Vinay Pathak was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Pathak started his acting career landing roles in such films as the Shabana Azmi drama "Fire" (1997), "Water" (2006) and "Khosla Ka Ghosla" (2006). He also appeared in "Bheja Fry" (2007), the thriller "Manorama Six Feet Under" (2007) with Abhay Deol and "Johnny Gaddaar" (2007) with Dharmendra. He continued to act in productions like "Mithya" (2008) with Naseeruddin Shah, "Partition" (2008) with Jimi Mistry and the suspenseful mystery "Via Darjeeling" (2008) with Kay Kay Menon. Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "Straight" (2009), the Rajendra Prasad comedy "Quick Gun Murugun" (2009) and "Raat Gayi Baat Gayi" (2009). He also appeared in "Antardwand" (2010). Pathak most recently acted in the Mohan Agashe foreign "Maximum" (2012).