Rakesh Adiga

Rakesh Adiga
Born	(1986-07-07) 7 July 1986 Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	2009–present

Rakesh Adiga (born 7 July 1986) is an Indian film actor, who works in the Kannada film industry. He was introduced to the film industry through the film Jhoshh in 2009. He attended high school in Janaseva Vidya Kendra residential school, Bangalore. He is also the first Kannada rapper, he started a Kannada hip-hop band with a few of his friends, which was produced by Suraj Sarja, called "Urban Lads".

Acting career

Rakesh got his first break in his debut film Jhossh, which released in 2009. The film went on to become one of the top grossers of that year and earned him good recognition. He also won Best debut actor award for Asianet Suvarna for that year. This was followed by a brief break. In 2010, he starred in a romantic film Mandahaasa, which underwent much delay in release. He was next noted in Alemari (2011), where he played a villain role. He was also seen in Manasology in the same year. Subsequently, he starred as a lead actor in Parie (2012), which boasted of big names associated with it. However, the film was a failure at the box office.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Jhossh	Rocky / Rakesh	Winner, Suvarna Film Award for Best Debut Actor
2011	Manasology	Manas
2012	Alemari	Nimhans Suri
2012	Parie	Bharadwaj
2012	Yaare Koogadali		Special Appearance
2013	Nanda Gokula	Murari
2013	Mandahaasa
2014	Karnataka Ayodhyapuram
2015	Kotigond Love Story	Rakesh
2015	Preethiyinda
2016	Mandya to Mumbai	Gani
2017	Notorious		Filming
2017	Dove		Filming
2019	Night Out		Filming (Debuting as Director )

External links

• Timesofindia.com interview