Vikas Gupta (born 7 May 1988) is an Indian television producer, creative director, screenwriter and host. He is known for participating in ''

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'' , ''

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'' and hosting '' MTV Ace of Space''.

Life

Gupta was born on 7 May 1988. He hails from

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. His brother,

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, is an actor as well as a model. In June 2020, Gupta came out as

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in an Instagram post. Gupta is also one of the directors of an NGO called ''Lost Boy Welfare Association'' that helps poor children.

Career

Gupta started working at the age of 17 in Balaji Telefilms as an actor He was the creative head of

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’s

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for shows like '' Mahabharat'', ''

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'', '' Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil'' and '' Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya''. Later, he started his own production studio ''Lost Boy Productions'' which has created popular television series like '' Gumrah: End of Innocence'', ''Warrior High'', ''

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'', '' V The Serial'', '' Yeh Hai Aashiqui'' and '' MTV Webbed''. Gupta has also been the youngest programming head of MTV India. In October 2017, Gupta participated in

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's ''

'' where he emerged as the second runner up of the season. Due to his performance, he was given the title of “Mastermind” on the show. In 2017, he produced ''

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'' on ALTBalaji. In 2018, he hosted ''IIFA Buzz'' in Thailand for '' IIFA Awards 2018'' on Voot. Gupta also created and hosted his own reality show titled ''

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'' on MTV India. In 2019 he played

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As a proxy In 2019, he participated in Colors TV's '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9'' in Argentina. He was disqualified from the show Next, he created '' Puncch Beat'' for on ALT Balaji. In March, he reunited with his co-contestants Bharti Singh,

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, Harsh Limbachiyaa among others to be a part of '' Khatra Khatra Khatra''. In May 2019, Gupta created anthology series ''Yeh Ishq Nahi Aasaan'' for

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. In August 2019, he returned as the host of MTV India's '' Ace of Space 2''. In February 2020, he created '' Class of 2020'' for ALTBalaji. In November, he participated in Colors TV's ''

'', this time as a challenger. When co-contestant

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involved Gupta's family in a fight, he pushed her and was thus expelled from the show. He re-entered the show soon after.

Filmography

Television

Web series

* 2017: ''

'' * 2019: '' Puncch Beat'' * 2020: '' Class of 2020''

Television

Awards

References

External links

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