Vishal Vashishtha

Vishal Vashishtha is an Indian television actor. He debuted in 2013 with Channel V's Crazy Stupid Ishq as Ayaan Dixit. He is best known for playing the character of Baldev Singh in Star Plus's Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera and Sagar Chaturvedi in &TV's Gangaa.[1] In 2019 he played Aditya in Colors tv's supernatural series "Vish: A Poisonous Story". He has been playing Kabir Sharma in Colors TV's Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 since 2020.[2]

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

Vishal Vashishtha
NationalityIndian
EducationThe Heritage School, Kolkata
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present
Known forGangaa

Early life

Vishal Vashishtha was born on 13 February in Kolkata, India.[3]

His journey from Kolkata to Mumbai happened when he was studying commerce.[4] He had auditioned from his hometown Kolkata and within a week, he got his first role as a main lead.[5] Besides English, he's also fluent in Bengali and Hindi.

Career

Vashishtha made his television debut on 27 May 2013 as the main lead Ayaan in Crazy Stupid Ishq.[6]


When his last show was wrapping up, Vashishtha got a call from Beyond Dreams for an audition. He went for the audition to play both Ranvijay and Baldev's character.[7][8] He got to know that he was chosen as Baldev from the newspapers.[4] Regarding his role, the actor admitted, "I was doubtful about playing a negative role at this stage of my career, especially since I have already played a positive lead."[9] Then he met the creative team and they gave him a brief of the character and also a clear picture of the show.[7][8] "I realised that nowadays people like grey characters too, and it will be an opportunity for me to do something different as an actor. So I said yes and it has been working in my favour." So that is how Vashishtha accepted the role.[9] When asked about his difficulties in playing Baldev he has said, "The Punjabi accent was not something that came easily to me. I was not used to doing loud characters. Baldev is not loud exactly, but he plays this angry hero all the time and that's something I have never done. In my previous shows, I am used to being a person who never gets angry."[9] Bollywood Life noted, "His dad has accepted him as Baldev and so has the rest of the world"

In an action of Ek Veer Ki Ardaas..Verra's sequence that required him to fight the goons, the actor accidentally sprained his left ankle. Despite his injury he continued to shoot and completed his scene on time.[10]

His performance earned him Zee Gold Awards for Best Actor in a Comic Role Male, and nominated him on various awards, including the Indian Telly Awards for Fresh New Face Male, and Indian Television Academy Awards for Best Actor Comedy.[11][12]

Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera wrapped up on 8 August 2015. Later in the same year, Vashishtha appeared in Yeh Hai Aashiqui - Sun Yaar Try Maar as Anil, a principled defendant lawyer who falls in love with a young ambitious prosecutor.[13] This episode was broadcast on 6 November 2015 on Bindass.

The actor took a break after Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera end It was on a two and half-month break, when he got called to audition for Gangaa from the production house.[14] In an interview with The Asian Age he recalls, "I was on a two and half-month break – I visited Ladakh and also made a trip to my hometown, Kolkata. Meanwhile, the production house got in touch. I auditioned after returning from my vacation."[14] He was chosen as the male lead as grown-up Sagar in &TV's drama Gangaa.[15][16][17] Talking about his current character Vishal says, "Veera had a lot of romance; here it is subtle. The roles are starkly different."[17] In other interview Vashishtha adds, "I'm glad to be a part of a show with so much integrity and essay the role of Sagar. The beauty of the character is the relationship he shares with Gangaa. I am certain the audience will like our chemistry."[18]

His first entry as grown-up Sagar aired on 14 December 2015.[19]

Vashishtha was nominated as best actor for his role as Sagar at Zee Gold Awards 2016.[20]


Vishal Vashishtha was seen as the male lead playing the role of Bittoo in Jaat Ki Jugni. In the show, Bittoo was seen as hardcore romantic who loves watching romantic movies and reading romantic books. Fascinated with this idea, Vishal himself had made it a mandate to organize for hit romantic film screenings on the set too as part of his preparation. The show started from 3 April 2017 on Sony TV (India) at 8:30 PM IST.[21] Vishal Vashishtha was seen as the lead protagonist in Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki. The show started on 1 January 2018 on Star Bharat and ended on 28 May 2018. After the end of the show, Vishal took a break and came back in 2019 with Filter Copy videos on YouTube. In June 2019, he appeared in Colors TV's supernatural show 'Vish: A Poisonous Story as Aditiya.[22]He has been playing Kabir in Colors TV's Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 since 2020.

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Crazy Stupid Ishq Ayaan Dixit
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 Singh Dahiya Lead Role
2018 Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki Shaurya "Kanhaiya" Gupta Lead role
2019 Vish Aditya Vir Kothari Lead Role
2020–present Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 Kabir Sharma Lead Role / Antagonist

Accolades
YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2014 Zee Gold Awards Best Actor in A Comic Role (Male) Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera Won [11][23][24][25]
2014 Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor Comedy Nominated
2014 Indian Telly Awards Best Fresh New Face Male Nominated [12]
2016 ZEE Gold Awards Best Actor Gangaa Nominated [20]

References
  1. Shreya Gupto and Vishal Vashishtha in Filter Copy’s sketch ‘Why To Date Bengali Guy’
  2. Actor Vishal Vashishtha is set to play the lead in an upcoming supernatural-thriller show
  3. "Happy Birthday to Vishal Vashisht and Rashmi Desai". Tellychakkar.
  4. "'Baddie' with a heart of gold". Deccanchronicle.
  5. "Didn't want to begin my career with a family drama: Vishal Vashisht". The Times of India.
  6. "Channel V launches 'Crazy Stupid Ishq' – Times of India". Times of India.
  7. "Kolkata boy Vishal Vashishtha to play Baldev in Veera". The Times of India.
  8. "Baldev of Veera was not keen to play a negative role". The Times of India.
  9. "Vishal Vashishtha: My dad is a lot like Baldev!". www.bollywoodlife.com.
  10. "Baldev shoots despite injury for STAR Plus' Veera". NRI News 24x7.
  11. "Vishal Vashishtha bags the award for Best Actor in a Comic Role @ Gold Awards ! – TellyTadka". TellyTadka.
  12. "The 13th Indian Telly Awards 2014 – Final Nomination List". Brandsynario.
  13. "Sun Yaar Try Maar Episode 5: Courtroom Romance". Bindass.
  14. "Vishal Vashishtha set to play male lead in Ganga – The Asian Age". The Asian Age.
  15. "Vishal Vashishtha to Play The Leap in TV's Gangaa Post Leap". Bollywoodhelpline.
  16. "Gangaa on the threshold of a new beginning! – Times of India". The Times of India.
  17. "TV shows leaping for TRPs – The Times of India". The Times of India.
  18. "Meet The grown up Gangaa-Sagar, Aditi Sharma-Vishal Vashistha Latest Picture". Tellydhamaal.
  19. "Gangaa – Episode 205 – December 14, 2015 – Full Episode". Ozee.
  20. "Gold Awards 2016 Nomination List: Divyanka Tripathi, Sriti Jha, Varun Kapoor & Others Nominated". filmibeat.com.
  21. Here's why Yash Tonk charges fees from his 'Jaat ki Jugni' co-actors
  22. It was a limited episodes show (80 episodes) Vishal Vashishtha and Debina Bonnerjee play leads in Colors’ next
  23. "Vishal Vashist Wins Best Actor in a Comic Role Male Critics Award". ZEE TV.
  24. "7th Boroplus Gold Awards 2014 – Winners". Tellyscoop.
  25. "Zee Gold Awards 2014 Complete List of Winners". Filmibeat.
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