Vikas Bhalla

Vikas Bhalla (born 24 October 1972) is an Indian film, television actor, singer and producer.

Vikas is trained in Hindustani classical music from Allahabad University, under Pandit Jialal Vasant.

He appeared as a lead actor in films in the early 90s, and went on to feature in several music and video albums.

Bhalla was born on 24 October 1972 into a Punjabi family to Neelam Bhalla.

He has one younger sister, Pooja Kalra, who is married.

Bhalla shifted to Mumbai when he was a child.

He has completed his studies from Bombay Scottish School and graduated in B.Com. from Narsee Monjee College, Mumbai.

He trained in Hindustani classical music from Allahabad University, under Pandit Jialal Vasant at the tender age of nine and began training under Guru Iqbal Gill in 1985, when he was thirteen.

Bhalla began dating Punita, the daughter of veteran actor, Prem Chopra, since 1986, while they were studying high school education.

In 1995, Bhalla made his film debut in Ramesh Modi's Sauda, in which he played the lead role of Deepak, opposite Neelam.

The film was inspired by the Hollywood blockbuster Indecent Proposal.

Bhalla made his film debut with the 1995 Ramesh Modi's Sauda, in which he played the lead role of Deepak, opposite Neelam.

Later, in the same year, he worked in another romantic crime film Taaqat, where he portrayed the role of veteran actor Dharmendra's younger brother Aklakh, opposite Kajol.

He married her at the age of 24 on 10 October 1996 and the couple have two children, Sanchi and Veer.

Bhalla worked in three different films in 1997, his first released Jeeo Shaan Se, directed by "Talat Jani" starred Dharmendra and Reena Roy, where he played the role of Kishan, opposite Sakshi Shivanand.

It is the story of three friends Gopala (Ayub Khan), Kishan (Himself) and Jay Mehta (Govinda).

Kishan and Jay believe in sexual promiscuity and crave to have sex with a new girl every day while Gopala is a Simpleton.

They take pride in their manliness with the slogan "Jeeo Shaan Se".

The next release being the Bollywood musical romance film Dil Ke Jharoke Main, in which he portrayed the male lead role of Vijay Rai opposite Manisha Koirala.

The story is about the two lovebirds, Suman and Vijay Rai, who are two virtually inseparable school-going children.

Both are heart-broken when Suman's dad decides to move out to a new location, both have tattooed a "heart" on their arms and hope to remember each other for the rest of their lives.

This was followed by the Ek Phool Teen Kante, directed by "Anup Malik", where he portrayed the pivotal role opposite Monica Bedi.

In 1998, Bhalla acted in films including Saazish and Deewana Hoon Pagal Nahi.

In 2001, Bhalla made his television debut with Apne Paray, where he played the role of veteran actor Rajesh Khanna's son.

After that, he acted in many serials, including Tum Bin Jaaoon Kahaan, Karishma - The Miracles of Destiny, Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin, Shanno Ki Shaadi and Uttaran.

Bhalla also worked in Zee TV's singing reality show Star Ya Rockstar.

Alongside his acting career, Bhalla also pursued his career in singing and launched the albums Hai Dhuan, Awaara and Mehek Teri.

His chart buster track "Hai Dhuan" from his debut album Dhuan got wide acceptance and made him a popular and prominent singer.

In 2005, Bhalla starred opposite Deepshika in Hriday Shetty's Pyaar Mein Twist, where he portrayed the role of Yash Khurana's (Rishi Kapoor) son, Rajiv Khurana.

The film tells the story of two lonely adults (played by Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia), who fall in love and decide to marry and how their grown up children find the entire situation offensive and they find themselves torn between love for each other.

In 2006, Bhalla portrayed the role of Rohit Verma opposite Esha Deol in Vikram Bhatt's Ankahee.

This movie was based upon the life of former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen, who was publicly in a relationship with Indian film director Vikram Bhatt.

In the same year, he anchored Bollywood Tonight on Zee Muzic.

He also appeared in the Salman Khan-starring Hollywood movie Marigold and the Shahid Kapoor-starring Chance Pe Dance.

In 2007, Bhalla gave his first playback voice for the song "Paagal Si Saari Leheren" from the movie Marigold.

In addition to his acting and singing career, Bhalla owns a production company, Rat Race Entertainment, which was established in 2008 and also director and co-founder of IndoWest Films, which was established in 2013.

He was a contestant in the ninth season of Colors TV's Indian game reality show Bigg Boss 9.

Apart from being an actor and singer, Bhalla has a production company, Rat Race Entertainment, which was established in 2008 and director and co-founder of IndoWest Films.

He is also an educationist and runs a school in Bandra with his wife and mother.

Thereafter, he came into prominence for being the playback voice for the super hit song "Po Po", featuring Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt, from the blockbuster 2012 movie Son Of Sardar.