Vishal Vashishtha

Vishal Vashishtha (born 13 February 1992) is an Indian television actor. He has starred in various shows like Crazy Stupid Ishq, Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera, Gangaa, Vish and Ishq Mein Marjawan 2.

Life
Vishal Vashishtha was born on 13 February 1992 in Kolkata, India. While initially planning on a career as a Chartered Accountant, an interest in acting led him to audition for a career on the Small Screen. Besides English, he is also fluent in Hindi and Bengali. Vishal married his childhood sweetheart, Deepakshi Mishra.

Career
Vishal's foray into Hindi television industry was with Sphere Origins's youth drama Crazy Stupid Ishq in 2013 broadcast on Channel V India as 'Ayaan Dixit' alongside Hiba Nawab, Harsh Rajput and Aneri Vajani. The same year, he appeared in an episode of MTV Webbed (Ep.11).

He later starred in Yash A Patnaik's Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera on Star Plus(2013), portraying the character of 'Baldev Singh' opposite Digangana Suryavanshi. His performance gained him the Zee Gold Award for Best Male Actor in a Comic Role. In 2015, he featured as 'Anil' in the fifth episode of Yeh Hai Aashiqui created by Vikas Gupta and broadcast by Bindass. In the final quarter of 2015, Vishal joined the cast of &TV's Television Drama Series Gangaa starring as 'Sagar Chaturvedi' opposite Aditi Sharma, for this performance he was nominated for Best Actor at Zee Gold Awards. He exited the series in January 2017.

Vishal's next project was rom-com Jaat Ki Jugni, broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television from April to July 2017 wherein he was paired opposite (Madirakshi Mundle). In January 2018, he was cast as the titular protagonist Shaurya Gupta (Kanhaiya) in Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki on Star Bharat. Vishal next signed on to star in the finite series Vish: A Poisonous Story (May 2019) on Colors TV. The show co-starred Debina Bonnerjee, Krip Suri and Sana Makbul.

Reuniting with Patnaik, he essayed the lead antagonist role in the romantic thriller Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 on Colors TV as 'Kabir Sharma' 2020 to March 2021. In March 2021, the show ended on TV and shifted to the digital platform Voot by airing a new season named Ishq Mein Marjawan 2: Naya Safar with him reprising his role of Kabir Sharma.

In July 2021, Vishal joined the lead cast of Dice Media's "Clutch" - India's first Esport Web-Series. The first episode streamed on 2 October 2021 and the finale episode streamed on 4 November 2021. The series was received with a good reception on YouTube and got a year end special mention for one of the highest viewed YouTube India web series of 2021.

He started 2022 with the shoot of his new webseries tentatively titled 'Ghar Waapsi' produced by Dice Media. In April and May 2022 a string of his YouTube videos were uploaded by FilterCopy and Pocket Change. His OTT debut 'Ghar Waapsi' premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 22 July 2022.