Vatsal Sheth

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

Sheth was born on 5 August 1980 in Mumbai to Gujarati parents. He is the elder of the two siblings.

He studied at Utpal Shanghvi School, did his Junior College at Gokalibai Punamchand Pitambar High School, Vile Parle and received his degree in Mathematics from Mithibai College, Vile Parle. He also wrote a few games in GW-BASIC and Pascal. He intended to become a software engineer which he later dropped after receiving his first significant role as Jai in Just Mohabbat.

Sheth is a vegetarian. He is a fitness enthusiast and follows teetotalism. He is a part of the Celebrity Cricket Team Mumbai Heroes. He also plays badminton and supports Mumbai Magicians in the Indian Badminton League.

Sheth married his former co-star Ishita Dutta on November 28, 2017.

In Just Mohabbat, Sheth portrayed the role of Jai through his teenage years. In 2003, director duo Abbas-Mustan announced their film Taarzan: The Wonder Car with Sheth playing the character Raj Choudary. In 2007, Sheth appeared as Vikram Singh/ Older Jaisalmer in Nanhe Jaisalmer. A year later he starred inHeroes as Ali . In the same year he appeared in a cameo for Disney’s The Cheetah Girls: One World. In 2009, he was part of the star-cast in Paying Guests produced by Subhash Ghai. 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 January 25, 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.