Vikas Manaktala

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vikas Manaktala

• Vikas Manaktala, also spelt as Vikkas Manaktala ^[8]Vikkas Manaktala – Facebook is an Indian actor, who primarily appears in Hindi television shows. He rose to fame for playing the role of Amardeep Huda in the television show Left Right Left (2006) on SAB TV. Vikas participated in the Hindi television reality show Bigg Boss season 16 as the wild card contestant on Colors TV in December 2022.

• It was speculated that Vikas’s rumoured girlfriend, Priyanka Bassi, who played the role of Naina Singh Ahluwalia in the TV show Left Right Left, met on the set of the show, and while shooting together, they started dating each other. In an interview, Vikas denied the rumours of dating Priyanka and said,
  

  That’s not true. We are good friends and that chemistry reflects on screen.” ^[9]DNA

• While completing his graduation, Vikas realised his passion for acting and to pursue his career as an actor, he shifted to Mumbai in 2002, where he began modelling for advertisement campaigns, fashion shows, and print media shoots.

  

• In 2006, Vikas was nominated for the Fresh New Face – Male award at the Indian Telly Awards for his debut TV show Left Right Left.

• Vikas’s wife, Gunjan Walia was previously married to an actor, Sachin Verma, but they separated in 2009, after a year of marriage. In 2014, Vikas got engaged to Gunjan in the presence of family members in Delhi after being in a relationship for a few months.

• After a leap of five years, in 2013, Vikas appeared in the TV show Main Naa Bhoolungi on Sony TV in which he played the role of Aditya Jagannath.

  

• In an interview, Vikas said that he received training at the Raigad Military School in Mumbai to prepare for the role of a cadet, Amardeep Huda, in the TV show Left Right Left.

• In March 2014, in an interview, Vikas revealed that after his show Main Naa Bhoolungi went on air on Sony TV, he was compelled by his landlady to vacate the apartment in which he resided since 2012. He said that his landlady was so scared of the character Aditya Jagannath, which he played in the show that she immediately asked him to vacate the premises. ^[10]The Times of India

• In 2014, Vikas got a degree in the Chinese martial art form Wing Chun.

• In 2016, Vikas played the role of Neel Sharma in the show Yeh Hai Aashiqui on Bindass. In 2017, he appeared as Veer Pratap in the show Ghulaam on Life OK.

  

• In 2017, during the shoot of the TV show Ghulaam on Life OK, Vikas, who played the role of Veer Pratap, had to shoot a sequence in which he had to hit himself with a whip. To make the scene look more authentic, Vikas, while shooting, whipped himself in real. Later, he got marks all over his upper body and a doctor was called immediately to treat him.

  

• In 2019, Vikas was featured in the music video Psycho on YouTube.

• In 2019, Vikas appeared in the TV shows, Jhansi Ki Rani as Gangadhar Rao on Colors TV, Laal Ishq as Balveer on &TV, and Namah Lakshmi Narayan as Shiva on StarPlus.

• In 2022, Vikas appeared in the Hindi reality show Bigg Boss season 16 as a wild card contestant on Colors TV.

  

• Vikas has appeared in a few commercials for brands like Maruti Suzuki, Reid & Taylor, starring Amitabh Bachchan, and Videocon, starring Shah Rukh Khan.

• In an interview, Vikas talked about his childhood memories and said that he wanted to become a scientist during his school days.

  

• Vikas is a fitness enthusiast, and he regularly workouts at the gym to keep himself fit.

  

• While studying in school, Vikas was inclined towards sports, and he played soccer and basketball at the national level.

• In an interview, Vikas said that before appearing for any examination in school or college, he used to visit Gurudwara Bangla Sahib in Connaught Place, Delhi, to seek blessings.

• Vikas has a pet dog, Oli Singh, and he often posts pictures of his pet on social media.

  

• Vikas occasionally enjoys smoking cigars and consuming alcohol at parties and events. In an interview, he revealed that while portraying Lord Shiva in the television show Namah Lakshmi Narayanhe on StarPlus, he quit smoking and alcohol. ^[11]Patrika