Vishnu Vishal

Vishal Kudawla was born on 17 July 1984 to Ramesh Kudawla, Director general of police of Tamil Nadu. He finished his schooling in Holy Cross Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Vellore. After completing his MBA in marketing from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, he went on to become a cricketer, playing in TNCA league games. He entered the film industry with the stage name Vishnu to which he later added his birth name. ==Career==

2009–2014 After being offered a role by Anand Chakravarthy in Suseenthiran's directorial debut Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, Vishnu spent months preparing for the role. He had to tan his body sitting for hours in the sun to get dark and look like a player and then for 3 months he trained for kabaddi matches under a coach, for five hours a day. He had two releases in 2010, portraying an action role in the comedy Bale Pandiya and then played a rowdy from Royapuram in Drohi. Featuring alongside Srikanth in the latter, Vishnu had to put on to look mature for the role. He subsequently worked on the comedy, Kullanari Koottam, After a year without any releases, he had two releases in 2014: the romantic comedy Mundasupatti under Thirukumaran Entertainment and the sports drama Jeeva for which he collaborated with Suseenthiran again. Both films won positive reviews and performed well at the box office. 2015–2018 In 2015, he appeared in the science and fiction comedy Indru Netru Naalai directed by R.Ravikumar. The movie was a super hit at the box office. Vishnu had two releases in 2016. His first release of the year was also his first production venture, the comedy film Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran directed by Ezhil, with Nikki Galrani in the female lead. The movie was one of the most profitable ventures at the box office. His final release of the year was Maveeran Kittu, a period drama set in the 1980s. Despite receiving positive reviews, the movie did well at the box office. He finished shooting for Seenu Ramasamy's Idam Porul Yaeval. His next films are Kathanayagan (2017), Raatchasan (2018) and Silukkuvarupatti Singam (2018) directed by a first time film maker, Chella. 2021–present In 2021, the Prabhu Solomon's Kaadan has received mixed reviews from the audience and critics alike. He played a Muslim in the film FIR (2022), which touched upon the sensitive issue of branding Muslims as terrorists. The film was banned in Malaysia, Kuwait and Qatar. In the same year, the actor played a wrestler in the family entertainer Gatta Kusthi co-starring Aishwarya Lekshmi and co-produced by Telugu actor Ravi Teja. Then, Vishnu plays one of the two heroes in the film in Lal Salaam (2024), which featured Rajinikanth in a guest appearance. Vishnu Vishal produced and acted in Krishnakumar Ramakumar's romantic drama Oho Enthan Baby (2025), co-starring his cousin Rudra and Mithila Palkar. ==Personal life==

Vishnu Vishal was married to Rajini Natraj, daughter of the actor K. Natraj. The two were college-mates and were in a relationship for four years before getting married. and their son Aryan was born in 2017. In November 2018, the couple divorced due to undisclosed reasons. Vishnu got engaged to badminton player Jwala Gutta in September 2020. Their wedding took place on 22 April 2021 in Hyderabad. The couple has a daughter born in 2025. Aamir Khan named their child Mira. ==Filmography==