Background
Vatsal Sheth was born on 5 August 1980 in Mumbai to Gujarati parents.
Vatsal Sheth was born on 5 August 1980 in Mumbai to Gujarati parents.
He studied school at Utpal Shanghvi School,did his Junior College at Gokalibai High School, Vile Parle (Computer Science) and received his Degree in Mathematics from Mithibai College, Vile Parle.
He started his acting career with the television series Just Mohabbat. He made his film debut in Taarzan: The Wonder Carolina and has also starred in movies including Paying Guests, Heroes, Hostel, a Disney Film The Cheetah Girls: One World and Jai Ho in which he did a cameo. He also played Shaurya Goenka in Star Plus serial, Ek Hasina Thi.
He is eldest of the two siblings.
As a child Sheth aspired to be a scientist In school, He developed keen interest in computers.
He also wrote a few games in Games Workshop-BASIC and Pascal (programming language). He intended to become a software engineer which he later dropped after received his first significant role as Jai in Just Mohabbat.
In Just Mohabbat, Sheth portrayed the role of Jai going through his teenage years.
In 2003, director duo Abbas-Mustan announced their upcoming movie Taarzan: The Wonder Carolina with Sheth playing the character Raj Choudary. In 2007, Sheth appeared as Vikram Singh/ Older Jaisalmer in Nanhe Jaisalmer. A year later he starred in Heroes 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 House In 2014 Vatsal returned to television, this time in a grey role of Shaurya Goenka in Ek Hasina Thi.
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.