She was born in Abu Dhabi on May 5th and done her schooling from Abu Dhabi Indian School. She completed her graduation in business studies from Delhi University. She said that she wanted to be a teacher and did her post graduation in advertising and public relations.
In 2003 when she was in Class X, she was spotted by director Ashutosh Gowariker 's production house who wanted to audition her for Swades but said that she was too young for the role. She started modeling in 2007 and appeared in many television and print commercials. She made her feature film debut with a Telugu film Gnaapakam in 2007, which did not do well. After that, she starred in one Tamil, and two Kannada films.
She made her Hindi film debut with Hum Se Jahan in 2008. However she got noticed in director Ashutosh Gowarikar's Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey for which she received a Best Newcomer nomination from Stardust Awards (2011).
In 2012 Vishakha ventured into film production. She has co-produced Peddlers, directed by Vasan Bala, along with Guneet Monga and Anurag Kashyap Films (AKFPL). The film was selected at the Cannes Critic week at the Cannes Film Festival 2012. She has also co produced Haramkhor, directed by Shlok Sharma, with Guneet Monga and AKFPL. The film is set to release in 2013.
After three years she made a comeback to acting. Vishakha's second Tamil film Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya released on 13 January 2013. She came back to Bollywood with three films that released back to back in 2013. Her first two films were Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's Fukrey and Vikram Bhatt's Ankur Arora Murder Case both the films released on 14 June 2013. Her third film was director Shahant Shah’s Bhajathe Raho which released the next month. She said that Fukrey made a lot of difference and changed people's perceptions and that she turned down nine films after Fukrey.
Vishakha is also set to make her Malayalam debut in director Rajesh Pillai's forthcoming film Motorcycle Diaries, and her next Tamil film is with Vaaliba Raja, with the same team that worked on Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya. She returns to Telugu films with Rowdy Fellow, opposite Nara Rohit and has stated that she plays "a girl who looks like an angel but is a devil in disguise". She is also acting in The Maya Tape, a horror thriller, directed by Nikhil Alag, in which she plays a journalist. She was signed for an important role in the film, albeit a cameo role, in R. Kannan's Oru Oorla Rendu Raja.
In 2003 when she was in Class X, she was spotted by director Ashutosh Gowariker 's production house who wanted to audition her for Swades but said that she was too young for the role. She started modeling in 2007 and appeared in many television and print commercials. She made her feature film debut with a Telugu film Gnaapakam in 2007, which did not do well. After that, she starred in one Tamil, and two Kannada films.
She made her Hindi film debut with Hum Se Jahan in 2008. However she got noticed in director Ashutosh Gowarikar's Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey for which she received a Best Newcomer nomination from Stardust Awards (2011).
In 2012 Vishakha ventured into film production. She has co-produced Peddlers, directed by Vasan Bala, along with Guneet Monga and Anurag Kashyap Films (AKFPL). The film was selected at the Cannes Critic week at the Cannes Film Festival 2012. She has also co produced Haramkhor, directed by Shlok Sharma, with Guneet Monga and AKFPL. The film is set to release in 2013.
After three years she made a comeback to acting. Vishakha's second Tamil film Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya released on 13 January 2013. She came back to Bollywood with three films that released back to back in 2013. Her first two films were Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's Fukrey and Vikram Bhatt's Ankur Arora Murder Case both the films released on 14 June 2013. Her third film was director Shahant Shah’s Bhajathe Raho which released the next month. She said that Fukrey made a lot of difference and changed people's perceptions and that she turned down nine films after Fukrey.
Vishakha is also set to make her Malayalam debut in director Rajesh Pillai's forthcoming film Motorcycle Diaries, and her next Tamil film is with Vaaliba Raja, with the same team that worked on Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya. She returns to Telugu films with Rowdy Fellow, opposite Nara Rohit and has stated that she plays "a girl who looks like an angel but is a devil in disguise". She is also acting in The Maya Tape, a horror thriller, directed by Nikhil Alag, in which she plays a journalist. She was signed for an important role in the film, albeit a cameo role, in R. Kannan's Oru Oorla Rendu Raja.
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