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Vikrant Massey is celebrating his 38th birthday today.
Restart Restart from Zero..Ristart..Ristart..Ristart…
Even though these are the lyrics of a song from Vikrant Massey’s 12th Fail, but these lines fits perfectly on her life. Today Vikrant is not interested in any introduction. After the film 12th Fail, he knows him, but achieving this place was nothing short of a big challenge for him.
Vikrant’s childhood was spent in poverty. His father’s salary would end within the first 15 days of the month. In such a situation, Vikrant learned and started teaching at the age of just 16 years. Along with this, he also worked in a coffee shop so that he could help the family.
But he always had a dream to become an actor. For this, he also worked hard. Like Shah Rukh Khan, Vikrant also started his career with the small screen. In the TV industry, he became a well-known face, but he got a lot of taunts during his entry in Bollywood.
No producer was willing to invest money on them. Despite this, he never gave up and the result of this is that the Vikrant who ever earned 800 rupees, today his net worth is 20 to 26 crores.
Know the story of his struggles on Vikrant Massey’s birthday ..
Vikrant belongs to a family of four religions
Vikrant Massey belongs to a family of four religions. His father is Jolly Christian and mother Meena is from the Sikh family. His elder brother Mohsin adopted Islam at a very young age. It is said that the love story of Vikrant’s parents is also very filmy. They both liked each other since childhood.
When the family protested due to different religions, they ran away and married. While his wife comes from Hinduism. In an interview, Vikrant had told that there is a temple in my house. Despite being a Christian, my father has gone to the temple of Vaishno Mata six times.
If the financial condition of the family deteriorates, the work done in the coffee shop
The financial condition of Vikrant Massey’s house was not good. His childhood was spent in poverty. When the father’s salary came, everything was fine for the first 15 days of the month, but after the 16th day it was not understood how to run the house now. Seeing the problems of the family, Vikrant started learning and teaching dance during his graduation.
After getting up in the morning, he first used to go to teach dance to children in Shyamak Davar’s dance class. Not only this, he also worked in a coffee shop in Versova, Mumbai.
Inherited acting skills, Working in coffee shop is also a motive
Vikrant’s grandfather Ravikant Massey was the theater artist and character artist in films. He also received a gold medal from former President Rajendra Prasad twice in All India Dramatic Competition. He also worked with big actors like Dilip Kumar and Devanand in films like Naya Daur and Guide.
Even though Vikrant had a skill of acting in blood, he saw the dream of becoming an actor when films were shot around him. He had seen actors like Sunil Dutt, Gulshan Grover and Jackie Shroff shooting since childhood, due to which he also thought of becoming an actor.
In an interview, Vikrant had also told that there were two big motives to work in the coffee shop. The financial situation of the first house and the second shop used to come to that shop many people of the film line. In such a situation, he hoped that his film journey could also start from here, but it did not happen.
The first break in acting was found outside the washroom, earned 24 thousand
Vikrant Massey received a serial offer at the age of 16. For this, he quit Shyamak Davar’s job, where he worked for 2 years, but that TV show never telecast. However, luck also opened other doors for him. Once they were standing in the bathroom line, when a woman came there and asked her for acting and called her office.
Vikrant accepted the offer. He got the TV show ‘Dhoom Machao Dhoom’. 6 thousand rupees were received for every episode of this. The actor earned 24 thousand by doing 4 episodes. After this, Vikrant Dharam was seen in shows like Dharam Veer, Kubool, Baba Aiso Vara and Balika Vadhu.
Vikrant left 35 lakhs every month for films
Vikrant Massey always wanted to make a career in acting and his dream was finally fulfilled. He worked in many TV shows, which caused his earnings Rs 35 lakh every month, but his dreams were big and so he left the TV industry. Not only this, the money they had saved, they spent all the films to audition.
Jumpunji was over, so he used to take money for audition from his wife
Vikrant had told in an interview that there was a time in his life when all his deposits were over in auditioning films. At that time his girlfriend Sheetal (who is now his wife) used to give him pocket money.
At the same time, if we talk about Vikrant and Sheetal’s love story, in an interview, Vikrant had told that he met Sheetal due to his friend in Mumbai.
The big thing is that Vikrant’s friend also wanted Sheetal to Sheetal and he wanted Vikrant to help them to join both of them, but then after one or two meetings Vikrant started liking cold. He proposed to Sheetal in the third meeting. He then got married in the year 2022. He had a son in 2024, named boon.
Debut in films in 2013, but no special identity was found
In 2013, Vikrant made her Bollywood debut with the film Lootera, but do you know that Vikrant was rejected in the audition of this film. However, the actor who was about to play this role, refused two weeks before the shooting. Vikrant was then cast in this film.
Vikrant was seen as a side actor in the robber, not the lead. In this, he played the role of ‘Devdas’. While Sonakshi Sinha and Ranveer Singh were seen in the main role.
Work not found after the first film, Vikrant returned to TV
Vikrant Massey had no work even after doing the film marauder. In such a situation, he decided to return to TV shows. He made shows like Yeh Hai Aashiqui and misguided: End of Innocent. However, after 8 months, he started getting offers from films again.
Vikrant appeared in films like Dil Dhadakne Do, A Death in the Ganj and Half Girlfriend, but did not get any special recognition from these films. He was mostly offered side rolls.
OTT debut from Mirzapur, covered among people
When Vikrant Massey was not getting any special identity in films, he made his debut on OTT. In the year 2018, Vikrant appeared in the web series Mirzapur. In this series, he played Bablu Pandit.
Although his role was limited to the first season only, but he had got a good identity, after which people wanted him to be seen in its upcoming season too. Although this did not happen. Apart from this, Vikrant Broken has also appeared in web series like Buken But Beautiful, Criminal Justice and Made in Heaven.
Share screen with Deepika Padukone in 2020
Even though Vikrant had received an identity from OTT, he was seen opposite Deepika Padukone in the 2020 film Chhapak. The film may prove to be a flop, but he definitely got recognition in the industry as a lead actor. People had praised his work and acting in this film.
Taunts used to be taunted when TV actor
When Vikrant worked in Bollywood after TV, he also got many taunts. Because they came from the TV industry. Due to which he used to break quite a lot.
Film 12th failed career turning point
Vikrant acted in many films, but his luck changed with the 2023 film 12th Fail. This proved to be the biggest film of his career, in which he played the role of IPS Manoj Kumar Sharma. Vikrant’s performance in the film was highly praised, and he was also awarded several awards.
Recently his film film The Sabarmati Report has been released, which was quite appreciated. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have praised the film. However, he also received threats after doing this film.
Fan was shocked when announced a break
Vikrant Massey posted a post on his Instagram account on 2 December 2024. In this, he suddenly announced a break indefinitely from films. His post seemed that he would no longer be seen in films.
However, he clarified it within 24 hours. Vikrant had said that people could not understand my point properly. I am a little tired and want to spend a few days with the family.
Wife touched his feet and controversies on social media
On the occasion of Karva Chauth, Vikrant Massey shared several photos on Instagram, in which he was seen touching his wife’s feet. In such a situation, Vikrant was trolled a lot. After this, in an interview, he said in this case, ‘My phone has six pictures. Four of them are photos that can be discussed. Some people will like these pictures, while some will abuse me for it. I do not understand why? I think if you want peace at home, then you should touch your wife’s feet from time to time. People made those pictures viral. She is the Lakshmi of my house and I do not think it is wrong to touch Lakshmi’s leg. I proudly say that she came in my life 10 years ago and made my life better. Everything has been going well with me ever since she came in my life. I will keep touching his leg to keep it intact.
Vikrant Massey touching wife Sheetal’s feet.
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