Vinay Pathak
Quick Facts
Biography
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.
His was in the film Antardwand .
Personal life
Vinay Pathak is married to Sonika Sahay.
Filmography
Television
Year | Serial | Role | TV Channel | Language | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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2008 | Dasvidaniya |