Rishi (Tamil Actor)

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''.

Early life and career

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.

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''). 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. In 2011, he briefly returned to theatre for the play ''Raj And His Red Hot Lovers''.

Filmography

Film

Television

;Serials

;TV Shows

References

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Living people
Tamil male television actors
Tamil television presenters
Television personalities from Tamil Nadu
Male actors from Chennai
Male actors in Tamil cinema
Male actors from Tamil Nadu
21st-century Tamil male actors
Tamil Reality dancing competition contestants
1985 births
Malayali people
Gujarati people