Vishal Krishna

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birthdate = August 29, 1977
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Vishal Krishna (born 29 August, 1977, popularly known as "Vishal"), son of noted producer G.K Reddy, is an Indian movie actor who has appeared in Tamil films.

Career

Vishal's strong passion for direction got him an apprenticeship with Ram Gopal Varma, just after he completed Visual Communication at Loyola College, Chennai. But for his parent’s desire to have him closer to home, he canceled his flight ticket to Mumbai and headed to the decks of actor-director Arjun’s production house.

Vishal’s tenure as assistant to Arjun for the films "Vedham" & "Ezhumalai" exposed him not only to the nuances of direction but also aspects for excellence in the performing branch. A chance encounter with G.J. team had his providence rewritten on a different path. Their offer to cast him as the protagonist in their venture Chellamae was accepted by Vishal after a careful consideration. With his zeal and sincerity, he did not land directly on the sets, rather took up a three-month acting lessons from a Koothupatrai troupe. He had 3 back-to-back hits with Chellamae, Sandakozhi and Thimiru which all became dubbed in telugu. This was a feat indeed as few actors actually score a first-time Hat-Trick in Cinema history.

His father G.K. Reddy was one of the veteran producers of Tamil films, having made quite a few films with top actors like Sivaji Ganesan in 'Poo Parikka Varugirom', though he quit production after that due to failure in the business. His brother, Vikram Krishna Reddy, who was formerly an actor under the name 'Ajay' and acted with Sivaji in "Poo Parikka Varugirom", took off from where his father left and produced two films, Sandakozhi and Thimiru, starring Vishal.

His 4th film, Sivappathigaram was an average grosser while his 5th film Thamiraparani with popular director Hari achieved enough box-office success, after it opened in Pongal 2007, to be dubbed in Telugu as "Barani".His next film Malaikottaiwas also a hit.

His next film will be a Tamil-Telugu bilingual, titled 'Sathyam' in Tamil, which had a soft launch in Chennai on July 2007, and 'Salute' in Telugu, which had a big launch on August 15, Indian Independence Day in Hyderabad [http://www.nrilinks.com/frame.asp?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.indiaglitz.com%2fchannels%2ftamil%2farticle%2f32376.html] .

Filmography

Actor

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*cite web |url= http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/30243.html|title= Vishal to work with Boopathy Pandian|accessdate= 29 April |accessyear= 2007|date= 2 April 2007

External links

* [http://www.paadal.com/actor/vishal Vishal at Paadal.com]
*imdb name|id=1953187|title=Vishal Krishna Reddy
*www.actorvishal.com Vishal's Official Website
* [http://www.telugucinema.com/tc/stars/interview_vishal_2006.php/ Interview with Vishal]

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