Vinay Pathak
Indian actor

Vinay Pathak

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12 July 1968(Dhanbad, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, India)
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Vinay Pathak is an Indian actor. He has starred in many films including Khosla Ka Ghosla, Bheja Fry, Island City and Johnny Gaddaar. He has also had supporting role in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

Early life

Pathak was born in Bhojpur district, Bihar, India. He did his schooling from Vikas Vidyalaya, Ranchi. He is an alumnus of 1982 batch. He graduated from Allahabad University and then went to the United States for higher studies.

Career

Pathak attended State University of New York at Stony Brook and acted in many plays. Pathak started off with bit roles before being noticed for his role in the comedy Khosla Ka Ghosla. Soon after that, his performance in the comedy Bheja Fry. In 1999 he played the role of Vinny in the television series Hip Hip Hurrey. He also produced the film Dasvidaniya, which told the story of a common man bidding farewell before dying. He, along with good friend Ranvir Shorey, anchored the show OYE.

Along with friend and co-star Ranvir Shorey, he was the host of the talk show Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun?.They also co-hosted a the shows House Arrest and Duniya Goal Hain. He also teamed up with his friends Ranvir, Suresh Menon, and Gaurav Ghera to be a part of a gag-based show Great Indian Laughter Show . He hosted Cricket Crazy with Shorey.

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 and 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.

Vinay Pathak with Deepak Bhanushali on ONCE MORE STUDIOS location

His was in the film Antardwand .

Personal life

Vinay Pathak is married to Sonika Sahay.

Filmography

Television

Year Serial Role TV Channel Language Notes
1997 Margarita Zee TV Hindi
1998 House Arrest Host/Presenter Channel V English
1998-2001 Hip Hip Hurray Vincent George (Vinnie Sir) Zee TV Hindi
2001 Kahani Poori Filmi Hai Host/Presenter Sony MAX Hindi
2002 Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr Professor Star Plus Hindi
2004-2007 The Great Indian Comedy Show Various Characters Star One Hindi
2005 Murder Unveiled Inspector Gurpal Badas CBC Television English Canadian television film
2007 Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun? Host/Presenter Star One Hindi
2010 Kaam Ka Plot Inspector Zoom Hindi TV Movie
2013 CID Mintoo Hasan Sony TV Hindi Bajatey Raho Special episode
2013-2014 Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai Host/Presenter Colors Hindi

Actor

Year Film Role Director Language Notes
2016 Motu Patlu: King Of Kings Guddu Ghalib Suhas D. Kadav Hindi Voice role
Animated film
2015 Gour Hari Dastaan Gour Hari Das Anant Mahadevan Hindi
Kaagaz Ke Fools Purshottam Tripathi Anil Kumar Chaudhary Hindi
Island City Ruchika Oberoi Hindi
Chidiya Bali Mehran Amrohi Hindi
Badlapur Harman Sriram Raghavan Hindi
2013 Bajatey Raho Mintoo Hasan Shashant Shah Hindi
2012 Midnight's Children Hardy Deepa Mehta English Canadian-British film
Fatso! Rajat Kapoor Hindi
Maximum Tiwari Kabeer Kaushik Hindi
2011 Pappu Can't Dance Saala Vidyadhar Acharya Saurabh Shukla Hindi
Tere Mere Phere Jai Dhumal Deepa Sahi Hindi
Bheja Fry 2 Bharat Bhushan Sagar Ballary Hindi
Jo Dooba So Paar Havaldar Tokan Praveen Kumar Hindi
Utt Pataang Ram Sharma / Lucky Sardana Srikanth V. Velagaleti Hindi
Chalo Dilli Mannu Gupta Shashant Shah Hindi
Ek Tho Chance Saeed Akhtar Mirza Hindi Special appearance
2010 Antardwand Madhukar Shahi Sushil Rajpal Hindi
The Film Emotional Atyachar Joe Akshay Shere Hindi
My Name is Khan Jitesh Karan Johar Hindi
2009 Raat Gayi Baat Gayi Amit Saurabh Shukla Hindi
Quick Gun Murugun Chitragupta Shashanka Ghosh English
Straight Mr. Peenu Patel Parvati Balagopalan Hindi
2008 Oh, My God Rajendra Dubey Sourabh Shrivastava Hindi
Dasvidaniya Amar Kaul Shashant Shah Hindi Also Producer
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Balwinder "Bobby" Khosla Aditya Chopra Hindi Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated-IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor
Via Darjeeling Inspector Robin Dutt Arindam Nandy Hindi
Mithya Ram Bhai Rajat Kapoor Hindi
Manorama Six Feet Under Sub-Inspector Brij Mohan Navdeep Singh Hindi
2007 Johnny Gaddaar Prakash Sriram Raghavan Hindi
Aaja Nachle Mr. Chojar Anil Mehta Hindi
Bheja Fry Bharat Bhushan Sagar Ballary Hindi 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 Hindi
2006 Khosla Ka Ghosla Asif Iqbal Dibakar Banerjee Hindi
Mixed Doubles Vinay Rajat Kapoor Hindi
2003 Jism DCP Siddharth Amit Saxena Hindi
2000 Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega Monty Raj Kanwar Hindi
1999 Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Tarun Sanjay Leela Bhansali Hindi
1998 Fire Guide At Taj Mahal Deepa Mehta Hindi/English Indo-Canadian co-production
Bombay Boys Chaiwalla Kaizad Gustad English

Producer

Year Film
2008 Dasvidaniya