Vineet Kumar is an Indian actor. He was born on February 22, 1957, in Patna, Bihar, India. Vineet’s best-known films include Masaan, Drohkaal, Kachche Dhaage, Aks, Yeh Dil, Soch, and Shool.
In Hollywood, he has worked with Lynn Collins in Return to Rajapur and Martin Sheen and Mischa Barton in Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain. Additionally, he has appeared in Telugu, Kannada, and Bhojpuri films. Throughout his career, he has received critical acclaim for his work in films such as Vikramarkudu.
He has appeared in a number of Hindi films. These include Drohkaal, Kachche Dhaage, Aks, Yeh Dil, Soch and Shool. Apart from Bollywood movies, he has also worked on Hollywood assignments such as Return to Rajapur with Lynn Collins; Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain with Martin Sheen and Mischa Barton.
He has also appeared in a number of Telugu, Tamil, and Bhojpuri movies. He received critical acclaim for his work in the Telugu movie Vikramarkudu.
He has worked with veteran directors like Govind Nihalani, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Prakash Jha, and Ram Gopal Varma, among others. Apart from being a well-known face on Indian Television, Vineet is well respected by actors and directors of enviable stature.
He received positive reviews for his work in Masaan and has been termed ‘Brilliant’ for his role as a professional cremator.[5][6] Masaan was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival winning two awards.
Currently, Kumar lives in Mumbai and is married to Manoranjan Dhaliwal, who teaches ESL at Princess Noura University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His favorite hobby is photography, and he is an amateur photographer as well. He is the younger brother of Bihar Cadre IPS officer Sunit Kumar.