Vishal Vashishtha

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]

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] 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]