A popular Indian actor and producer, Vishal Krishna, better known by his screen name Vishal primarily works in the Tamil film industry. The son of renowned Tamil film producer G.K. Reddy, Vishal, a graduate in Visual Communications started his career in the film industry as an assistant to director Arjun. Vishal made his debut as the lead in the romantic thriller Chellamae (2004) and has delivered several hit films like Sandakozhi (2005), Thimiru (2006), Malaikottai (2007), Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai (2010), Poojai (2014), Thupparivaalan (2017), Villain (2017), Irumbuthirai (2018), Ayogya (2019), Action (2019) and Chakra (2021). Apart from acting, Vishal also has produced several films under the banner Vishal Film Factory