Vatsal Sheth (born 5 August 1980) is an Indian actor, model and entrepreneur. He has acted in many Indian television shows and numerous

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films, and is known for his portrayal of Raj Chaudhary in the 2004 film '' Taarzan: The Wonder Car'', Shaurya Goenka in the 2014 thriller series '' Ek Hasina Thi'', and Kabir Raichand in the 2017 love-saga series '' Haasil''.

Life and family

Sheth was born on 5 August 1980 in

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parents. He is the elder of the two siblings. He studied at Utpal Shanghvi Global School, did his Junior College at Gokalibai Punamchand Pitambar High School,

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and received his degree in

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from

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. He also wrote a few games in

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and

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. He intended to become a software engineer which he later dropped after receiving his first significant role as Jai in ''

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''. Sheth is a vegetarian. He is a fitness enthusiast and follows

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. He is a part of the Celebrity Cricket Team Mumbai Heroes. He also plays badminton and supports

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in the

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Personal life

Sheth married his co-star

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on 28 November 2017.

Career

In ''

'', Sheth portrayed the role of Jai through his teenage years. In 2003, director duo

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announced their film '' Taarzan: The Wonder Car'' with Sheth playing the character Raj Choudary. In 2007, Sheth appeared as Vikram Singh/ Older Jaisalmer in ''

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''. A year later he starred in ''

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'' as Ali . In the same year he appeared in a cameo for

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’s '' The Cheetah Girls: One World''. In 2009, he was part of the star-cast in ''

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'' produced by

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. In 2011, Vatsal played Karan in ''Hostel''. He had a cameo role in '' Jai Ho''. In 2014 Vatsal returned to television in a grey role of Shaurya Goenka in '' Ek Hasina Thi''. In 2017, he was cast as a lead character Kabir Raichand on the thriller tv series Haasil On 25 January 2018, he won an award for '' Haasil'' at the Lions Gold Awards. In December 2019, he appeared as Nishant Maheshwari in the StarPlus daily soap opera '' Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke''.

Media

Vatsal Sheth was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Men at No. 36 in 2020.

Filmography

Television

Films

References

External links

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