Vishal Vashishtha (born 3 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 3 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. 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.
Filmography
Television Year Title Role Notes2013Crazy Stupid IshqAyaan DixitLead RoleMTV WebbedDakshEpisode 112013–2015Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...VeeraBaldev Balwant SinghLead Role2015Yeh Hai Aashiqui – Sun Yaar Try MaarAnilEpisode 5: "Courtroom Romance"2015–2017Gangaa Sagar Niranjan ChaturvediLead Role2017Jaat Ki JugniBittu Daljeet Singh Dahiya2018Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki Shaurya "Kanhaiya" Ramnik Gupta2019 Vish Aditya Vir Kothari2020–2021Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 Kabir Sharma Negative Lead
Film Year Title Role 2025The DiplomatAyush Sikandar Rangachari 2026 Pati Patni Aur Woh Do Sudhanshu "Sunny" Tiwari
Web series Year Title Role Notes Broadcast By2021Ishq Mein Marjawan 2: Naya Safar Kabir Sharma Negative Lead Voot Clutch Arun Wankhede Lead role Dice Media2022Ghar Waapsi Shekhar Dwivedi Disney+ Hotstar2024Showtime Prithvi Supporting roleHustlersAmazon Miniseries 2026GloryInspectorNetflix
Music video Year Title Role Label2019Uske BinaHimselfZee Music
Short films Year Title Role Level2019 Name Plate Pratyaksh sharma Blush
YouTube videos Year Title Role channel2019 When you date a Bengali guy Himself Filtercopy Is it necessary to get marriedThings you shouldn't say to your partner2020 Jon snow ki shaadi ka rishta Shaadi aaj kaal : a wedding story When you love buying things online2021 Shaadi at 4 am Jai 3 Stages Of Long Distance Relationship Sameer The Zoom Studio 2022 Money Conversations Between Couples Himself Filtercopy Our Happy Place: When You Move To A New City Uday When You Plan A Housewarming With Your Partner How To Survive Traffic Kabir Pocket Change
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.2014Zee Gold AwardsBest Actor in A Comic Role (Male)Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...VeeraIndian Television Academy AwardsBest Actor Comedyrowspan="10" Indian Telly AwardsBest Fresh New Face MaleBest Tellywood jodi with Digangana SuryavanshiStar Parivaar AwardsFavourite JodiMost Stylish Sadasya – MaleSabse Mazedaar SadasyaBest Naya Sadasya – Male2016ZEE Gold AwardsBest ActorGangaa2017Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Actor Popular Jaat Ki Jugni 2018ZEE Gold AwardsBest Actor
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