Rishi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 May 1985 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, TV Anchor |
| Years active | 2005–2013 2022–present |
Rishi Raj is an Indian film, theatre and television actor. He is known for his work on Sun TV's Deala No Deala, the Tamil-language version of Deal or No Deal and Kaiyil Oru Kodi, the Tamil version of Million Dollar Money Drop . Rishi has appeared in Tamil films most notably Anandha Thandavam and Payanam .
He stayed away from the limelight for more than five years from 2017 and made a comeback in 2022 with the Sun TV soap opera Iniya .
He was born to Malayali and Gujarati parents with his father being a musician and his mother a poet and was brought up in Chennai. While studying engineering, he decided to switch to visual communications and had an interest in theatre. [1]
Rishi appeared in a few fiction and non-fiction shows on STAR Vijay before appearing on Sun TV with Endemol's Deala No Deala (Tamil version of Deal or No Deal ). [2] In 2012, Endemol South and Sun TV made Kaiyil Oru Kodi, Are you ready? (Tamil version of Million Dollar Money Drop) with Rishi as the anchor. In 2009-10, Rishi played the lead in the popular Telugu-language soap opera, Sundarakanda the first Indian TV show to be shot in the USA. [3] In 2011, he briefly returned to theatre for the play Raj And His Red Hot Lovers. [4]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Thodakkam | Habeeb | |
| 2009 | Ananda Thandavam | Radhakrishnan | |
| 2010 | Mandhira Punnagai | Shankar | |
| 2011 | Gaganam | Vinod | Telugu film |
| Payanam | |||
| 2012 | Mirattal | Gautham | Special appearance |
| 2014 | Naan Sigappu Manithan | Karthik | |
| Yaan | Ram | ||
| 2015 | JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai | K. Anand | |
| 2019 | Sathru | Mahendran | |
| 2023 | Beauty | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Channel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–2006 | Idhu Oru Kadhal Kathai | Ananthu | Tamil | Vijay TV | |
| 2009–2010 | Sundarakanda | Ajay | Telugu | Gemini TV | |
| 2012–2013 | Padamatha Gali | ||||
| 2022 | Ninaithale Inikkum | Sethupathi IPS | Tamil | Zee Tamil | Special Appearance |
| 2022–2024 | Iniya | Vikraman (Vikram) | Sun TV |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Channel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Hello Friend | Anchor | Tamil | Star Vijay | |
| 2011 | Deala No Deala | Sun TV | |||
| 2012 | Kaiyil Oru Kodi - Are You Ready? | ||||
| 2014–2015 | Vendhar Veetukkalyanam | Vendhar TV | |||
| 2015–2016 | Super Challenge | Sun TV | |||
| 2022 | Vanakkam Tamizha | Guest | |||
| 2023 | Iniyavale Iniya | Participant | Guest role | ||
| Nattamai Theerpu Mathu | Vikraman |