Vipin Sharma
Vipin Sharma | |
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Born | Vipin K. Sharma |
Occupation | Actor/Writer |
Years active | 2010 |
Vipin Sharma is an Indian actor born in New Delhi. He is a graduate of National School of Drama, New Delhi, India and the Canadian Film Centre, Toronto, Canada.[1]he started his screen stint by playing raamkrishna paramhansa in "bhaarat ek khoj". The actor started his career by assisting Ketan Mehta and acting in a few television series with Shyam Benegal. But that did not help take off his career and disillusioned he went to Toronto and worked as an editor and writer at the Canadian Film Centre.His first major role was as Nandakishore Avasti in Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth). For his role, he was nominated for a 2009 Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor.Post Taare Zameen Par Vipin has become an established actor in Bollywood. His work in Yeh Saali Zindagi, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster broke his stereotypical image of a stern father from TZP and has established him as a new entrant in Bollywood to watch for. Since then he through his films like Paan Singh Tomar, Gangs Of Wasseypur, Love, Shuv Te Chicken Khurana has become a name closely associated with some of the best films made in the last 5-6 years. He is further going to surprise the audiences in his new film Inkaar in which he plays a charactor which was hardly in the initial screenplay. The film is directed by Sudhir Mishra and has Arjun Rampal and Chitrangda Singh in the lead roles. He is also preparing for his debut as a director for a film Akki Te Vikki Te Nikki which he has also written.[2]
"I am mostly working with filmmakers in Bollywood who are trying to make a difference and that is where I am finding my like-mindedness," he says.
Filmography
- Taare Zameen Par - 2007 (as Ishaan's Father)
- 1920 (film) - 2008 (as the caretaker)
- Jannat - 2008 (as Protagonist's Father)
- Yeh Saali Zindagi - 2011 (as Tony)
- Saheb Biwi aur Gangster - 2011 (as Gaindha Singh)
- Paan Singh Tomar - 2012 (as Major Masand)
- Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana - 2012 (as Kehar Singh)
- Gangs of Wasseypur & Gangs of Wasseypur 2 - 2012 (as Ehsaan Qureshi)
- Inkaar - 2013 (as Mr. Gupta)
- Raanjhanaa - 2013 (as Kundan's Father)
- John Day - 2013
- akki, vikki te nikki-2014 (filming)
References
- ^ Joginder Tuteja (26 September 2008). "Vipin Sharma lobbying for Taare Zameen Par". Bollywood Hungama. One India. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "TZP actor bags two new films". Bollywood Hungama. 11 February 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
External links
- Vipin Sharma at IMDb
- Vipin Sharma takes TZP to Canada for Oscar lobbying
- "Darsheel and I became friends during Taare Zameen Par" - Vipin Sharma
- http://www.indianentertainment.info/2012/01/27/vipin-sharma-exploring-a-new-horizon-within.html