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Manu Rishi
Manurishi Chadha at the special screening of Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (cropped).jpg
Rishi at the special screening of Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Born
Manu Rishi Chadha

(1971-01-03) 3 January 1971 (age 52)
Alma mater Cambridge School, New Delhi
Occupation(s)Script and dialogue writer, actor
Years active2002-present
Spouse
Roli Chaturvedi
(m. 2013)
Children2

Manu Rishi Chadha (born 3 January, 1971) is an Indian actor, lyricist, script and dialogue writer who works in Hindi films. [1] Rishi is trained under theatre director Arvind Gaur for six years. [2] He won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award in 2009 for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! [3] He also won the IIFA Best Dialogue Award for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!. [4]

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Career

Manu Rishi Chadha started his acting career in Delhi with the Asmita theatre group. He has acted in more than 40 plays with director Arvind Gaur. [5] His major plays are Girish Karnad's Rakt Kalyan, Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions, Swadesh Deepak's Court Martial, William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar , Dharamvir Bharati's Andha Yug , Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist and Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms . [6]

In 2001, he moved to Mumbai. [7] His first film in Bollywood as an actor was Saathiya [8] in which he played the role of a doctor. He has appeared in more than 25 films. [9]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleContributed AsNotes & Awards
2002 Saathiya DoctorActor
2003 Raghu Romeo ZahidActor
2006 Mixed Doubles ZoravarActor
2007 Ek Chalis Ki Last Local JeetiyaActor
2008 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! BangaliActor, Lyricist, Dialogues [10] Won - Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue

Won - IIFA Award for Best Dialogue

2008 Mithya NayakActor
2010 Chance Pe Dance Tina's FriendWriter, Additional Dialogues, Actor
2010 Aisha Dialogues [11]
2010 Band Baaja Baaraat InspectorGuest appearance
2010 Phas Gaye Re Obama Anandprakash "Anni" RastogiActor
201010 Ml LoveHanuman in Ram LilaActor
2011 Soundtrack Doctor M.R. ChadhaActor
2012 Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi A.C.P. Rajveer Singh ChoutalaActor
2012 Ekk Deewana Tha AnayActor, Dialogues
2013 What The Fish RaviActor
2013KirchiyaanMinisterActor, DialogueShort Film
2014 Kya Dilli Kya Lahore Samarth Pratap ShastriActor, Dialogue, Writer
2014 Ankhon Dekhi SharmajiActorScreen Best Ensemble Cast Award
2014 Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami Shekhar JoshiActor
2015 Tanu Weds Manu Returns Manu's LawyerActor
2018 Nanu Ki Jaanu DabbuWriter/Actor
2018 Rajma Chawal MittalActor
2019 Pati Patni Aur Woh Inspector Mukhtar SinghActor
2019 The Zoya Factor JogpalActor
2019 Setters BalamActor
2020 Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Chaman TripathiActor
2020 Doordarshan Sunil Bhateja aka ChikuActor
2020 Angrezi Medium Bheluram BansalActor
2020 What Are The Odds RimpuActor
2020 Laxmii Deepak RajputActor Disney Plus Hotstar film
2020 Halahal Randeep JhaActor
2021 Hum Do Hamare Do Dr. Sanjeev MehraActor Disney Plus Hotstar film
2022 Dasvi Jailer Satpal TomarActor Netflix film
RK/RKay GoelActor
Raksha Bandhan Maternal UncleActor
Phone Bhoot Actor
2023 U-Turn Indarjeet Singh DhillonActor Zee5 film
Fukrey 3 Shunda Singh AhluwaliaActor
Bhagwan Bharose Actorfilm

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2016 Permanent Roommates Dr Mudit YouTube
2017 Inside Edge Manoharlal Handa; businessman and owner of Haryana league cricket team Amazon Prime Video
2018 Mirzapur Police IG DubeyAmazon Prime Video
2018Babbar ka TabbarMr. Babbar ZEE5
2019Bhoot PurvaDavid;Purva's FatherZEE5
2021 Candy Money Ranaut Voot [12] [13]
2022 Masoom Disney+ Hotstar
2023 United Kacche Sajjad ZEE5
Shehar Lakhot Rajbir Rangot Amazon Prime Video

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