Vishal Vashishtha is an Indian actor working in the Hindi television industry.

Life

Vishal Vashishtha was born on 13 February in

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. 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

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, he is also fluent in

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and

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. Vishal married his childhood sweetheart, Deepakshi Mishra, in a destination wedding in Goa on 15 November 2021.

Career

Vashishtha's foray into Hindi television industry was with

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's youth drama ''

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'' in 2013 broadcast on

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as 'Ayaan Dixit' alongside

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Harsh Rajput Harsh Rajput is an Indian television actor who is best known as Ansh Rathod in '' Nazar'' and now notably as Rocky in '' Pishachini''. Early life Rajput hails from Navsari. He faced a hard time when he came to Mumbai. He had language problem and ...

and

Aneri Vajani Aneri Vajani (born 26 March 1994) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut with '' Kaali – Ek Punar Avatar'' as Paakhi in 2012. Vajani is best known for her portrayal of Nisha Gangwal in '' Nisha ...

. The same year, he appeared in an episode of ''

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'' (Ep.11). He later starred in

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's '' Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera'' on

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(2013), portraying the character of 'Baldev Singh' opposite

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. 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 ''

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'' created by

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and broadcast by

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. In the final quarter of 2015, Vashishtha joined the cast of &TV's Television Drama Series ''

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'' 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. Vashishtha's next project was

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,'' broadcast on

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from April to July 2017 wherein he was paired opposite (

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). In January 2018, he was cast as the titular protagonist Shaurya Gupta (Kanhaiya) in ''

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'' on

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. Vashishtha next signed on to star in the finite series '' Vish: A Poisonous Story'' (May 2019) on

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. The show co-starred

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and

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. Reuniting with Patnaik, he essayed the lead antagonist role in the romantic thriller ''

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'' on

as 'Kabir Sharma' 2020 to March 2021. In March 2021, the show ended on TV and shifted to the digital platform

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by airing a new season named '' Ishq Mein Marjawan 2: Naya Safar'' with him reprising his role of Kabir Sharma. In July 2021, Vashishtha joined the lead cast of Dice Media' s " Clutch "- India first e-sport 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 ''Ghar Waapsi'' is an Indian Hindi-Language family drama television series created by Dice Media and directed by Ruchir Arun. 'Ghar Waapsi' revolves around Shekhar (Vishal Vashishtha), who returns to his hometown of Indore after he is fired f ...

' 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

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on 22 July 2022.

Television

Web series

Music video

Short films

Youtube videos

Accolades

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vashishtha, Vishal Indian male television actors Male actors in Hindi television Indian male soap opera actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors from Kolkata Male actors from Mumbai Living people 1992 births Bhawanipur Education Society College alumni