The very charming and talented actor Mishal Raheja started his career with MTV and now he can be spotted acting in the first television venture of the noted filmmaker Anurag Basu titled `Love Story`. He claims that it each day is very different and resourceful for him and he considers himself very fortunate to work with such great people like the director himself. He claims that Anurag Basu is as good in television as he is in films He further adds that he is not only the best director but is also the best learning school for a new comer. For Mishal, however `Love Story` is his second venture. The first one, which saw him, displays his acting skills was the MTV show `Pyaar Vyaar` and `All That`.

In the present soap Mishal Raheja portrays the character of Akaash and is a very reserved kind of guy and has only two pals. He has grown up to a very rowdy guy. Though he is a backbencher and quite rough by nature he never hurts people. He is a kind of a guy who cannot tolerate injustice and politics are running behind him as he had put up a fight with other guys just because of his love interest. He is in fact the typical brooding hero and carries the burden of the upheaval in the lives of his parents. About remarking what him get the role he modestly claims that the makers of the soap might have seen him in the MTV show and from there they zeroed on him for the character portrayal. He went for the auditions on his birthday and the day really proved lucky for him to shape up his career.

Mishal Raheja is a resident of the tinsel town and has completed his graduation in Business Management from the U.S. Besides such popular soaps he has also been a part of many ad campaigns and has recently done a commercial for Air India, which will be shown only at the airports. He has also campaigned for the Hero`s AIDS project. Acting has been his passion since childhood and he loves playing cricket as well. On the personal front Mishal Raheja is not at all like the character he plays on screen. He is enjoying his single status to the core right now. He is in fact a happy-go-lucky person who can go on talking for the whole day. He feels lucky to have worked with such great co-stars who are very talented artistes themselves. He also has dreams of joining the Bollywood bandwagon soon just like any other actor but as of now he wants to concentrate on his present assignment.