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The fog has lifted, and it has made way to the star of the moment–Suvinder Vicky. The actor has emerged as the breakout performer of the recently released Netflix crime investigation series Kohrra. Also starring Barun Sobti, Harleen Sethi, and Varun Badola, the six-episode series follows the investigation into the death of an NRI, whose body is discovered shortly before his wedding. On the show, Suvinder Vicky plays a local cop, Balbir, investigating the case.
In her review for The Indian Express, Shubhra Gupta described Suvinder Vicky as the “beating heart” of Kohrra. “Suvinder Vicky, so good in ‘Meel Patthar’, as the senior policeman, digging in deep to discover his softer side. Vicky’s Balbir, a craggy map of suppressed desire from which emerges his wanting to be a better man, is, to me, the beating heart of the series.”
Suvinder Vicky’s turn as Balbir, who feels like a failure in both professional and personal life, dealing with his brokenness and hoping to be a better man, has won countless of hearts since the series dropped on July 15. The actor’s performance is so glorious, filmmaker Karan Johar couldn’t help but praise him.
“I was blown away by the performances @suvindervicky is and will be the revelation of 2023 across film and streaming … his silences can launch a million scripts…,” he wrote in his Instagram caption.
Before Kohrra’s big breakthrough success, Suvinder Vicky has been quietly and consistently impressing the audience. The 50-year-old had last year also garnered acclaim for his Netflix series Cat, where he played the character of Sehtab Singh.
On the streaming front, he also made a mark with his show Paatal Lok, playing the part of Balbir Singh Sekhon. He featured in one episode of the acclaimed series, but was enough to last a haunting impact.
Born in Sirsa, Haryana, Suvinder Vicky made his film debut in mid 2000s, when he featured in the Punjabi film Des Hoyaa Pardes. After a decade of work in the Punjabi industry, the actor made an appearance in Abhishek Chaubey’s acclaimed Udta Punjab. In the film, led by Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Diljit Dosanjh, Suvinder played the character of Kukku.
Three years later in 2019, Suvinder starred in the Akshay Kumar hit Kesari in the role of Naik Lal Singh. The film, co-produced by Karan Johar, was based on the story of Battle of Saragarhi in which an army of 21 Sikhs fought against thousands of Afghans in 1897.
The actor got further acclaim in Ivan Ayr’s Meel Patthar (also titled Milestone), in which he starred as Ghalib, a truck driver tryiong to come to terms with the death of his wife. He was also hailed by critics for his performance as Joginder in Gurvinder Singh’s Chauthi Koot (The Fourth Direction), set in a post-Operation Blue Star Punjab in the ’80s.
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