From being an introvert boy in school, Abhishek has grown to become a talented artist and fitness trainer through his dedicated hard work and observational skills.

Abhishek Vishwakarma is an Actor, Kalaripayattu Practitioner, Action Director, and a Yoga Trainer.

Abhishek hails from a village named Salempur in the Gorakhpur district of UP. He did his schooling at a boarding school in Lucknow and then pursued B.Com. from Gorakhpur.

Recalling one important incident from his childhood, he says that he once burnt his hostel warden's bike in an attempt to get even with him. He says that the consequence of this act of his made him rectify his anger issue and channel his energy into something good giving his life a meaningful direction.

Abhishek recalls that during his school days, he had stage-fear, but, after once pushing himself to the stage at the time of his farewell, he started liking performing arts. Thus he decided to become an actor, but upon sharing it with his father, he received nothing but denial from him. Regardless of it, he went for auditions after completing his twelfth and even got selected but again his father refused to allow him to continue with it.

Abhi subsequently joined a B.Com. course in Gorakhpur. After about four months he again pitched his wish to his father and this time his father agreed to let him pursue a filmmaking course. He went to Mumbai to study filmmaking but wasn't satisfied with the short duration of the course. So he joined a filmmaking institute in Delhi, where he got to know about theatre and joined the National School of Drama in Himachal Pradesh.

After completing his acting courses, it occurred to Abhishek to learn Kalaripayattu. Thus he went to Kerala to learn the martial art and eventually moved to Mumbai to give a start to his career after five months of training. There, he learned about the industry more than he actually got some work. However, working in Mumbai for a year and seven months and acting in about fifteen sitcoms, he realised that he should look for work in the Telugu film industry as he has been a fan of South-Indian movies growing up.

So he moved to Hyderabad and started going for auditions just to realise that he needs to learn Telugu language before anything else. And thus, he made it his mission to learn the language in three months, upon achieving which, he started getting work and got to work in many movies, he even got a small acting role in a huge movie - Major. He also kept teaching Kalaripayattu and Yoga in the meantime.

Thereafter, COVID struck, during which, Abhishek went to Rishikesh to attain a certificate in Yoga. Speaking on the pandemic’s impact, he says that it completely changed lifestyles and made people appreciate the value of freedom and human values.

Drawing a comparison between education and experience, Abhishek says that while both are important in life, you have a better chance of success if you are educated than if you only have experience. He cites his own example to further say that you must strive to gain all kinds of experiences in life.

Sharing his views on the quality of leadership, Abhishek says that it is gained through struggle and the will to keep learning.

Abhishek considers his father as his role model. He says that his father’s hard work and self-dependent nature inspires him.

When free, Abhishek likes interacting with people and practising Kalaripayattu.

Advising aspiring actors, Abhishek says that you should have good observation skills and passion for it. According to him, knowing yourself is very important to become a good actor. He further says that you will have to grind yourself for years before being able to call yourself a successful actor.

Talking about Action Choreography, he says that first you should master one martial art and then go about finding work.

Given a chance to go back in time through a Time Machine, Abhishek says that he would like to utilise his time properly, gain life experiences, and start his career early on.