Rishi Kaushik is an Indian actor who acts in serials most notably in
Bengali language
Bengali, also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Bangla (, , ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. ...
serials in
West Bengal
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. He has appeared in the
Star Jalsa soap operas ''
Ekhane Aakash Neel'', and ''
Ishti Kutum'', where he played the role of the male protagonist Archisman Mukherjee. Since 2020. He has acted in several television dramas of Bangladesh.
Early life
Rishi was born and grew up in an
Assamese family in
Tezpur,
Assam
Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...
. He graduated from Tezpur Academy and
Guwahati University. He moved to Calcutta in 2002. His original name is Kamakhyakinkar Kaushik, while his pet name is Rishi.
Career
His debut film is an
Assamese film ''Rong'' directed by
Munin Barua. In
Calcutta
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his first telefilm ''Daman''. His debut film in
Bengali is ''
Kranti
''Kranti'' () is a 1981 Indian historical drama film, produced, edited, dialogue and directed by Manoj Kumar, with the story and screenplay written by Salim–Javed. It stars an ensemble cast, consisting of Dilip Kumar in the title role along ...
'' directed by
Riingo Banerjee, where he played a negative role. His breakthrough performance is Ekdin Pratidin in Zee Bangla and ''
Ekhane Aakash Neel in Star Jalsha.'' He joined BJP in 2019 to be in active politics.
Personal life
On 29 November 2012, Rishi married his long-time girlfriend Debjani.
Television
Bangladeshi TV shows
Films and web series
* Feluda Pherot (2020) Season 1 - Chinnomostar Obhisap As Biren Choudhury/Ringmaster Karandikar
*
''Kranti'' - as Deva . His character had a negative shade.
* ''Chander Bari'' (2007) - as Joydip .
* ''
Villain
A villain (also known as a " black hat", "bad guy" or "baddy"; The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.126 "baddy (also baddie) noun (pl. -ies) ''informal'' a villain or criminal in a book, film, etc.". the feminine form is villai ...
'' - as Police Inspector.
* ''Rong (2004)'' - Debut film in
Assamese language
Assamese () or Asamiya ( ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language. It has long served as a ''lingua franca'' in parts of Northeast India."Axomiya is the major langu ...
.
* ''
Mirza'' - as Kaustav Sen
*
Paashbalish* as Inspector Adhiraj
*
Emergency (2025 film)* as
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman and activist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangl ...
Awards
References
External links
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Indian male television actors
Living people
People from Tezpur
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal
1979 births