Vikas Shrivastav is an Indian actor who has appeared primarily in

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Career

Vikas Shrivasatav was born in Bihar and grew up in Uttar Pradesh. He worked in theatre since he was young. He started his career as an actor with ''

Gangaajal ''Gangaajal: The Holy Weapon'' () is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language action crime drama film written, directed, co-produced and edited by Prakash Jha. Featuring an ensemble cast of 87 actors, it revolves around the Superintendent of Police Ami ...

''. Vikas got his breakthrough as an actor in several successful films including ''

The Dirty Picture ''The Dirty Picture'' is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language biographical musical drama film inspired by the life of Silk Smitha, an Indian actress noted for her erotic roles. The filmmakers have clarified that the story is not officially or literall ...

'' (2011), '' Talaash: The Answer Lies Within'' (2012), ''

Dhoom 3 ''Dhoom 3'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya and produced by Aditya Chopra, who co-wrote the story. It stars Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Katrina Kaif, Uday Chopra, Jack ...

'' (2013), ''

Special 26 ''Special 26'' is an Indian Hindi-language 2013 period heist thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. Based on the 1987 Opera House heist. The plot follows, A team of tricksters ( Akshay Kumar with Anupam Kher ) pose as CBI office ...

'' (2013), and '' Gabbar Is Back'' (2015). He has worked on the short films ''Hanki Panki'' (2013) and ''

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'' (2014). He played the lead role as Nirbhay Gujjar in ''Beehad - The Ravine'' (2013). In 2019, he turned lyricist for the film, '' The Gandhi Murder'' and debuted in Tamil cinema with ''

Kadaram Kondan ''Kadaram Kondan'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir action crime-thriller film directed by Rajesh M. Selva and produced by Kamal Haasan. The film stars Vikram in the lead role and Akshara Haasan and Abi Hassan in supporting roles. ...

''. In 2020, he was cast in the '' Savdhan India FIR Series'' as an honest police officer.

Incident

In 2016, an incident occurred after Shrivastav returned from Dehradun to Versova in which several lakhs worth of valuables were stolen. The suspect was later revealed to be Narendra Tak, an actor, who stayed with Shrivastav.

Selected filmography

*''All works are in

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, unless otherwise noted.''

Films

Short films

Television

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shrivastav, Vikas Living people Male actors in Hindi cinema Indian male film actors Indian male stage actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Hindi television Year of birth missing (living people)