Vishal Vashishtha

In this Indian name, the name Vashishtha is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Vishal.

Vishal Vashishtha
2014
Nationality	Indian
Education	The Heritage School, Kolkata
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2013–2024
Known for	Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera Gangaa
Spouse	Deepakshi Mishra ​ (m. 2021)​ [1]

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.^{[ citation needed ]} 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. ^[2] Besides English, he is also fluent in Hindi and Bengali. ^[3] Vishal married his childhood sweetheart, Deepakshi Mishra. ^{[1] [4] [5]}

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 ^{[ citation needed ]} as 'Ayaan Dixit' alongside Hiba Nawab, Harsh Rajput and Aneri Vajani. ^[6] The same year, he appeared in an episode of MTV Webbed (Ep.11). ^[2]

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. ^{[7] [8]} His performance gained him the Zee Gold Award for Best Male Actor in a Comic Role.^{[ citation needed ]} In 2015, he featured as 'Anil' in the fifth episode of Yeh Hai Aashiqui created by Vikas Gupta and broadcast by Bindass. ^[9] In the final quarter of 2015, Vishal joined the cast of &TV's Television Drama Series Gangaa ^[10] starring as 'Sagar Chaturvedi' opposite Aditi Sharma, for this performance he was nominated for Best Actor at Zee Gold Awards. ^[11] He exited the series in January 2017. ^[12]

Vishal's next project was rom-com Jaat Ki Jugni, broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television from April to July 2017^{[ citation needed ]} wherein he was paired opposite (Madirakshi Mundle). ^[13] In January 2018, he was cast as the titular protagonist Shaurya Gupta (Kanhaiya) in Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki on Star Bharat. ^[14] Vishal next signed on to star in the finite series Vish: A Poisonous Story (May 2019) on Colors TV. ^[15] The show co-starred Debina Bonnerjee, Krip Suri and Sana Makbul. ^[16]

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.^{[ citation needed ]} 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. ^[17]

In July 2021, Vishal joined the lead cast of Dice Media's "Clutch" - India's first Esport Web-Series. ^[18] 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. ^{[19] [20]}

He started 2022 with the shoot of his new webseries tentatively titled 'Ghar Waapsi' produced by Dice Media.^{[ citation needed ]} 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. ^{[21] [22]}

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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	Negative Lead

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Broadcast By
2021	Ishq Mein Marjawan 2: Naya Safar	Kabir Sharma	Negative Lead	Voot
2021	Clutch	Arun Wankhede	Lead role	Dice Media
2022	Ghar Waapsi	Shekhar Dwivedi	Lead role	Disney+ Hotstar [23]
2024	Showtime	Prithvi		Disney+ Hotstar
2024	Hustlers			Amazon Mini

Music video

Year	Title	Role	Label
2019	Uske Bina	Himself	Zee Music

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Level
2019	Name Plate	Pratyaksh sharma	Blush

YouTube videos

Year	Title	Role	channel
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

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Zee Gold Awards	Best Actor in A Comic Role (Male)	Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera	Won	[24] [25]
	Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Actor Comedy		Nominated
	Indian Telly Awards	Best Fresh New Face Male			[10]
		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			[ citation needed ]

References

1. "Veera fame Vishal Vashishtha ties the knot with his ladylove Deepkashi; here's a sneak-peek into their fairytale wedding | The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 16 November 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
2. "'Baddie' with a heart of gold". Deccanchronicle. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
3. "Didn't want to begin my career with a family drama: Vishal Vashisht". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
4. "वीरा फेम विशाल वशिष्ठ ने अपनी लेडी लव दिपाक्षी से गोवा के खूबसूरत बीच पर रचाई शादी, देखें शानदार तस्‍वीरें". 16 November 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
5. "Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 Fame Actor Vishal Vashishtha Dancing in Own Wedding Crazy Video | अपनी ही बारात में जमकर नाचा ये टीवी एक्टर, दोस्तों के लिए हंसी रोकना हुआ मुश्किल | Hindi News, टीवी". Zeenews.india.com. 16 November 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
6. "Channel V launches 'Crazy Stupid Ishq' – Times of India". Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
7. "Kolkata boy Vishal Vashishtha to play Baldev in Veera". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
8. "Baldev of Veera was not keen to play a negative role". The Times of India .
9. "Sun Yaar Try Maar Episode 5: Courtroom Romance". Bindass . Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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12. "Gangaa on the threshold of a new beginning! – Times of India". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
13. "Here's why Yash Tonk charges fees from his 'Jaat ki Jugni' co-actors - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
14. "Meet The grown up Gangaa-Sagar, Aditi Sharma-Vishal Vashistha Latest Picture". Tellydhamaal. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
15. "Actor Vishal Vashishtha is set to play the lead in an upcoming supernatural-thriller show". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 19 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
16. "TV shows leaping for TRPs – The Times of India". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
17. "Vishal Vashishtha and Rrahul Sudhir star in 'Ishq Mein Marjawan 2' opposite Helly Shah". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
18. "Vishal Vashishtha joins the Dice media's "Clutch"". Bolly.com. 27 September 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
19. "YouTube trends 2021: Gaming tops India charts along comedy and pranks". Business Standard India. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
20. "Gaming, comedy videos rule YouTube in India in 2021". Freepressjournal.in. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021.
21. "Ghar Waapsi: Vishal Vashishtha Starrer Will Resonate with All Millennials Living Away from Home; Watch Trailer". 11 July 2022.
22. "'Ghar Waapsi' to premiere on Disney+ Hotstar on July 22; trailer out". The Hindu. 11 July 2022.
23. "Ghar Waapsi trailer out. Vishal Vashishtha's slice-of-life show is relatable".
24. "Vishal Vashist Wins Best Actor in a Comic Role Male Critics Award". ZEE TV. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
25. "7th Boroplus Gold Awards 2014 – Winners". Tellyscoop. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

External links

• Vishal Vashishtha on Instagram
• Vishal Vashishtha at IMDb