Richard Rishi

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Richard Rishi
Born (1977-10-20) 20 October 1977 (age 47) [1]
Tiruvalla, Kerala, India
Years active1990 (Child artist)
1999-present
Parent(s)Babu (Father)
Alice (Mother)
Relatives Shalini (Sister)
Shamili (Sister)
Ajith Kumar (Brother-in-law)

Richard Rishi is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films and few Malayalam and Kannada films. He is known for Koottu , A Film by Aravind and his subsequent movies with director Mohan G, namely Draupathi and Rudra Thandavam .

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Production

Despite a relatively high-profile launch through Kadhal Virus , Rishi found it difficult to experience further success in the following years. After that he acted in the Malayalam film called Koottu released in 2004 which gave him a great success and improved his career. Koottu was a great nostalgic film. Films such as Thiru 420 by director duo Sekar Kumar and Sengattuvan, where he starred opposite former Miss India contestant Swetha Vijay, were stalled after production began. [2]

Personal life

Richard studied in Loyola Matriculation. He has two younger sisters, former film actresses Shalini and Shamili. Their father is from Kollam and mother hails from a Malayali family living in Chennai. The sole reason behind his father's shifting to Madras was to become a singer. Actor Ajith Kumar is his brother-in-law. [3]

Career

Rishi made his acting debut with Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari which is released in 1990. [4] He was cast as a child artiste in the Tamil film Anjali in the same year 1990. He first appeared as an adult actor in Kadhal Virus in 2002, playing the lead opposite Sridevi Vijaykumar. The film was released after some delay and fared poorly at the box office. [5]

His next movie was Koottu (2004), which tells the story of two college buddies. The songs were a hit. [6] In 2005, Girivalam a remake of the Bollywood film Humraaz was released. [7] The movie A Film by Aravind (2005) made him famous. [8] In 2006, the Tamil movie Naalai was released. [9] The same year came another film, Yuga (2006). Richard had a lesser role to play, and the film received mixed reviews. [10] Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw , a Telugu film was released in 2007. It was the remake of Bollywood film Malamaal Weekly . It also had Rishi playing a side role. [11] Then came the movie Bangaru Konda (2007) with actress Navaneet Kaur. [12] Maharajasri, is another movie for 2007. In 2008, came Veedu Mamoolodu Kadu with Rishi portraying as negative role, [13] then Geetha, a remake of the Hollywood film Phone Booth and Three in which Rishi was reunited with the director Sekhar Suri. In 2009, he acted in Tamil movie Thamizhagam. [14] In 2010, he appeared in Telugu movie Dammunnodu. [15] His next movie Pen Singam (2010) failed at the content of story. [16] In 2011, Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action (2011) was received negative reviews. [17] Then came the movie Endukante... Premanta! (2012) where Rishi was in again in a small side role but the film was a commercial hit. [18] The film Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara? (2012) was a Telugu socio-fantasy with Rishi in a small role. [19] In 2013, the only film that came was Kannada action comedy film Benki Birugali , where Rishi was in the lead. [20]

His film Ner Ethir (2014), which was a remake of Across the Hall followed by Ninaithathu Yaaro (2014). Then came Avatharam (2014), with a devotional story. [21] The film Netru Indru (2014) and Sutrula (2014) and was not received well. [22] [23] The Telugu film Adavi Kaachina Vennela (2014) was released to positive reviews. [24] In 2015, came the comedy-horror, Maharani Kottai and action film, Adhibar . [25] [26] In 2016, he appeared in Telugu, Srimathi Bangaram followed by three Tamil films Kallattam , Pazhaya Vannarapettai and Andaman . His following films are Dr Chakravarty (2017) and Oollo Pelliki Kukkala Hadavidi (2018). Richard Rishi has joined hands with his 2016's political thriller Pazhaya Vannarapettai director Mohan G, to deliver a revenge drama stained with casteism in Draupadi (2020). [27] The film turns into a drama where message gains preference over storytelling. [28] He appeared alongside Trisha and Nandha in the political thriller film, Paramapadham Vilayattu (2021), portraying David, a goon who tries to strike fear with psychopathic tendencies. [29]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1990 Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari Orphan Telugu Child artiste
1990 Anjali Tamil Child artiste
1999 Swapnalokam SanjayTeluguDebut as an adult;

Credited as Rahul

1999Bobbili VamsamTelugu
2002 Kadhal Virus DeepakTamil
2004 Koottu Harikrishnan Malayalam
2005 Girivalam GiriprasadTamil
2005 A Film by Aravind RishiTelugu
2006 Naalai JustinTamil
2006 Yuga SriTamil
2006 Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw KittuTelugu
2007Bangaru KondaChanduTelugu
2007MaharajasriRajaniTelugu
2008Veedu Mamoolodu KaduRishiTelugu
2008GeethaRahulTelugu
2008 Three SriramTelugu
2009ThamizhagamShanmugamTamil
2010DammunnoduBoseTelugu
2010 Pen Singam NagendranTamil
2011 Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action Ettuveetil GaneshanMalayalam
2012 Endukante... Premanta! DKTelugu
2012 Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara? Rishi KumarTelugu
2013 Benki Birugali Chandu Kannada
2014 Ner Ethir KarthikTamil
2014 Ninaithathu Yaaro ArunTamil
2014 Avatharam PrasadTelugu
2014 Netru Indru SathyaTamil
2014 Sutrula JohnnyTamil
2014Adavi Kaachina VennelaSekharTelugu
2015 Maharani Kottai SanjayTamil
2015 Adhibar KarnaTamil
2016Srimathi BangaramSriramTelugu
2016 Kallattam MahendranTamil
2016 Pazhaya Vannarapettai MoorthyTamil
2016 Andaman ThamizhTamil
2017Dr ChakravartyArunTelugu
2018 Oollo Pelliki Kukkala Hadavidi Telugu
2020 Draupadi PrabhakaranTamil
2021 Paramapadham Vilayattu DavidTamil
2021 Rudra Thandavam Rudra PrabhakaranTamil
2023 Sila Nodigalil RajTamil

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