Vishakha Singh

Vishakha Singh
Vishakha Singh in July 2013
Born	Vishakha Singh 5 May 1986
Nationality	Indian
Education	Business Studies, Delhi University
Occupation	Actress, Producer, Entrepreneur, Global Citizen

Vishakha Singh is an Indian film actress and producer.

She appeared in South Indian language films, before starring in Bollywood projects with director Ashutosh Gowariker's 2010 period piece Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone. She was nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance of the Year in 2010, for the same role by StarDust Awards.

She also works as a part-time venture capitalist in her father's company based out of London and Dubai. Her father's name is Mr. Jitendra Singh. She is a frequent figure on the Red Carpet at the Cannes Film Festival and was part of the producers workshop at the Festival de Cannes in 2014. Vishakha has been invited to be on the jury of one of Rome's biggest film festivals for independent Italian and European filmmakers, Rome Independent Film Festival (RIFF) in May 2015. She is also one of the committee members of Srishti Madurai.

She did her schooling from Abu Dhabi Indian School (ADIS) and Delhi Public 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. She started modelling in 2007 and appeared in many television and print commercials. She made her feature film debut with a Telugu film Gnaapakam in 2008, which did not do well. After that, she starred in one Tamil, and two Kannada films, 'Housefull' and 'Antaraatma'.

She made her Hindi film debut with Hum Se Jahan, which was never released on DVD and only in theatres, in 2008. However she got noticed in director Ashutosh Gowarikar's Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey for which she received a "Best Breakthrough Performance – Female" nomination from Stardust Awards (2011). She acted in Abhijeet Sengupta's Do Aur Do Paanch, which did not release.