Vishal

Vishal Krishna (born 29 August 1977) is an Indian film actor, producer and anti-piracy activist who works in the Tamil film industry. The younger son of film producer G. K. Reddy, Vishal studied Visual Communications at Loyola College, Chennai. He produces films under his production company, Vishal Film Factory.He made an entrance into the film industry as an assistant director for Arjun. He then became an actor and played his first lead role in the romantic thriller Chellamae (2004), before going on to star in the commercially successful films Sandakozhi (2005), Thimiru (2006), Thaamirabharani(2007) and Malaikottai(2007 Following a series of unsuccessful films at the box office, Vishal chose to create his own production studio and has since produced and worked on profitable ventures such as Pandiya Naadu (2013) and Naan Sigappu Manithan (2014) Vishal was elected as the General Secretary of the Nadigar Sangam in October 2015 after initiating a movement against the previous committee He was expelled from Tamil Film Producers' Council (TFPC) for remarks against the council. Later in April 2017, he won the election and got elected as President of Tamil Film Producers Council.Vishal assisted actor-director Arjun Sarja in his venture Vedham (2001), and a producer spotted Vishal on the sets of the film and signed him to appear in an acting role in Gandhi Krishna's Chellamae (200 Accepting the role, Vishal prepared by joining Koothu-P-Pattarai to hone his acting skills and played the protagonist role of Raghunandan, whose wife is kidnapped by her childhood friend. A critic described his performance is "apt" but "there was plenty left to hone next film was Sandakozhi (2005) with N. Linguswamy, who had previously worked with his father's production house as an assistant director Vishal was described to have "improved from his Chellamay days" and "clicked as an action hero".Film journalists stated that he was "the fastest rising action hero" of the time After a cameo as himself in Sasi's Dishyum (2006), he went on to appear in Tarun Gopi's action film Thimiru (2006). The film opened to mixed reviews with Vishal being praised for his intense performance with a critic calling his performance "the film's only strength and, to an extent, making up for the weak script and poor characterisation".The film became Vishal's third consecutive commercial success, and he began to emerge in Tamil films