Vijay Ishwarlal Pawar, (born 23 May 1973)
better known by his
stage name
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V.I.P., is an
Indian
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standup comedian and TV actor. His father is also a comedian. His biggest dream is to get his name entered in the Guinness Book of Records for his talent of mimicking animal voices.
Career
He started his television career in 2007 with
Comedy Circus
''The Comedy Circus Show '' is an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
Overview
Comedy Circus 1: Hindi TV Show where daily soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand up talent from India and ...
on
Sony Entertainment Television
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SET India's You ...
. He has appeared in several Television shows like in (2012–2013)
Comedy Circus
''The Comedy Circus Show '' is an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
Overview
Comedy Circus 1: Hindi TV Show where daily soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand up talent from India and ...
Ke Ajoobe ,
Comedy Circus
''The Comedy Circus Show '' is an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
Overview
Comedy Circus 1: Hindi TV Show where daily soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand up talent from India and ...
-
Kaante Ki Takkar
''The Comedy Circus Show '' is an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
Overview
Comedy Circus 1: Hindi TV Show where daily soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand up talent from India and ...
(TV Mini-Series) 2008,
Comedy Circus
''The Comedy Circus Show '' is an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
Overview
Comedy Circus 1: Hindi TV Show where daily soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand up talent from India and ...
2 (TV Mini-Series) 2008 ,
Comedy Circus
''The Comedy Circus Show '' is an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
Overview
Comedy Circus 1: Hindi TV Show where daily soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand up talent from India and ...
Ke Superstars (TV Series) 2010,
Comedy Circus
''The Comedy Circus Show '' is an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
Overview
Comedy Circus 1: Hindi TV Show where daily soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand up talent from India and ...
Ka Jadoo (TV Series) 2010,
Comedy Circus
''The Comedy Circus Show '' is an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
Overview
Comedy Circus 1: Hindi TV Show where daily soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand up talent from India and ...
Ke Tansen (TV Series) 2011. In 2008, VIP won the second season of the comedy reality contest show ''
Comedy Circus
''The Comedy Circus Show '' is an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
Overview
Comedy Circus 1: Hindi TV Show where daily soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand up talent from India and ...
'' on
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with his partner
Juhi Parmar
Juhi Parmar (born 14 December 1980) is an Indian anchor, actress, presenter, singer and dancer predominantly known for her work in Hindi television industry. She gained recognition for her portrayal as Kumkum in the long-running soap opera ''K ...
. The duo of V.I.P. and
Swapnil Joshi
Swapnil Joshi (Marathi pronunciation: ʋəpniːl d͡ʒoʃiː is an Indian film and television actor, in Hindi and Marathi languages. At nine years old, he appeared in the Ramanand Sagar show '' Uttar Ramayan''. He has done some of the most su ...
were finalists in the first season of the show in 2007. He started his film career with the multi-starrer blockbuster
Bol Bachchan
''Bol Bachchan'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Ajay Devgn & Dhillin Mehta under Ajay Devgn FFilms and Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited respectively, with Fox Star Studios ser ...
(2012). Since then he has also done films like
Hum Sab Ullu Hain (2015),
Sajan Re Phir Jhooth Mat Bolo
''Sajan Re Phir Jhoot Mat Bolo (SRPJMB)'' (English: "Honey do not lie again") is an Indian sitcom that was broadcast on SAB TV from 23 May 2017 to 14 September 2018. It is the sequel to ''Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo'', and stars Hussain Kuwajerwala ...
(2017 – 2018),
Yeh Kaisa Tigdam
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(2018) and most recently
Zindagi Tumse
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Film
* ''Zindagi'' (1940 film), a Bollywood film directed by P. C. Barua
* ''Zindagi'' (1964 film), a Bollywood film directed by Ramanand Sagar
* ''Zindagi'' (1976 fil ...
(2019). V.I.P. is well known for his mimicry. He can do instant mimicry of more than 150 actors of the
Bollywood
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. He didn't have much success in Bollywood.
Filmography
;Television
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Comedy Circus
''The Comedy Circus Show '' is an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
Overview
Comedy Circus 1: Hindi TV Show where daily soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand up talent from India and ...
(Sony TV) - 2007, 2008 and 2010
*
Dekh India Dekh (Sony TV) - 2009
* Nautanki The Comedy Theatre (
Colors
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)
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The Great Indian Family Drama
''The Great Indian Family Drama'' is an Indian stand-up comedy television series, which aired on SAB TV and premiered on 3 January 2015. The series aired. The show was produced by Contiloe Entertainment. The series was inspired from the daily ad ...
(
Sab TV
Sony SAB (formerly SAB TV) is an Indian pay television channel owned by Culver Max Entertainment.
History
Sony SAB was launched as SAB TV by Gautam Adhikari and Markand Adhikari under their company Sri Adhikari Brothers (thus the acronym) on ...
)
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Comedy Nights
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Comedy Classes
''Comedy Classes'' is an Indian comedy show on channel Life OK. Produced by Optimystix Entertainment, its starting date was 7 October 2014.
The show is set in the ''Ache Din Institute'' an acting school run by ''Selfie Mausi'' and her brothe ...
(
Life OK
Life OK was an Indian pay television channel owned by Star India. It was launched on 18 December 2011 replacing Star One.
It also started airing in the United States on 1 March 2012, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 28 May of that same ...
)
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Comedy Nights Bachao
''Comedy Nights Bachao'' (English: ''Comedy Nights, Help!'') was an Indian Hindi-language comedy television series which premiered on 5 September 2015. The series used to air on Sunday nights on Colors TV. The series was a reality show with a ...
(Colors - 2015)
*
Zindagi Tumse
Zindagi is a word of Persian origin, which means "life". It may refer to:
Film
* ''Zindagi'' (1940 film), a Bollywood film directed by P. C. Barua
* ''Zindagi'' (1964 film), a Bollywood film directed by Ramanand Sagar
* ''Zindagi'' (1976 fil ...
(2019 ) director Tariq Bhat
*
Bhakharwadi
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(2019) as himself (Cameo)
References
Male actors from Mumbai
Living people
Indian male television actors
Indian stand-up comedians
Male actors in Hindi television
1973 births
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