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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Ankur Vikal<br />
| image = A.V carter road.jpg<br />
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| birth_date = January 21, 1982 (age 39)<br />
| birth_place = Gujarat, India <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| alma_mater = [[National School of Drama]]<br />
| occupation = [[Actor]]<br />
| years_active = 2002–present<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ankur Vikal''' is an Indian theatre and film actor.<br />
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==Career==<br />
He graduated from the [[National School of Drama]] (NSD), New Delhi in 2000, after studying Architecture at [[Maharaja Sayajirao University]] of [[Baroda]]. He has acted with the Motley Theatre Group in plays such as ''Manto Ismat Haazir Hain'', ''Safed Jhooth Kaali Shalwar'', ''Katha Kollage II'', ''All Thieves'','' The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'', and ''Salome''. His film career began with the Indian ground-breaking film ''[[Mango Soufflé]]'', followed by the highly acclaimed films ''[[Maqbool]]'' and ''[[Missed Call (film)|Missed Call]]''.<br />
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Ankur played the role of Maman in ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2008).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/Introducing+Slumdog+Millionaire-6564.html|title = Introducing Slumdog Millionaire}}</ref> It was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight - the most for any 2008 film-including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best adapted screenplay. It won seven BAFTA awards including Best Film, five Critic's Choice Awards, and four Golden Globes. In the film, he discovers the children while they are living in the trash heaps and brings them to his Orphanage. He won a [[Screen Actor's Guild]] Award for his highly acclaimed and appreciated performance as Maman.<br />
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He also played the lead in ''[[The Forest (2009 film)|The Forest]]''. He was most recently seen in Telugu language film ''[[Kedi (2010 film)|Kedi]]'' and Hindi film ''[[Striker (2010 film)|Striker]]''. In Tamil cinema he debuted in ''Mariyan'' (2013) where he played the role of an oil worker.<br />
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He played Yakub, the antagonist terrorist leader, in the TV Series ''[[24 (Indian TV series)|24]]''.<br />
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He then worked on Nirbhaya-A play by Yael Farber for 3 years. The play was about the gang rape on a bus in Delhi on 16 December 2012. It was also about sexual abuse, patriarchy and misogyny. It won a fringe first, an Amnesty award and a heralds angel when it opened in Edinburgh. It is considered by many critics and audiences to be one of the most important works of human rights theatre in the world.<br />
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This was followed by films like Phobia with Radhika Apte, Jazbaa with Irrfan Khan, And Yaara by Tigmanshu Dhulia.<br />
His series [[Betaal]] is on [[Netflix]] and Paatal lok is on [[Amazon Prime]].<br />
[[Saina (film)|Saina]] by [[Amol Gupte]], Inside Edge, Season 3 and Baahubali, before the beginning will release later this year.<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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*''[[Mango Soufflé]]'' (2002) as Kamlesh<br />
*''[[Maqbool]]'' (2003) as Riyaz Boti<br />
*''[[Missed Call (film)|Missed Call]]'' (2005) as Gaurav Sengupta <br />
*''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2008) as Maman<br />
*''[[The Forest (2009 film)|The Forest]]'' (2009) as Pritam<br />
*''[[Striker (2010 film)|Striker]]'' (2010, Hindi) as Zaid<br />
*''[[Kedi (2010 film)|Kedi]]'' (2010, Telugu) as Chandra<br />
*''[[Breaking the way]]'' (2010, Short) as Ashok<br />
*''[[Maryan (film)|Maryan]]'' (2013, Tamil)<br />
*''[[Yamdas]]'' (2014) as Darshan<br />
*''[[Unfreedom]]'' (2014) as Najeeb<br />
*''[[Bang Bang (2014 film)|Bang Bang]]'' (2014, Hindi) as Shoaib<br />
*''[[Jazbaa]]'' (2015, Hindi) as Vijay<br />
*''[[Blemished Light]]'' (2015) as Najib<br />
*''[[Train Station]]'' (2015) as Brown (India)<br />
*''[[Sold (2014 film)|Sold]]'' (2016) as Varun<br />
*''[[Phobia (2016 film)|Phobia]]'' (2016, Hindi) as Manu Malhotra<br />
*''[[Indu Sarkar]]'' (2017, Hindi) as Shivam<br />
*''[[Love Sonia]]'' (2018) as Hotel Manager<br />
*''[[Mehandi Circus]]'' (2019, Tamil) as Jadhav<br />
*''[[Cookie]]'' (2020) as Mokashe<br />
*''[[Yaara]]'' (2020) as Fakira/ Durrani<br />
*''[[Toolsidass Junior]]'' (2020) as K.K.Burman<br />
*''[[Doosra (film)|Doosra]]'' (2020) as Mr.Agarwal<br />
*''[[Saina (film)|Saina]]'' (2021) as Jeevan Kumar, Saina's Coach<br />
* ''[[Bhavai (film)|Bhavai]]'' (2021) as Bhurelal<br />
* ''[[Beast(film)|Beast]]'' (2022){{Colend}}<br />
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==Television==<br />
* (2013) ''[[24 (Indian TV series)|24]]'' - Yakub Sayeed<br />
* (2020) ''[[Betaal]]'' Netflix Original Series - Bhunnu<br />
* (2020) ''[[Paatal Lok]]'' Amazon Prime Video Original Series - Kana Commandar<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links ==<br />
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{{IMDb name|1340178|Ankur Vikal}}<br />
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