Viineet Kumar Singh’s journey in films has been almost dreamlike, but not without a few nightmares. Coming from a family of academicians and doctors in Varanasi, Singh is not sure how he got interested in acting. At 18, he came to Mumbai to participate in a talent hunt and bagged a supporting role in Mahesh Manjrekar’s Pitaah (2002). Though the film flopped, he did not give up. While pursuing his passion for acting, he continued his studies and got an MD in Ayurveda. “There has to be something to fall back on,” he says.
The acting bug, however, never left him. Over the last 17 years, Singh has acted in a string of films that never made it big. He also played a few acclaimed roles in films like Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), Bombay Talkies (2013) and Ugly (2013), before landing his first film as lead, Mukkabaaz (2018). His success streak continued with Reema Kagti’s Gold (2018). He played a doctor-turned-coach in the recently released Saand Ki Aankh and a secret agent in the Neflix series, Bard of Blood.
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