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Vikrant Massey is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi television, Hindi films and web series.[2][3] He made his acting debut with the role of Aamir Hassan in Dhoom Machaao Dhoom[4] and became a household name with his roles of Dharam in Dharam Veer, Murli Laal in Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo and Ayaan Ahmed Khan in Qubool Hai.[5][6]

Vikrant Massey
Massey at the premiere of Chhapaak in 2020
Born	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater	R. D. National College, Mumbai
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Sheetal Thakur ​ (m. 2022)​ [1]

After his huge success on Hindi television, Massey made his film debut with Lootera (2013) and appear in supporting parts in films including Dil Dhadakne Do (2015) and Half Girlfriend (2017).[7] He earned critical acclaim for his lead portrayals in A Death in the Gunj (2017) and Chhapaak (2020).[8][9][10] In the meantime he also gained great appreciation with his starring roles in the popular web series Mirzapur (2018) and Broken But Beautiful (2018–2019).[11][12]

Vikrant went onto appear in acclaimed film projects such as the romantic comedy Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (2020)[13][14] and the mystery thriller Haseen Dillruba (2021).[15] [16]

Early life

Vikrant Massey was born to his parents Jolly and Meena. Belonging to a middle class family, he was born and raised by his parents in Nagbhid, a small town in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.[17] He was raised a Roman Catholic and he has one older brother Mohsin. His paternal family follows Christianity and maternal family follows Sikhism.[18][19]

Massey's educational background consists of attending St. Anthony’s High School in Versova with further studies being completed from R. D. National College of Arts & Science in Bandra, Mumbai.[20] Being a well-trained dancer, he forayed onto stage with small-time dancing and theatre performances at the age of 7. With support and guidance from his teachers and school principal, he took up performing arts as a career choice at quite a young age. During his leisure period, he enjoys traveling, playing cricket and video games.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Massey and Sheetal Thakur began dating in 2015, before they together starred in the web series Broken But Beautiful. They got engaged in November 2019. They registered their marriage on 14 February 2022 in an intimate ceremony at their Versova home. On 18 February 2022, they got married in a traditional Hindu Marriage Ceremony.[21]

Career

Massey is also a trained modern contemporary or modern jazz dancer and has worked with Shiamak Davar,[22] and was a choreographer on his show Dhoom Machaao Dhoom.^{[citation needed]}

He played the role of Shyam Madan Singh in the television show Balika Vadhu on Colors TV which also starred Vibha Anand and was a success. He later played the lead role in Nikhil Sinha and Rakesh Paswan's Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo on NDTV Imagine as Murli, husband of Bharti.[23] He has also acted in Disney Channel India's Dhoom Machaao Dhoom, Star Plus's Kahaan Hoon Main which did not go on air[24] and the role of Dharam in NDTV Imagine's Dharam Veer.

Vikrant portrayed Ayaan Ahmed Khan, one of the lead roles in Zee TV's series Qubool Hai after replacing Rishabh Sinha.[5]

Massey made his Bollywood debut in Vikramaditya Motwane's Lootera (2013), along with Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha.[25][26] His first lead role was in Konkana Sen Sharma 's debut directorial venture A Death in the Gunj. The film as well as his performance won critical acclaim. Rajeev Masand described his performance as heartfelt one.[27] For this performance he received a nomination for Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.[28]

He has been a part of various television commercials such as Zatak Deo, Cadbury, FINOLEX LED, Nescafe, Khazana Jewels, Samsung Galaxy, Cornetto and Idea 4G.

Massey has also worked in various web series that include Mirzapur, Broken But Beautiful,[29][30] Criminal Justice directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and Vishal Furia[31] and Made In Heaven a webseries on two wedding planners in Delhi running an agency named Made in Heaven.[32] Vikrant Massey was paired with Shweta Tripathi in science fiction film called Cargo written and directed by Arati Kadav. Cargo premiered at the 2019 MAMI Film Festival under the spotlight section[33][34] and on Netflix on 9 September 2020.[35]

In 2020, he was seen opposite Deepika Padukone in Meghna Gulzar's Chhapaak.[36] He appeared opposite Yami Gautam in Ginny Weds Sunny, directed by debutant Puneet Khanna, produced by Vinod Bachchan[37] and released on Netflix.[38]

Filmography

Films

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Lootera	Dev Sharma		[39]
2015	Dil Dhadakne Do	Rana Khanna		[40]
2017	A Death In The Gunj	Shyamal Chatterjee		[41]
	Half Girlfriend	Shailesh Pandey		[42]
	Lipstick Under My Burkha	Arshad Sumbli		[43]
2020	Chhapaak	Amol Gupta		[44]
	Cargo	Prahastha Tawde		[45]
	Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare	Pradeep Kushwaha		[46]
	Ginny Weds Sunny	Sunny Sethi		[47]
2021	Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi	Rahul Joshi		[48]
	Switchh	Samar Kapoor		[49]
	Haseen Dillruba	Rishabh Saxena		[50]
	14 Phere	Sanjaylal Singh		[51]
2022	Love Hostel	Ahmed Shaukeen		[52]
	Forensic	Johnny Khanna		[53]
	Yaar Jigri	TBA	Completed	[54]
	Mumbaikar	Zorawar	Completed	[55]
	Gaslight	TBA	Filming	[56]
	Sector 36	TBA	Filming	[57]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Dhoom Machaao Dhoom	Aamir Hassan
2008	Dharam Veer	Dharam
2009–2010	Balika Vadhu	Shyam Singh	Recurring role
2010–2011	Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo	Murli Laal
2011	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4	Himself	Episodes 7-8
2012	Gumrah	Shobhit
2012–2013	V The Serial	Himself	Host
2013	Qubool Hai	Ayaan Ahmed Khan
	Yeh Hai Aashiqui	Himself	Host
2014	Ajab Gajab Ghar Jamai	Rajeshwar

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	Rise	Shreyas		[58]
2018	Mirzapur	Vinay "Bablu" Pandit	Season 1
2018–2019	Broken But Beautiful	Veer Goenka
2019	Made In Heaven	Nawab Khan	Episode: "The Great Escape"
	Criminal Justice	Aditya Sharma		[59]
2021	Broken But Beautiful 3	Veer Goenka	Guest appearance

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Un Hazaaron Ke Naam	Richard Gonzalvis
2014	Best Girlfriend	Karan
2015	Local Girlfriend	Rachit Rakesh Mohan Ahuja
2016	35MM		Producer
2018	Copy	Sid	Series: "Teen Paheliyan"[60]
2019	Detour	Aarav
2020	Gadhedo	Goru dhobi

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Indian Television Academy Awards	GR8! Face of the Year - Male	Dharam Veer	Won	[61]
	Indian Telly Awards	Best Fresh New Face - Male		Nominated	[62]
2018	Filmfare Awards	Best Actor (Critics)	A Death In The Gunj	Nominated	[63]
2022			Haseen Dilruba	Pending

References

External links

• Vikrant Massey at IMDb
• Vikrant Massey at Rotten Tomatoes
• Vikrant Massey at Bollywood Hungama
• Vikrant Massey on Instagram

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