Richard Rishi

Richard Rishi
Born	(1977-10-20) 20 October 1977 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Years active	1990-present
Parent(s)	Babu (father) Alice (mother)
Relatives	Shalini (sister) Shamili (sister) Ajith Kumar (brother-in-law)

Richard Rishi is an Indian film actor who appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films.

Production

Despite a relatively high-profile launch through Kadhal Virus, Rishi found it difficult to experience further success in the following years. 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.

Personal life

Richard attended Loyola Matriculation School till his 12th standard. He has two younger sisters both actresses, Shalini and Shamili. His father is from Kollam and mother is a from a Malayali family living in Chennai. The sole reason behind his father’s shifting to Madras was to become an actor. But he fulfilled his dream through his children. Actor Ajith Kumar is his brother-in-law.

Career

He made his acting debut with Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari which is released in 1990. Again, he was cast as a child artist in a Tamil film Anjali in the same year 1990. But he first appeared as an adult actor in Kadhal Virus in 2002. He was the lead and Sridevi Vijaykumar was the actress he starred across. The film got out after some delay and failed poorly at the box office.

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

His film Ner Ethir (2014), which was a remake of Across the Hall followed by Ninaithathu Yaaro (2014) was a celebrity-packed movie for Rishi. Then came Avatharam (2014), with a devotional story. The film Netru Indru (2014) and Sutrula (2014) and was not received well. The Telegu film Adavi Kaachina Vennela (2014) was released to positive reviews. In 2015, came the comedy-horror, Maharani Kottai and action film, Adhibar. In 2016, he appeared in Telegu, 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). The film turns into a drama where message gains preference over storytelling. He played alongside Trisha and Nandha in the political thriller film, Paramapadham Vilayattu (2021). Richard Rishi as David tries to strike fear as a goon with psychopathic tendencies.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1990	Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari	Orphan	Telugu	Child artiste
1990	Anjali		Tamil	Child artiste
1999	Swapnalokam		Telugu
1999	Bobbili Vamsham		Telugu
2002	Kadhal Virus	Deepak	Tamil
2004	Koottu	Hari Raj	Malayalam
2005	Girivalam	Giriprasad	Tamil
2005	A Film by Aravind	Rishi	Telugu
2006	Naalai	Justin	Tamil
2006	Yuga	Rishi	Tamil
2006	Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw	Kittu	Telugu
2007	Bangaru Konda	Chandu	Telugu
2007	Maharajasri	Rajani	Telugu
2008	Veedu Mamoolodu Kadu	Rishi	Telugu
2008	Geetha	Rahul	Telugu
2008	Three	Sriram	Telugu
2009	Thamizhagam		Tamil
2010	Dammunnodu	Bose	Telugu
2010	Pen Singam	Nagendran	Tamil
2010	Easan	Kuriman Marupadikirai	Tamil
2011	Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action	Ettuveetil Ganeshan	Malayalam
2012	Endukante... Premanta!	DK	Telugu
2012	Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?	Rishi Kumar	Telugu
2013	Benki Birugali	Chandu	Kannada
2014	Ner Ethir	Karthik	Tamil
2014	Ninaithathu Yaaro	Arun	Tamil
2014	Avatharam	Prasad	Telugu
2014	Netru Indru	Sathya	Tamil
2014	Sutrula	Johnny	Tamil
2014	Adavi Kaachina Vennela	Sekhar	Telugu
2015	Maharani Kottai	Sanjay	Tamil
2015	Adhibar	Karna	Tamil
2016	Srimathi Bangaram	Sriram	Telugu
2016	Kallattam	Mahendran	Tamil
2016	Pazhaya Vannarapettai	ACP Moorthy	Tamil
2016	Andaman	Thamizh	Tamil
2017	Dr Chakravarty	Arun	Telugu
2018	Oollo Pelliki Kukkala Hadavidi		Telugu
2020	Draupadi	Prabhakaran	Tamil
2021	Paramapadham Vilayattu	David	Tamil

External links

• Richard Rishi on IMDb