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{{Short description|Indian actor and YouTuber}}
{{Infobox youtuber
| name = Rithvik Jothi Raj
| image = Rithvik Jothiraj.jpg
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| birth_name =
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| other_names = Rithu Rocks Rithvik
| occupation = {{hlist|YouTuber|actor}}
| years_active = 2021-present
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| youtube_id = UC5wuaJnklgYnbJIeTVhPWug
| youtube_display_name = Rithu Rocks

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| youtube_subscribers = 2.91 million
| youtube_views = 478 million
| stats_update = 08 December 2025
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'''Rithvik Jothi Raj''' is an Indian YouTuber and actor who works predominantly in Tamil films.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tamil.abplive.com/news/coimbatore/rithu-rocks-rithvik-rithvik-father-gives-explanation-for-criticism-and-says-it-hurts-the-family-9988 | title='சில விமர்சனங்கள் எங்களை காயப்படுத்துகிறது' - வைரல் யூ டியூபர் ரித்விக்கின் தந்தை வேதனை..! | date=21 July 2021 |work=[[ABP Live]]|language=ta }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/7-year-old-coimbatore-boys-brilliant-spoof-on-news-reportage-is-making-headlines-3962498.html | title=7-Year-old Coimbatore Boy's Brilliant Spoof on News Reportage is Making Headlines | date=15 July 2021 |work=[[News18]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thequint.com/neon/social-buzz/7-year-old-boy-creates-indian-media-spoofs-on-youtube | title=This 7-Year-Old Boy is Going Viral for His Satirical Videos on Indian Media | date=14 July 2021|work=[[The Quint]] }}</ref>

==Personal life and career==
Rithvik is from [[Coimbatore]] and is known for his YouTube channel Rithu Rocks in which he enacts all the characters in the videos. His video titled ''Breaking News'' involving him playing a news anchor, a reporter and a farmer. The video became viral after being marketed by Tamada Media.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/weird-news/coimbatore-boy-s-satire-video-about-news-reporting-goes-viral-gps-qw7xax | title=Coimbatore boy's satire video about news reporting goes viral |work=[[Asianet News]]|date=14 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="O">{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/national/india-news-this-7-year-old-tn-boy-is-taking-the-internet-by-storm-with-his-spoof-of-tv-news-news-388167 | title=This 7-Year-Old TN Boy is Taking the Internet by Storm with His Spoof of TV News | date=14 July 2021 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/7-year-old-coimbatore-boy-s-spoof-video-about-news-reportage-goes-viral-watch-1827784-2021-07-14 | title=7-year-old Coimbatore boy's spoof video about news reportage goes viral. Watch | date=14 July 2021 |work=[[India Today]]}}</ref> He has since featured in several other videos such as ''Android Arasan'',<ref name="D">{{cite web | url=https://www.dinamani.com/cinema/cinema-news/2021/Aug/14/android-arasan-rithvik-rithu-rocks-3679948.html | title=யூடியூப் சூப்பர்ஸ்டார் ரித்விக்கின் புதிய விடியோ: ரசிகர்கள் அமோக வரவேற்பு | date=14 August 2021 |work=[[Dinamani]]|language=ta}}</ref> worked on ads such as [[Pothys]],<ref name="P">{{cite web | url=https://www.dinamani.com/cinema/cinema-news/2021/Oct/06/rithvik-deepavali-pothys-rithu-rocks-3712980.html | title=போத்தீஸ் விளம்பரத்தில் யூடியூப் புகழ் ரித்விக்! | date=6 October 2021 |work=Dinamani|language=ta}}</ref> and films such as ''[[O2 (2022 film)|O2]]'' and ''[[Jailer (2023 Tamil film)|Jailer]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/o2-on-hotstar-child-actor-rithvik-opens-up-about-working-with-nayanthara-thanks-the-films-crew/a5e906c96e674 | title=O2 on Hotstar: Child actor Rithvik opens up about working with Nayanthara, thanks the film's crew |work=[[OTTplay]]|date=15 June 2022|first=Thinkal|last=Menon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://idreampost.com/telugu-news/videos/full-movies/do-you-know-who-is-this-child-artist-acted-in-jailer-movie-124617.html | title='జైలర్' మూవీలో రజినీకాంత్ కు మనవడిగా నటించిన ఈ బుడ్డోడు ఎవరో తెలుసా? | date=25 September 2023 |work=iDream Post |language=te }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"|2022 || ''[[O2 (2022 film)|O2]]'' || Veera || rowspan="2"|Won{{emdash}}[[Edison Awards (India)|Edison Award]] for Best Child Actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://malayalam.webdunia.com/article/film-gossip-in-malayalam/jailer-movie-child-actor-rithvik-jailer-family-123092300020_1.html|title=ജയിലറിലെ കുട്ടി, സിനിമയിലെ കുടുംബത്തെ കണ്ട സന്തോഷത്തില്‍ റിഥ്വിക്, ചിത്രങ്ങള്‍ കാണാം|first=കെ ആര്‍|last=അനൂപ്|language=ml|website=webdunia.com}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Sardar (2022 film)|Sardar]]'' || Timothy "Timmy"
|-
| rowspan="2"|2023 || ''[[Jailer (2023 Tamil film)|Jailer]]'' || Rithvik ||
|-
| ''[[800 (film)|800]]'' || Young [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] ||
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Lucky Baskhar]]'' || Karthik || [[Telugu language |Telugu]] film<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/lucky-baskhar/movie-review/114803404.cms|title=Lucky Baskhar Movie Review : Dulquer Salmaan Anchors Atluri’s Engaging Retro Crime Drama|work= The Times of India}}</ref>
|}

=== Selected videography ===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|-
| rowspan="3"|2021 || ''Breaking News'' || <ref name="O"/>
|-
| ''Android Arasan'' || <ref name="D"/>
|-
| ''Kanchana Returns'' || <ref name="P"/>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|13717962}}

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SadguruCaterer at 17:16, 8 December 2025