Background
Vishnu was born as Vishal to Ramesh Kudawla, a high-ranking Tamil Nadu police officer
Vishnu was born as Vishal to Ramesh Kudawla, a high-ranking Tamil Nadu police officer
He finished his schooling in Campion Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School in Tiruchirappalli. After completing his Master of Business Administration in marketing from SRM University, he went on to become a cricketer, playing in TNCA league games.
He started his acting career, playing the lead role in the sports film Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, winning acclaim for his portrayal. However a leg injury ended his cricket career and the actor noted that during the time he was bedridden, he started watching films and began an interest in an acting career. He had to tan his body sitting for hours in the sun to get dark and look like a player and then for 3 months he trained for kabbadi matches under a coach, for five hours a day.
He had two releases in 2010, portraying an action role in the comedy Bale Pandiya and then played a rowdy from Royapuram in Drohi.
He subsequently worked on the comedy, Kullanari Koottam, though none of his films after his debut performed as well as his first and the actor found himself struggling for the right breakthrough. After a year without any releases, he had two releases in 2014: the romantic comedy Mundasupatti under Thirukumaran Entertainment and the sports drama Jeeva for which he collaborated with Suseenthiran again.
In 2015 he first appeared in the science fiction comedy Indru Netru Naalai directed by Ravikumar.