# Vikas Kumar

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 schooling from Welham Boys' School, Dehradun 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

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 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 |
| 2018 | Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran | Major Prem Singh / Bheem Rajat | |
| 2019 | Shakai | Investigator | Short film |
| 2021 | The Knot | Shirish Mathur | |
| 2021 | Dhamaka | Praveen Kamat | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Powder | Sr. Inspector Umesh Jagdale | |
| 2011 | Khotey Sikkey | Sr. Inspector Damodar Deshmuk | |
| 2011 | Adaalat | Sr. Inspector Damodar Deshmuk | Special appearance |
| 2012-2013 | CID | Sr. Inspector Rajat | |
| 2014 | Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah | Sr. Inspector Rajat | Special appearance |
| 2014 | CID Vs Adaalat – Karmyudh | Sr. Inspector Rajat | Telefilm |
| 2019 | Court Room - Sachchai Hazir Ho | Host | |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2020-present | Aarya | ACP Younus Khan | 3 seasons |
| 2022 | Delhi Khabbar | Danny Singh | |
| 2023 | Kaala Paani | Santosh Savla | |

### Producer

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2020 | Sonsi | Short film |
| 2022 | Shera | Short film |
| 2023 | Going Solo | Documentary |
| 2024 | Himalaya Ki Peeth Par | Documentary |

### Dialogue coach

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2006 | One Night With The King | English film |
| 2009 | Gulaal | |
| 2009 | Radio: Love on Air | |
| 2010 | Udaan | |
| 2010 | Ishqiya | |
| 2011 | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | |
| 2011 | 7 Khoon Maaf | |
| 2012 | Cover Story: The Ultimate Interview | |
| 2013 | Aurangzeb | |
| 2013 | Ishk Actually | |
| 2014 | MAD: Mad About Dance | |
| 2014 | The Shaukeens | |
| 2014 | 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 | Nominated | |