Vishal Vashishtha is an Indian actor working in the Hindi television industry.
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Vishal Vashishtha | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Education | The Heritage School, Kolkata |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2013–present |
Known for | Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera Vish Gangaa Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 Clutch , Ghar Waapsi |
Spouse | Deepakshi Mishra (m. 2021) |
Vishal Vashishtha was born on 13 February in Kolkata, India.[2] 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.[3] Besides English, he is also fluent in Hindi and Bengali.[4] Vishal married his childhood sweetheart, Deepakshi Mishra, in a destination wedding in Goa on 15 November 2021.[1] [5] [6] [7]
Vashishtha's foray into Hindi television industry was with Sphere Origins's youth drama Crazy Stupid Ishq in 2013 broadcast on Channel V India[8] as 'Ayaan Dixit' alongside Hiba Nawab, Harsh Rajput and Aneri Vajani.[9] The same year, he appeared in an episode of MTV Webbed (Ep.11).[3]
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.[10][11] His performance gained him the Zee Gold Award for Best Male Actor in a Comic Role.[12] In 2015, he featured as 'Anil' in the fifth episode of Yeh Hai Aashiqui created by Vikas Gupta and broadcast by Bindass.[13] In the final quarter of 2015, Vashishtha joined the cast of &TV's Television Drama Series Gangaa[14][15] starring as 'Sagar Chaturvedi' opposite Aditi Sharma, for this performance he was nominated for Best Actor at Zee Gold Awards.[16] He exited the series in January 2017.[17]
Vashishtha's next project was rom-com Jaat Ki Jugni, broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television from April to July 2017[18] wherein he was paired opposite (Madirakshi Mundle).[19] In January 2018, he was cast as the titular protagonist Shaurya Gupta (Kanhaiya) in Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki on Star Bharat.[20] Vashishtha next signed on to star in the finite series Vish: A Poisonous Story (May 2019) on Colors TV.[21] The show co-starred Debina Bonnerjee, Krip Suri and Sana Makbul.[22]
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.[23] 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.[24][25]
In July 2021, Vashishtha joined the lead cast of Dice Media' s " Clutch "- India first e-sport Web-Series.[26] 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.[27][28]
He started 2022 with the shoot of his new webseries tentatively titled 'Ghar Waapsi' produced by Dice Media.[29] 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.[30][31]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Crazy Stupid Ishq | Ayaan Dixit | Lead Role |
MTV Webbed | Daksh | Episode 11 | |
2013–2015 | Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera | Baldev Balwant Singh | Lead Role |
2015 | Yeh Hai Aashiqui – Sun Yaar Try Maar | Anil | Episode 5: "Courtroom Romance" |
2015–2017 | Gangaa | Sagar Niranjan Chaturvedi | Lead Role |
2017 | Jaat Ki Jugni | Bittu Daljeet Singh Dahiya | Lead Role |
2018 | Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki | Shaurya "Kanhaiya" Ramnik Gupta | Lead role |
2019 | Vish | Aditya Vir Kothari | Lead Role |
2020–2021 | Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 | Kabir Sharma | Lead Role |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Broadcast By |
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2021 | Ishq Mein Marjawan 2: Naya Safar | Kabir Sharma | Lead role | Voot |
2021 | Clutch | Arun Wankhede | Lead role | Dice Media |
2022 | Ghar Waapsi | Shekhar Dwivedi | Lead role | Disney+ Hotstar[32] |
Year | Title | Role | Lebel |
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2019 | Uske Bina | Himself | Zee Music |
Year | Title | Role | Level |
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2019 | Name Plate | Pratyaksh sharma | Blush |
Year | Title | Role | channel |
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2019 | When you date a Bengali guy | Himself | Filtercopy |
Is it necessary to get married | Himself | Filtercopy | |
Things you shouldn't say to your partner | Himself | Filtercopy | |
2020 | Jon snow ki shaadi ka rishta | Himself | Filtercopy |
Shaadi aaj kaal : a wedding story | Himself | Filtercopy | |
When you love buying things online | Himself | Filtercopy | |
2021 | Shaadi at 4 am | Jai | Filtercopy |
2021 | 3 Stages Of Long Distance Relationship | Sameer | The Zoom Studio |
2022 | Money Conversations Between Couples | Himself | Filtercopy |
2022 | Our Happy Place: When You Move To A New City | Uday | Filtercopy |
2022 | When You Plan A Housewarming With Your Partner | Uday | Filtercopy |
2022 | How To Survive Traffic | Kabir | Pocket Change |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2014 | Zee Gold Awards | Best Actor in A Comic Role (Male) | Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera | Won | [14][33][34][35] |
Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actor Comedy | Nominated | |||
Indian Telly Awards | Best Fresh New Face Male | [15] | |||
Best Tellywood jodi with Digangana Suryavanshi | |||||
Star Parivaar Awards | Favourite Jodi | ||||
Most Stylish Sadasya - Male | |||||
Sabse Mazedaar Sadasya | |||||
Best Naya Sadasya - Male | |||||
2016 | ZEE Gold Awards | Best Actor | Gangaa | ||
2017 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actor Popular | Jaat Ki Jugni | ||
2018 | ZEE Gold Awards | Best Actor | [23] |
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