A talented and successful Actor/Director, Vinod Pandey has worked predominantly in Bollywood and hit the theaters with his blockbuster movies.

Vinod Pandey is a Hindi Filmmaker, Director, Producer, Actor and Screenplay Writer.

Vinod was born in a small village called Chauma Farah of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh. Currently he is living in Mumbai. Due to his father’s government job, he lived in different cities of the country and so did his schooling from various schools. He did his B.Sc from Muzaffarnagar, UP. Changing his discipline, he did his M.A. in Social Work having a specialization in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Vinod says that he always wanted to become an Actor and to fulfill this dream, he made his way towards Mumbai. There he joined a Travel Outfit company, which demanded a fair knowledge of Law. So he pursued Law from Government Law College, Mumbai, alongside his job. But being involved in Theater and other activities, he could not complete his Law. Soon in 1966, he moved to London under the ‘Employment Voucher Migration Scheme’ of the British Government.

There, after working as a Statistician in Decca Radio and Television Company for a year, Vinod joined the British Civil Services as a Tax Officer in the Department of England Revenue. He started getting promotions in a short span of time. Soon, he made his way towards the BBC as an Outside Contributor in its Hindi Services Department. In no time, he was given the charge of Hindi News Reading as well. Yet he never lost his passion for Theater. Because of working in the BBC, he got an opportunity to meet Indian celebrities and started building his network in the Indian Film Industry.

Vinod says that he left his Civil Services job after serving for four years to make a Documentary. That documentary was a huge success and became a part of the British Film Institute’s world wide course for Filmmaking. Then he did various courses in filmmaking from a renowned filmmaking institute in Central London. That was the beginning of his foray in filmmaking, leaving his other jobs.

Talking about his struggles, Vinod says that his work as a Filmmaker was going well until the India-Pakistan war broke out. Its impact was seen everywhere around the world. Leaving behind his Acting and Filmmaking career, he had to find other sources to earn his livelihood. And so he set his foot in Commercial Ad Films and achieved success shortly. He shares that slowly his journey progressed towards making feature films from Ad Films. Soon his first film came out in the name ‘Ek Baar Phir’, which was shot in London. It became the most loved film of that time. After this great success in filmmaking, he returned to India and made his foray into the Television Industry. Before long, he was made the Chief Commissioning Editor and Director of Programs in a Television Channel called ‘Sahara.’ He kept on moving forward and achieved a lot in this field. He also runs different programs on his multiple YouTube Channels.