Vineet Kumar

Vineet Kumar was born in 1957 in the capital of Bihar state, Patna, and completed his education from there itself. He had a passion for acting from the days of college and pursued it by giving continuous performances in theater plays. In 1973, he joined a theater association (IPTA) in Patna and joined the renowned drama school, NSD, in Delhi, during the participation in the Jayaprakash Movement.

He debuted in Bollywood in 1994 with the Hindi film, ‘Drohkaal’, and has continued his work till date. He is renowned for characters of many flavours including serious, negative and comic. He has worked under the directions of Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, Prakash Jha Prakash Jha, a director, film producer and screenw >> Read More... , Ram Gopal Varma Ram Gopal Varma is a famed Indian film director an >> Read More... and Govind Nihalani Born on 19 August 1940, Govind Nihalani hails from >> Read More... . Besides Hindi films, he has also appeared in various regional languages including the Telugu blockbuster, ‘Vikramarkudu’.

For TV, he has made a familiarity with the Hindi audience by playing characters in popular shows like ‘ Swabhiman Swabhiman is an Assamese TV serial which was telec >> Read More... ’, ‘ Kagaar This serial was telecasted on Sahara One. The seri >> Read More... ’, ‘Lapataganj’, and ‘Chidiyaghar’. The later two shows are family shows and based on the story of the common society and families. He played comic characters in both of them. He is currently working in ‘Maha Kumbh’, which airs on the Life OK channel. The show showcases the story of a child who goes missing in the Maha Kumbh Mela in Banaras. He is bestowed with extra ordinary power and regarded as the savior of Maha Kumbh.

Apart from the Indian entertainment industry, he has worked in various English language films of Hollywood, including Martin Sheen’s ‘Bhopal: A Prayer of Rain’, which was co-produced by Mischa Barton Mischa Anne Barton is an English-American film, fa >> Read More... . He also acted in ‘Return to Rajapur’, a film by Lynn Collins.

During the days of NSD, he completed his post graduation in Drama and Arts. He lives in Mumbai, along with wife, Manoranjan Dhaliwal. His elder brother, Sunit Kumar, is posted as an IPS officer in the Bihar Cadre.

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Vineet Kumar is a veteran Indian film actor. He is famous for his roles in English, Hindi and Telugu films. Vineet has worked in movies like ‘Drohkaal’, ‘ Kachche Dhaage Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Masaan Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Yeh Dil’, ‘Soch’, and ‘ Aks Money can do billions and trillions of things. Mos >> Read More... ’. He has worked on many English projects too, like ‘Return to Rajapur’ with Lynn Collins, and ‘Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain’ with Mischa Barton and Martin Sheen.

Vineet has studied in the Patna Collegiate School and did his graduation from B.N. College, before started his acting classes at Indian People’s Theatre Association in 1973. He moved to Delhi and got his Master’s Degree in Dramatic Arts from the National School of Drama. He joined politics and continued stage work for 14 years. Vineet Kumar married Manoranjan Dhaliwal, a lecturer at Princess Noura University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Vineet’s younger brother, Sunit Kumar, is an IPS Officer. His favorite hobby is photography.

Kumar has worked with many veteran directors like Prakash Jha, Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, Ram Gopal Varma and Govind Nihalani. He has worked in Bhojpuri and Telugu films. Vineet’s Telugu film, ‘Rowdy Rathore: Vikramarkudu’, was highly appreciated and earned many accolades. His role in ‘Masaan’ is called the brilliant one. Masaan won two awards at the Cannes Film Festival 2015 and was screened in Uncertain Regard Category.

Vineet has earned a lot of fame through his acting and versatile roles, but the most famous among all is in the TV serial ‘Laapataganj’. On the small screen, he has acted in ‘ Chidiya Ghar Chidiya Ghar is an Indian Hindi Entertainment Come >> Read More... ’, ‘Yeh Public Sab Jaanti Hai’, ‘Swaabhiman’, ‘ Reporter The Reporter is a Tamil television series. The ser >> Read More... ’, ‘ Kurukshetra Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Shikast ‘Shikast’ was a TV series directed by Anubhav Sinh >> Read More... ’, ‘ Dhadkan Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, and ‘ Kabhie Kabhie Kabhie-Kabhie was a TV serial premiered on Zee TV >> Read More... ’.

His English films include ‘Strings’, ‘Electric Moon’, ‘Return to Rajapur’, ‘Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain’, and ‘Fly Away Solo’. Kumar’s films in regional languages are ‘ Shivam Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ (Telugu), Lalbaug Parel (Marathi), ‘ Aagadu Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ (Telugu), ‘ Naayak Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ (Telugu), ‘Velayudham’ (Tamil), ‘Zamana’ (Kannada), and Rama Rama Krishna Krishna (Telugu).