Mera career ek-ek scene se bana hai; I’ve played the role of a dead body too: Vineet Kumar Singh
Vineet Kumar Singh, since he achieved fame with Mukkabaaz (2017), has become cautious while taking up projects. He has done films such as Gold (2018), Saand Ki Aankh (2019), Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl (2020), and a web series, Bard of Blood. While many actors would be happy going on a signing spree, it wasn’t the case with him, and he wasn’t even seen in any masala potboiler.
“Those kind of films didn’t come my way. I keep searching for better and read every script offered to me. I’ve grown up watching masala films. My upbringing was in Varanasi, and then I went to a medical college. Theatres were my only support. If I get masala films, I’d do them, of course,” he says.
The 36-year-old adds that, given a choice between a meaty role in a small film with a good script and a small role in a big film, he’d go for the former. But, he also confesses he has done the unlikeliest of roles, too. “In my career, I’ve performed as a body double, too. In a film called Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav (2005), I played Suniel Shetty sahab’s duplicate. There was a film called Rakht; there was a big star and the shot was about a dead body. It was the last shot, and they wanted someone with the same height and structure, it was me. I’ve done these uncredited roles. Mera career ek-ek scene se bana hai, maine jahan kaam kiya, wahan logon ke mujhe repeat kiya,” says a proud Singh, who will be seen next in the film Aadhaar.
While praise did come his way, there were hardly any offers for lead roles, which he wanted. “I did Bombay Talkies, Gangs of Wasseypur... tareef bahut mili, lekin jis cheez ke liye main Mumbai aaya tha, woh nahi ho raha tha. That’s why I took this decision to write a story for myself, and I co-wrote Mukkabaaz with my sister,” shares the actor.
I’ve performed as a body double, too. In a film, I played Suniel Shetty sahab’s duplicate. VINEET KUMAR SINGH, Actor