Standing six feet ( something ) tall , with cute chocolate boy good looks, Shashank( we call him Shanky😳) was born on 30thNovember in Ujjain in a typical middle class family. The young Ujjain boy was always fond of acting . He came in Mumbai in 2009 to try his luck in acting . He learnt acting from Anupum Kher's acting academy. His stay in Mumbai was full of struggles . Just a month later he stepped in Mumbai his dear mother passed away and he has to go back to his home town to attend her funeral . He came back to Mumbai and continued his struggles to make his place in glittering showbiz world .Among almost 270 auditions he only managed to get few modelling assignments , print advertisements , few small roles in Sony Tv's Rishta .com and Farah Khan's film Tees Maar Khan . To Shashank all these small assignments are really dear to him because it earned him his bread to stay in Mumbai and also beginning of his career. Finally his hard work paid off in mid 2010 when he was selected to play the lead male protagonist Jagdish Bhairo Singh /Jagaya in Colors TV's most popular show Balika Vadhu when show took a leap of 5 years . Shashank entered in the show on 26th July 2010. With his good looks and sweet, cute naughty nature in his character as well as in real it doesn't took him much time to become new heart throb in Indian telly world .He along with Pratyusha Banerjee was whole heartedly accepted as viewers new beloved Jagaya and Anandi. But as soon as Jagaya's character began to shape up Shashank proved to viewers he is not just only a good looking boy but besides he is also a very talented actor . Shashank won Best Fresh Face Male at Global Indian Film and TV Honors in 2011. His pair along with Pratyusha was also very much appreciated by viewers which brought them Indian Telly Award for popular couple on screen in 2011 . In this July 2012 Shashank successfully completed his two years in the serial showing viewers his variety of awesome acting skills and is still going on .
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