Shuffled29 Oct 20262 MIN

16 Vikrant Massey facts for the curious cats

Like most of us, the actor too comes with irrational fears, an appreciation of Japanese food, and a childhood love for Superman. Unlike us, he has a room full of trophies

By The Nod Desk

Vikrant Massey is currently reading Peak Human: What We Can Learn from the Rise and Fall of the Golden Ages by Johan Norberg and believes that lessons for the future lie in the stupid things people have done in the past.
If you’re taking him out for a meal, he’d love it if you take him to Megu at the Leela Palace New Delhi.
The Netflix series Musafir Cafe is the first project co-produced by his production house Homemade Stories.
Vikrant Massey has been following Sri Sri Ravishankar for over a year now, visiting his Bengaluru ashram and hoping to pick up his mannerisms when he plays him in the film White, which releases in 2027.
Maqbool (2003) and Hyderabad Blues (2004) made him decide what kind of actor he wanted to become.
Don’t be fooled by the gravitas-loaded roles he’s played in films like 12th Fail and A Death in the Gunj, among others. Massey is a trained dancer and was part of the “special potential batch” at Shiamak Davar’s Institute of Performing Arts.
Also don’t be fooled by how at ease he looks in the hilly terrain and mountain air of Musafir Cafe. Born and raised in Mumbai, he calls himself a “coastal boy” through and through.
He’d love to play Rahul Dravid one day. Aside from the fact that he admires The Wall, Massey is pretty flexible on the field himself. He can bat, field at point, cover and slips. In case anyone’s reading…
All those awards that he’s won, you’ll find them in his study, his “den”.
He’s surprised that he can’t get a Punjabi accent right even though his mother is a Sikhni.
His star sign is Aries.
Rajma-chawal is Vikrant Massey’s death-row meal. Or dal chawal.
When he was young, Massey was convinced he could fly, like Superman.
He can’t sleep in total darkness; a tiny zero-watt night bulb will do, but it’s necessary.
He thinks 12th Fail is perfect as it is; he’d change nothing if it were made today.
He’s celebrating turning 40 next year with a family vacay in Japan.