Vishal hails from a film family. He is the younger son of Producer G Krishna Reddy who made big films like SP Parasuram with Megastar Chiranjeevi in Telugu under GK Films banner. Later Vishal's brother Vikram looked after the banner producing films with Vishal as hero. Then Vishal himself launched his own production house Vishal Film Factory.
Vishal who made his debut with a complex lovestory Chellamae / Prema Chadarangam has made a promising impression. His second film Sandai Kozhi / Pandemic Kodi directed by Lingusamy became a smash hit in Tamil and Telugu creating a market for him. His next Thimiru / Pogaru was also a commercial success and made him a bankable action hero.
Then Vishal continued doing action films matching his image. His Thaamirabharani / Bharani directed by Hari and Malaikottai / Bhaiyya became commercial successes cementing his star status as an action hero. After a strong of failures with Sathyam / Salute, Thoranai / Pistha, Theerada Vilaiyattu Pillai / Khiladi, Vishal decided to go for a total makeover and starred in a dark film Avan Ivan along with his friend Arya directed by Bala. Vishal won accolades for his performance.
He keeps doing action films with different backdrops and setups. He also made his debut to Malayalam industry as an antagonist against Mohan Lal in Villain. After a long wait for a solid Hit, Vishal delivered a blockbuster with Irumbu Thirai / Abhimanyudu with debut director PS Mithran in his own production. Then heade films like Pandem Kodi 2, Action, Chakra, Samanyudu and Laatti. Now, he is coming with a time travelling action film Mark Antony co-starring SJ Suryah in a crucial role. He is also directing Thupparivalan 2 / Detective 2 which is a sequel to his superhit film with the same title.
CineJosh wishes Action Hero Vishal a very happy birthday and delivered Superhits with the coming projects.