners in Delhi who are running an agency named Made in Heaven. Vikrant portrayed the role of a gay man ‘Nawab’ who is a wedding planner and a love interest of Karan. For his remarkable performance in the series he received huge appreciations.

In 2019, Criminal Justice is an BBC-produced Indian series which mainly adopted from a British television drama series as the same name. This series was directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and Vishal Furia. It was starred with Vikrant, Pankaj Tripathi and Jackie Shroff in the lead roles. The story created around a young innocent cab driver Aditya as played by Vikrant. He alleged the charged in the murder of his passenger and the case goes for a court’s trial.

For his brilliant performance in 'Criminal Justice' he won the 'Best Actor' category award at the 2019 Critics Choice Shorts & Series Awards.

Vikrant was next paired with Shweta Tripathi in Science fiction film called Cargo which written and directed by Arati Kadav. This film was premiered at the 2019 MAMI Film Festival under the spotlight section. The film later released on OTT platform Netflix on 9th September 2020. Vikrant appeared in the lead role named ‘Prahastha’. This sci-fi drama Cargo released on Netflix.

His back-to-back successful released on Netflix he had once compared with Netflix’s omnipresent actress Radhika Apte by his fans and followers.

Vikrant has also appeared in several short films including ‘Un Hazaaron Ke Naam’, ‘Best Girlfriend’ ‘35MM’ and ‘Detour’.

Films career

After working on television industry for around 5 long years. Vikrant made his first break in Bollywood in 2013 by playing a crucial role in Vikramaditya Motwane’s ‘Lootera’ along with Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha.

In the film Vikrant played the role of Singh’s companion. This film was based on the 1970^th O Henry’s short story ‘The Last Lafe’.

Since then he appeared in several unconventional roles and experiment with them. Most of the time he got appreciation for his brilliant performance by film’s critics and audiences.

On an interview, Vikrant mention that for his films acting career Konkona Sen Sharma played a big role. Even she offered Vikrant the first lead role on her début directional venture ‘A Death in the Gunj’ in 2016. later he became the talk of the town. 

Vikrant played the character of a simple boy who search of a little affection in life. The story based on McCluskieganj of 1979. It is an impactful thriller which follows the story of a family road trip. This film played on several film festivals across the world. As well as Vikrant performance received hugecritical acclaim.

Film critics Rajeev Masand described his performance as heartfelt one.

For his brilliant performance as a shy guy ‘Shutu’ in the film he received a nomination for Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.

Then, he appeared in ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ as ‘Arshad’ and ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ as ‘Rana’. Next he performed in the Half Girlfriend, directed by Mohit Suri. The story mainly based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel of the same name which continue the story of a small-town boy Madhav (Arjun Kapoor) who falls in love with the city girl Riya (Shraddha Kapoor). Vikrant played the friend role of the lead character Madhav.

In September 2020, he appeared in Meghna Gulzar’s ‘Chhapaak’. His played a strong character as a creator of a foundation for acid attack survivors in the film. For this performance he grabbed the eyeballs and became one of the most popular non-mainstream Hindi film actors.

Next, he appeared in ‘Ginny Weds Sunny’ opposite Yami Gautam which directed by debutant Puneet Khanna and produced by Vinod Bachchan. This film was released on digital media platform Netflix. This film is a wedding-themed romantic comedy where Vikrant as Sunny and Yami Gautam’s Ginny meet during an arranged marriage setup and Sunny falls in love with Ginny.

In 2019, Vikrant was featured in ‘Dolly Kitty Aur Who Chamakte Sitare’ which was directed by Alankrita Srivastava’s. it was starred with Bhumi Pednekar, Konkona Sensharma, Vikrant Massey, Amol Parashar and Aamir Bashir. This film had an international première at the 24th Busan International Film Festival in 2019. This story based on two sisters Dolly and Kajal who are liberal about their dreams as well as wants to live an independent life.

After Vikrant had seen in the Netflix thriller ‘Haseen Dillruba’ along Taapsee Pannu and Harshvardhan Rane. This film was released in this year. This film received mixed review from critics as well as audiences. But, Vikrant performance seems to have highlighted as an independent actor.

In 2021, he was also featured another digital project which is a social comedy titled 14 Phere co-starring with Kriti Kharbanda. This film was released on 23 July 2021 on Zee5. Basically, 14 Phere story based on an inter-caste marriage.

In an interview with Hindustan Times Vikrant Massey said, "These characters come from places where caste differences still exist. I was fortunate to have very liberal parents. They have been married for nearly 40 years, and theirs was an inter-caste marriage. So, I did feel privileged and blessed to be able to do this film."

Recently, Vikrant wrapped up the shoot of the upcoming crime-thriller film ‘Love Hostel’ with Red Chillies Entertainment and Drishyam Films' banner. In this film he stars with Bobby Deol and Sanya Malhotra. The film is written and directed by National Award-Winning cinematographer Shanker who mostly known for Pankaj Tripathi’s film ‘Gurgaon’.

Currently, the actor begun the shooting of Vishal Furia’s suspense thriller ‘Forensic’ where he will feature with actress Radhika Apte. ‘Forensic’ is produced by Soham Rockstar Entertainment and Mini Films, Deepak Mukut, Mansi Bagla and Varun Bagla, Co-produced by Hunar Mukut.

Upcoming Projects  

As an independent actor Vikrant has been signed up with some exciting line up of films including 'Blackout' along with Nora Fatehi who recently seen in RA&W agent in Ajay Devgn's ‘Bhuj: The Pride of India’.  This film’s shooting will begin around October-November after completing their current assignments. This thriller film will have directed by Devang Bhavsar and produced by Niraj Kothari and Sarita A Tanwar. This film will have released on OTT platform.

Vikrant will sign in Santosh Sivan’s high anticipated ‘Mumbaikar’ which he stars with Vijay Sethupathi, Tanya Maniktala, Ranvir Shorey, Sanjay Mishra, and Sachin Khedekar. He has also confirmed his upcoming appearance with a new project named ‘Yaar Jigari’.

Awards

Vikrant won the Indian Telly Awards for G8! Face of the year –Male in 2008 and for his excellent performance on ‘Qubool Ha’ TV serial he received Zee Rishtey Award for Favorite Bhai in 2013.

In 2017, he also won Caleidoscope Indian Film Festival Award for Best Performance by a Male Actor for the film ‘A Death in the Gunj’.

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