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Varun Sharma

Varun Sharma (born 1990, Jalandhar) is an Indian comic actor, the Choocha of Fukrey (2013), Fukrey Returns (2017), and Fukrey 3 (2023), also known as Sexa in Chhichhore (2019); distinct from a TV actor and a YRF writer-director of the same name.

Varun Sood (वरुण सूद) (actor)

Varun Sood (वरुण सूद), born 1995 in Kolkata, is an Indian actor, model, and former VJ known for MTV Roadies X2, Splitsvilla 9, Ace of Space, Khatron Ke Khiladi 11, and acting roles in Karmma Calling, Call Me Bae, and Jugjugg Jeeyo.

Varun Tej (కోనిడెల వరుణ్ తేజ్)

Varun Tej (కోనిడెల వరుణ్ తేజ్), Varun Tej Konidela, Telugu actor born 1990 in Hyderabad, son of Nagababu and nephew of Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan; lead debut Mukunda (2014), known for Kanche, Fidaa, F2, Ghani, Operation Valentine, and Matka.

Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam

Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (வருத்தப்படாத வாலிபர் சங்கம்), also spelled Varutha Padatha Valibar Sangam, is a 2013 Tamil rural comedy directed by Ponram, starring Sivakarthikeyan, Sathyaraj, Sri Divya, and Soori; it earned ₹36.5 crore on a ₹7 crore budget.

Vasant Kanetkar

Vasant Kanetkar (वसंत शंकर कानेटकर, 1922–2001) was a Marathi playwright, novelist, and professor from Maharashtra whose roughly forty plays made him a leading commercial dramatist.

Vasanth

Vasanth (Vasanth S Sai, வசந்த்), Tamil film director and screenwriter; debuted with Keladi Kanmani (1990) starring S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, later Aasai, Rhythm, Satham Podathey; National Award-winning short filmmaker; distinct from Vasanthabalan, Vasanth Ravi, and Govind Vasantha.

Vasanth Ravi

Vasanth Ravi (வசந்த் ரவி), born Vasantha Kumar R in 1990 in Chennai, is a Tamil film actor and physician. Debuting in Taramani (2017), he won a Filmfare South debut award and later played Rajinikanth's son in Jailer (2023).

Vasco Da Gama (film)

Vasco Da Gama (வாஸ்கோடகாமா), 2024 Tamil satirical comedy thriller by R.G. Krishnan, starring Nakkhul, K.S. Ravikumar, Arthana Binu; released 2 August 2024, streamed on Prime Video and Aha Tamil 6 September 2024.

Vaseegara (2003) is a Tamil romantic drama that pairs Vijay's easy comic charm with Sneha's understated warmth, built on a simple domestic premise: a young man lodging in a family friend's Chennai household falls for the daughter of the house. It stands as a modest but emotionally resonant entry in early 2000s South Indian cinema, a remake of the Telugu film Nuvvu Naaku Nachav that trades grand melodrama for intimate, lived-in family scenes.

Vaseegara (வசீகரா), 2003 Tamil romantic comedy-drama directed by K. Selva Bharathy, starring Vijay and Sneha; a remake of the Telugu hit Nuvvu Naaku Nachav, released Pongal 2003, 176 minutes, music by S. A. Rajkumar.

Vash (વશ) (film)

Vash (વશ) is a 2023 Gujarati psychological horror thriller directed by Krishnadev Yagnik, starring Janki Bodiwala, Hitu Kanodia, and Hiten Kumar, about a family trapped in black magic by Pratap; CBFC A certificate, released 10 February 2023, sequel Vash Level 2 (2025).

Vash Level 2 (વશ: લેવલ 2)

Vash Level 2 (વશ: લેવલ 2) is a 2025 Gujarati supernatural horror film by Krishnadev Yagnik, sequel to Vash (2023), starring Janki Bodiwala, Hitu Kanodia, and Hiten Kumar; released 27 August 2025 and streaming on Netflix from 22 October 2025.

Vash the Stampede (ヴァッシュ・ザ・スタンピード)

Vash the Stampede (ヴァッシュ・ザ・スタンピード) is the pacifist gunman protagonist of Yasuhiro Nightow's Trigun, feared as the Humanoid Typhoon with a huge double-dollar bounty, brother of Millions Knives, hiding as Eriks after Lost July, and voiced by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka in the 2023-2026 anime.

Vasily Petrenko (Василий Эдуардович Петренко)

Vasily Petrenko (Василий Эдуардович Петренко, born 1976, Leningrad) is a Russian conductor, Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra since 2021 and former chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (2006–2021) and Oslo Philharmonic (2013–2020); unrelated to Kirill Petrenko and to the Another World VR entrepreneur of the same name.

Vaslav Nijinsky

Vaslav Nijinsky (Вацлав Нижинский), Russian dancer and choreographer of Polish descent, star of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes; choreographed L'Après-midi d'un faune (1912) and Le Sacre du printemps (1913); schizophrenia ended his career in 1919.

Vasool Raja MBBS

Vasool Raja MBBS (வசூல் ராஜா MBBS) is a 2004 Tamil comedy-drama, the Saran-directed Tamil remake of Munna Bhai MBBS, starring Kamal Haasan as a debt collector who enrolls in medical college, with Prakash Raj, Prabhu, Sneha, Crazy Mohan dialogues, and Bharadwaj music.

Vassili Schneider

Vassili Schneider (born 1999, Montreal) is a French-Canadian actor, youngest of the Schneider acting brothers (Niels, Aliocha, Volodia). Known for Mixte, The Count of Monte Cristo (2024), and the 2025 Molière for most promising male newcomer.

Vast Mountains and Rivers Are in My Arms (万里江山入我怀)

万里江山入我怀 (Vast Mountains and Rivers Are in My Arms) is a 74-episode 2025 Chinese vertical short drama directed by Gan Jinglong, starring Xie Zecheng and Liu Jinyan, about a transmigrated scholar with a three-wife favorability system; it passed 1.4 billion views and ranked second on DataEye's August 2025 monthly heat list.

Vasudha (वसुधा) (TV Series)

Vasudha (वसुधा) is a Hindi Zee TV drama premiering 16 September 2024, a remake of Marathi serial Paaru, produced by Arvind Babbal Productions, starring Priya Thakur as maid Vasudha and Nausheen Ali Sardar as businesswoman Chandrika; it topped 2026 TRP charts.

Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga

Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga (VSOP, வாசுவும் சரவணனும் ஒண்ணா படிச்சவங்க) is a 2015 Tamil romantic comedy directed by M. Rajesh, starring Arya, Santhanam, and Tamannaah, released 14 August 2015 to mixed reviews.

Vatan yahut Silistre

Vatan yahut Silistre ("Fatherland, or Silistra") is a four-act Ottoman Turkish play by Namık Kemal, first staged in Istanbul in 1873, that made patriotism a central idea of Turkish literature.

Vatanım Sensin

Vatanım Sensin (Wounded Love) is a Turkish historical drama on Kanal D, 2016–2018, 59 episodes, produced by O3 Medya, starring Halit Ergenç as spy Colonel Cevdet and Bergüzar Korel as Azize during the Greek occupation of İzmir.

Vatican Media

Vatican Media is the Holy See's audiovisual production and distribution service under the Dicastery for Communication, successor to the Vatican Television Center (CTV, founded 1983), distributing live papal event signals, archive footage, radio audio and photos to broadcasters worldwide.

Vatsal Sheth (वत्सल शेठ)

Vatsal Sheth (वत्सल शेठ), also Vatsal Seth, Indian actor, producer, and writer born 1980 in Mumbai; known for Taarzan: The Wonder Car (2004), Ek Hasina Thi (2014), Haasil (2017), married to Ishita Dutta, founder of Prismix Studios.

Vaudeville

Vaudeville: American variety theater of the 1880s–1920s, a bill of seven to ten unrelated live acts; peaked at 5 million weekly attendees, run by Keith-Albee and Orpheum circuits, killed by radio and talkies.

Vaughan Murrae

Vaughan Murrae, Canadian non-binary actor (born 2005, Hamilton, Ontario) known as Robin in Before I Change My Mind, Casey Goodwin in The Way Home, and Kelly in the 2026 Malcolm in the Middle revival Life's Still Unfair; Boccalino d'Oro winner at Locarno.

Vault-Tec

Vault-Tec (Vault-Tec Corporation) is the fictional pre-War defense corporation of the Fallout franchise that built the underground Vaults, secretly ran social experiments on their residents, and is central to the games and TV series.

Vaulter (Succession)

Vaulter is the fictional digital media startup in HBO's Succession, bought by Waystar Royco from founder Lawrence Yee in season 1 and shut down by Kendall Roy in the S2E2 episode "Vaulter" (2019), a satire of Vice and BuzzFeed.

Vaush

Vaush is the online pseudonym of Ian Kochinski (born 1994), an American libertarian socialist political YouTuber and Twitch streamer who launched his channels in 2019 after emerging from Destiny's community, known for confrontational debates and Twitch bans.

Vaxxed

Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, also called Vaxxed, is a 2016 anti-vaccine documentary directed by Andrew Wakefield and produced by Del Bigtree, alleging a CDC cover-up of MMR vaccine-autism data; pulled from Tribeca, it premiered April 1, 2016 in New York.

Ved (film)

Ved (वेड), 2022 Marathi romantic drama, Riteish Deshmukh's directorial debut produced by Genelia D'Souza; remake of Telugu film Majili; released 30 December 2022, grossed over ₹55 crore.