Vinay Pathak
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Vinay Pathak | |
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![]() Vinay Pathak at the audio release of Maximum | |
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Occupation(s) | actor, television presenter, film producer, theatre actor |
Years active | 1996–present |
Spouse |
Sonika Sahay (m. 2006) |
Children | 2 |
Vinay Pathak (born 27 July 1968) is an Indian theater and film actor. He has starred in many films including Khosla Ka Ghosla, Bheja Fry, Island City and Johnny Gaddaar and had a supporting role in movies like Jism, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and My Name is Khan.[1]
Early life
[edit]Pathak was born on 27 July 1968 in Bhojpur district, Bihar, India. He spent his early childhood in Dhanbad as his father was posted in the police department there. He attended the boarding school Vikas Vidyalaya, Ranchi until 1982. After graduating from Allahabad University, he moved to the United States for higher studies.[2] Perhaps chief among his mentors in his BFA program Stony Brook University was Farley Richmond, who also urged him to return to India and Hindi theater and film in 1995.[3]
Career
[edit]While studying at State University of New York at Stony Brook Pathak had many acting roles, notably in the comedies Khosla Ka Ghosla and Bheja Fry.[4] In 1999, he played the role of Vinny in the television series Hip Hip Hurray. He also produced the film Dasvidaniya, which told the story of a common man bidding farewell before dying.[5]
Along with good friend Ranvir Shorey, he anchored the show OYE. Together they hosted the talk show Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun?.,[6] as well as House Arrest, Duniya Goal Hain and Cricket Crazy. He also teamed up with his friends Ranvir, Suresh Menon, and Gaurav Gera to be a part of a gag-based show The Great Indian Comedy Show.
Pathak starred in a minor role as Inspector Gurpal Badash in a made-for-TV movie Murder Unveiled (2005), featuring the Sikh community in Canada.
Pathak acted in the movies Johnny Gaddaar, Aaja Nachle , Khoya Khoya Chand and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.
His next film produced by Pritish Nandy Communications Raat Gayi Baat Gayi, was released in India in December 2009.
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His was in the film Antardwand.
Personal life
[edit]Vinay Pathak is married to Sonika Sahay.[7] The couple have two daughters Vasudha and Sharinee.
Filmography
[edit]† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
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1997 | Margarita | Hindi | ||
1998 | House Arrest | Host/presenter | English | |
1998–2001 | Hip Hip Hurray | Vincent "Vinnie" George | Hindi | |
2001 | Kahani Poori Filmi Hai | Host/presenter | Hindi | |
2002 | Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr | Professor | Hindi | |
2004–2007 | The Great Indian Comedy Show | Various characters | Hindi | |
2005 | Murder Unveiled | Inspector Gurpal Badas | English | Canadian television film |
2007 | Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun? | Host/presenter | Hindi | |
2010 | Kaam Ka Plot | Inspector | Hindi | Television film[8] |
2013 | CID | Mintoo Hasan | Hindi | Bajatey Raho Special episode |
2013–2014 | Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai | Host/presenter[9] | Hindi | |
2019 | Made in Heaven | Ramesh Gupta | Hindi | |
2020 | Special OPS | Abbas Sheikh | Hindi | |
2020 | A Suitable Boy | L.N. Agarwal | Hindi | |
2021 | Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story | Abbas Sheikh | Hindi | |
2021 | Chalo Koi Baat Nahi | Host/presenter | Hindi | |
2022 | Khakee: The Bihar Chapter | Sri Ujjiyaar Prasad | Hindi | |
2023 | Sultan of Delhi | Jagan Seth | Hindi | |
2023 | P I Meena | Dr.Basu | Hindi | |
2024 | Life Hill Gayi | Himaylay | Hindi |
Films
[edit]Year | Film | Role | Director | Language | Notes |
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1996 | Fire | Guide At Taj Mahal | Deepa Mehta | Hindi/English | Indo-Canadian co-production |
1998 | Bombay Boys | Chaiwalla | Kaizad Gustad | English | |
1999 | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | Tarun | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Hindi | |
2000 | Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega | Monty | Raj Kanwar | ||
2003 | Jism | DCP Siddharth | Amit Saxena | ||
2006 | Khosla Ka Ghosla | Asif Iqbal | Dibakar Banerjee | ||
Mixed Doubles | Vinay | Rajat Kapoor | |||
2007 | Johnny Gaddaar | Prakash | Sriram Raghavan | ||
Aaja Nachle | Mr. Chojar | Anil Mehta | |||
Bheja Fry | Bharat Bhushan | Sagar Ballary | Won - Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role
Nominated - IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role | ||
Say Salaam India | Mr. Chopra | Subhash Kapoor | |||
2008 | Oh, My God | Rajendra Dubey | Sourabh Shrivastava | ||
Dasvidaniya | Amar Kaul | Shashant Shah | Also Producer | ||
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | Balwinder "Bobby" Khosla | Aditya Chopra | Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated - IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor | ||
Via Darjeeling | Inspector Robin Dutt | Arindam Nandy | |||
Mithya | Ram Bhai | Rajat Kapoor | |||
Manorama Six Feet Under | Sub-Inspector Brij Mohan | Navdeep Singh | |||
2009 | Raat Gayi Baat Gayi | Amit | Saurabh Shukla | ||
Quick Gun Murugun | Chitragupta | Shashanka Ghosh | English | ||
Straight | Mr. Peenu Patel | Parvati Balagopalan | Hindi | ||
2010 | Antardwand | Madhukar Shahi | Sushil Rajpal | ||
The Film Emotional Atyachar | Joe | Akshay Shere | |||
My Name is Khan | Jitesh | Karan Johar | English | ||
2011 | Pappu Can't Dance Saala | Vidyadhar Acharya | Saurabh Shukla | Hindi | |
Tere Mere Phere | Jai Dhumal | Deepa Sahi | |||
Bheja Fry 2 | Bharat Bhushan | Sagar Ballary | |||
Jo Dooba So Paar | Havaldar Tokan | Praveen Kumar | |||
Utt Pataang | Ram Sharma / Lucky Sardana | Srikanth V. Velagaleti | |||
Chalo Dilli | Mannu Gupta | Shashant Shah | |||
Ek Tho Chance | Saeed Akhtar Mirza | Special appearance | |||
2012 | Midnight's Children | Hardy | Deepa Mehta | English | Canadian-British film |
Fatso! | Rajat Kapoor | Hindi | |||
Maximum | Tiwari | Kabeer Kaushik | |||
2013 | Bajatey Raho | Mintoo Hasan | Shashant Shah | ||
2015 | Gour Hari Dastaan | Gour Hari Das | Anant Mahadevan | ||
Kaagaz Ke Fools | Purshottam Tripathi | Anil Kumar Chaudhary | |||
Island City | Ruchika Oberoi | ||||
Chidiya | Bali | Mehran Amrohi | |||
Badlapur | Harman | Sriram Raghavan | |||
2016 | Motu Patlu: King Of Kings | Guddu Ghalib | Suhas D. Kadav | Voice role | |
2017 | Dark Brew | Anil Vadera | Akash Goila | ||
Hanuman Da' Damdaar | Popat Sharma | Ruchi Narain | Voice role Animated film | ||
2018 | Khajoor Pe Atke | Ravinder | Harsh Chhaya | ||
Toba Tek Singh | Saadat Hasan Manto | Ketan Mehta | Released on ZEE5[10] | ||
Yours Truly | Sanjoy Nag | Released on ZEE5.[11] | |||
2019 | Chintu Ka Birthday | Madan Tiwary | Devanshu Kumar
Satyanshu Singh |
Released on ZEE5[12] | |
Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi | Pankaj Bhargava | Seema Pahwa | [13] | ||
Chappad Phaad Ke | Sharad Atmaram Gupchup | Sameer Hemant Joshi | |||
Axone | Landlord | Nicholas Kharkongor | |||
Mitin Mashi | Arindam Sil | ||||
Dhuusar (Grey) | Supt. Avinash Gautam | Snehashish Mondal
Soumi Saha |
Bengali, Hindi | ||
The Tashkent Files | Mukhtar | Vivek Agnihotri | Hindi | ||
Luka Chuppi | Trivedi Ji | Laxman Utekar | |||
2023 | Blind | Prithvi Khanna | Shome Makhija | [14] | |
Bhagwan Bharose | TBA | Shiladitya Bora | [15] | ||
The Archies | H. Dawson | Zoya Akhtar | Netflix film | ||
2024 | Merry Christmas | Inspector Paresh Kamdar | Sriram Raghavan | ||
Aliya Basu Gayab Hai | Vikram | Preeti Singh |
Producer
[edit]Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2008 | Dasvidaniya | Shashant Shah |
References
[edit]- ^ "My popular image restricts filmmakers, not me: Vinay Pathak". The Indian Express. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "I could have been a teacher". Hindustan Times. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ Chinki Sinha, "Business school to drama school: Vinay Pathak opens up about his new projects", India Today (17 Aug. 2018): https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/what-s-hot/story/business-school-to-drama-school-vinay-pathak-opens-up-about-his-new-projects-1316904-2018-08-17
- ^ "Vinay Pathak ready to show you the funny in Island City". CatchNews.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Vinay Pathak returns with Dasvidaniya". Hindustan Times. 3 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Laugh Riot, an article from indiantelevision.com". Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
- ^ "Love in the fast lane". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Kaam Ka Plot is appreciated". YouTube. 10 November 2010. Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Vinay Pathak turns TV show host with 'Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai'". News18. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ IANS (26 August 2018). "'Toba Tek Singh' fails to capture Manto's madness (Movie Review)". Business Standard India. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Yours Truly". Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ The Hindu Net Desk (26 May 2020). "'Chintu ka Birthday' to release on Zee5". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Seema Pahwa to debut as director with film starring Naseeruddin Shah, Konkona Sen, Manoj Pahwa". Firstpost. 2 August 2018. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Sonam Kapoor Ahuja's Blind starts filming". Outlook India. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Vinay Pathak-starrer 'Bhagwan Bharose' slated for winter 2022 release : The Tribune India".
External links
[edit]- Vinay Pathak at IMDb