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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'' , '' Bigg Boss 14'' and hosting '' MTV Ace of Space''.

Life

Gupta was born on 7 May 1988. He hails from

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. His brother,

Siddharth Gupta Siddharth Gupta (born 4 November 1993) is an Indian actor. He made his film debut with Ekta Kapoor's ''Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi'' directed by Aman Sachdeva in 2014. In 2017, he made his web debut with '' Ragini MMS: Returns'' as Rahul on AL ...

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

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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 ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil'' and ''

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''. 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 ''Yeh Hai Aashiqui'' () is an Indian Hindi-language television romance anthology series that premiered on 25 August 2013 on Bindass. It presents dramatisations of the real life love stories created by Vikas Gupta. The show went off air on 7 A ...

'' and ''

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''. Gupta has also been the youngest programming head of

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. 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

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. In 2018, he hosted ''IIFA Buzz'' in Thailand for '' IIFA Awards 2018'' on

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. Gupta also created and hosted his own reality show titled '' Ace of Space'' on

. In 2019 he played Bigg Boss 13 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

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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 '' Bigg Boss 14'', 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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