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name: "Vipin Sharma"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vipin-sharma"
fi1m_id: "vipin-sharma"
imdb_id: "nm1479650"
tmdb_id: 52768
wikidata_id: "Q7933494"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 February 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T16:59:35.532080+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Vipin Sharma

## Identity

Vipin Sharma

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vipin-sharma
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vipin-sharma
- **IMDb ID:** nm1479650
- **TMDB ID:** 52768
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7933494
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipin_Sharma, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7933494, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1479650/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52768

Actor. Born 18 February 1962 in New Delhi, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 February 1962, New Delhi, India
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Also known as:** Віпін Шарма
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 83 (1), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipin_Sharma, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7933494, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1479650/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52768

## Fi1m on Vipin Sharma

> Vipin Sharma is a supporting actor we value for the weight he gives a part and the calm he can bring to a noisy film. He deserves more to do than keep playing the disapproving father.

In *Monkey Man* (2024), Vipin Sharma's Alpha brings a calm that the surrounding characters seldom allow. Dev Patel directs a supporting cast pitched broadly, with Sharlto Copley's fight promoter bellowing and Sikandar Kher's police chief hurting people with casual ease. We felt relieved when Sharma gave us a quieter presence to attend to. That change matters in a revenge film whose fights hit hard but whose story wanders and repeats itself. Sharma is one reason to stay with it, even when the plotting tries our patience.

His breakthrough came as Nandkishore Awasthi in *Taare Zameen Par* (2007). He then faced typecasting as strict or insensitive fathers, narrowing his opportunities. We would rather see him allowed to complicate that authority than simply repeat the parental disapproval, however useful a stern father might be to a script. Supporting roles across independent and mainstream Hindi films offered other settings, including *Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1* (2012).

As Ehsaan Qureshi in Anurag Kashyap's crime saga, he is part of a crowded cast rather than the reason to watch on his own. The performances and music make the feuding families worth following, even when the plotting leaves too many names to keep straight. We would not single out Sharma at the expense of that ensemble; the film keeps an unusually large number of characters compelling. It is a better film than *Monkey Man*, but Patel gives us the clearer example of what Sharma adds.

*Hotel Mumbai* (2018) provided the connection with Patel that led to Alpha, the leader of a hijra community. It was a useful departure from those stern fathers, while still drawing on Sharma's capacity to give a supporting character authority. Patel gets something valuable from him by allowing that authority to be calm amid the film's aggression. Start with *Monkey Man* for Sharma, provided a bloody, uneven revenge film is what the evening calls for.

## Biography

Vipin Sharma is an Indian actor, editor and filmmaker. Born on 18 February 1962 in New Delhi, he trained at the National School of Drama and the Canadian Film Centre. He began working in television in 1989 and made his feature-film debut in 1996. His breakthrough came with the role of Nandkishore Awasthi in *Taare Zameen Par* (2007).

Sharma has appeared in numerous Hindi films and international productions. Notable credits include Major Masand in *Paan Singh Tomar* (2012), Ehsaan Qureshi in *Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1* (2012), Dilip in *Hotel Mumbai* (2019) and Alpha in *Monkey Man* (2024). On television he has played DCP Bhagat in *Paatal Lok* (2020) and Sambit in *The Family Man* (2019).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Monkey Man* (2024), Fi1m 72, as Alpha — [page](https://film.one/film/monkey-man.md)
- *Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1* (2012), Fi1m 83, as Ehsaan Qureshi — [page](https://film.one/film/gangs-of-wasseypur-part-1.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Termite* (2026), as Nadeem · Executive Producer
- *Kamathipura Express* (2026), as Tanak
- *Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2* (2025), as Mirza
- *Dhadak 2* (2025), as Nandkumar
- *Companion* (2025), as Ashok Behl
- *The Prince of Jhansi* (2024), as Sushil
- *Bhaiyya Ji* (2024), Actor
- *Night Queen* (2024), Actor
- *Monkey Man* (2024), as Alpha — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/monkey-man.md)
- *P.I. Meena* (2023), series, as Tridib Malhotra · Co-Writer
- *Haddi* (2023), as Bibek
- *Guns & Gulaabs* (2023), series, as Mahendra
- *Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai* (2023), as Pramod Sharma
- *Dayalu* (2021), Actor
- *Black Bud* (2021), as Bhave
- *Maharani* (2021), series, as PM Sudhakar Sriniwas Joshi
- *Khuda Haafiz* (2020), as Agent Nadeem
- *Paatal Lok* (2020), series, as DCP Bhagat
- *Mastram* (2020), series, as Mama
- *Ateet* (2020), as Dr. Masood
- *Moothon* (2019), as Warden
- *The Family Man* (2019), series, as Sambit
- *Satyameva Jayate* (2019), as Mansoor
- *Bebaak* (2019), as Director
- *Gone Kesh* (2019), as Enakshi's Father
- *Hotel Mumbai* (2019), as Dilip
- *The Accidental Prime Minister* (2019), as Ahmed Patel
- *Simmba* (2018), Actor
- *Baaghi 2* (2018), as Mahendra Rawat
- *Daas Dev* (2018), as Ramashray Shukla
- *Yaman* (2018), as Lawyer
- *Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana* (2017), as Mahesh
- *What the Folks* (2017), series, as Prakash
- *30 Days in September* (2017), Actor
- *Kaatru Veliyidai* (2017), as Dr. Leela's Father
- *Raman Raghav 2.0* (2016), as Raghav's Father
- *7 Hours to Go* (2016), as IK Gujral
- *The Blueberry Hunt* (2016), as Sett
- *Gour Hari Dastaan* (2015), as Ahirkar
- *Dhanak* (2015), as Dungaram
- *Journey* (2014), as Salim
- *Rang Rasiya* (2014), as Paachan
- *Kick* (2014), as Home Minister
- *Rajjo* (2013), as Chandu's Father
- *Shahid* (2013), as Prosecutor More
- *John Day* (2013), as Shinde
- *Satyagraha* (2013), as Gauri Shankar
- *Raanjhanaa* (2013), as Kundan's father (Cameo Appearance)
- *Oonga* (2013), as Pradip
- *Special 26* (2013), as ACP
- *Kirchiyaan* (2013), as Pappu
- *Inkaar* (2013), as Gupta
- *Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana* (2012), as Kehar Singh
- *Future to Bright Hai Ji* (2012), as Mr. Verma
- *Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2* (2012), as Ehsan Qureshi
- *Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1* (2012), as Ehsaan Qureshi — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/gangs-of-wasseypur-part-1.md)
- *Calcutta Taxi* (2012), as Bakul Bihari
- *Paan Singh Tomar* (2012), as Major Masand
- *Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster* (2011), as Gendha Singh
- *Karthik Calling Karthik* (2010), as Karthik's Landlord
- *Florida Road* (2010), as Raj
- *1920* (2008), as Balwanth
- *Jannat* (2008), as Arjun's Father
- *Like Stars on Earth* (2007), as Nandkishore Awasthi
- *The Discovery of India* (1988), series, as Seenu, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
- *The Measure*, as Master Ji
- *The Big Fix*, Actor
- *The Peasant*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Vipin Sharma](https://film.one/media/person/11728/gallery-b34bcb39ef71.jpg) Vipin Sharma — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Vipin_Sharma.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Vipin Sharma](https://film.one/media/person/11728/gallery-90f4c0fea468.jpg) Vipin Sharma — Image via TMDB

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