Vishal Reddy
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| Born: | 29 August 1977 Chennai, India |
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| Occupation: | Actor |
| Website: | http://www.actorvishal.com/ |
Vishal Krishna Reddy (popularly known as Vishal), son of noted producer G.K Reddy, is an Indian movie actor who has appeared in Tamil films. He was born on August 29, 1977.
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[edit] 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. The rest is history as Vishal became the leading young action hero of Tamil Cinema. 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 will be made simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu with Trisha Krishnan. It is titled Sathyam in Tamil and Desanikokkadu in Telugu. He has recently undergone an image makeover to suit the role of an assistant commissioner who is an encounter specialist.
[edit] Trivia
- His favourite film to date is Ram Gopal Verma's debut Telugu film, Shiva, which was dubbed in Tamil as Udhayam. The film has amazed him with its direction and since his childhood, he has been practically worshipping Ram Gopal Verma.
- He has said at a press meet that his directorial debut in the future is planned to feature himself as a superhero 'along the lines of Spiderman or Superman'. But he has added that he still has a long way to go before that as he plans to establish himself as a distingushed actor first.
- He was romantically linked to Reema Sen on the sets of Thimiru. Nevertheless, both parties have denied their affair at the film's press meet. Recently, he is rumored to be seeing Trisha Krishnan, his co-star for Sathyam[1].
- He is actually a Telugu. He speaks his mother-tongue Telugu at home and all his home productions, Sandakozhi and Thimiru have been dubbed in Telugu and he has become quite popular in Andhra Pradesh due to his successful dubbed films.
- He is in the remake of the telugu blockbuster "Bommarillu"
[edit] Filmography
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| Year | Film | Co-Stars | Director | Role | Other Notes |
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| 2007 | Sathyam | Trisha Krishnan | Rajasekhar | To be also made in Telugu as Desanikokkadu | |
| 2007 | Thamiraparani | Bhanu | Hari | Barani | Dubbed to Telugu as Barani |
| 2006 | Sivappathigaram | Mamta Mohandas | Karu Pazhaniappan | Sathyamoorthy | |
| 2006 | Thimiru | Reema Sen, Shriya Reddy | Tarun Gopi | Ganesh | Dubbed to Telugu as Pogaru |
| 2006 | Dishyum | Jeeva, Sandhya | Sasi | Cameo | Dubbed to Telugu as Dishyum Dishyum |
| 2006 | Sandakozhi | Meera Jasmine | Lingusamy | Balu | Dubbed to Telugu as Pandem Kodi |
| 2004 | Chellamae | Reema Sen, Bharath | Gandhi Krishna | Ragunandan | Dubbed to Telugu as Prema Chadarangam |
