Rishi (Tamil actor)

Rishi
Born (1985-05-07) 7 May 1985
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationsActor, TV Anchor
Years active2005–2016
2022–2024

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.[1]

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).[2] 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.[3] In 2011, he briefly returned to theatre for the play Raj And His Red Hot Lovers.[4]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRole Notes
2008ThodakkamHabeeb
2009Ananda ThandavamRadhakrishnan
2010Mandhira PunnagaiShankar
2011GaganamVinod Telugu film
Payanam
2012MirattalGautham Special appearance
2014Naan Sigappu ManithanKarthik
YaanRam
2015JK Enum Nanbanin VaazhkaiK. Anand
2019SathruMahendran
2023Beauty

Television

Serials
YearTitleRoleLanguageChannel Notes
2005–2006Idhu Oru Kadhal KathaiAnanthuTamilVijay TV
2009–2010SundarakandaAjayTeluguGemini TV
2012–2013Padamatha Gali
2022Ninaithale InikkumSethupathi IPSTamilZee Tamil Special Appearance
2022–2024IniyaVikraman (Vikram)Sun TV
TV Shows
YearTitleRoleLanguageChannel Notes
2005 Hello Friend Anchor Tamil Star Vijay
2011Deala No DealaSun TV
2012Kaiyil Oru Kodi - Are You Ready?
2014–2015Vendhar VeetukkalyanamVendhar TV
2015–2016Super ChallengeSun TV
2022Vanakkam TamizhaGuest
2023Iniyavale IniyaParticipant Guest role
Nattamai Theerpu Mathu Vikraman

References

  1. ↑ Srinivasan, Pavithra (24 September 2010). "Meet Tamil TV's hottest host!". Rediff.com. Chennai. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "New game show on Sun". The Hindu. 30 October 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Rishi". veethi.com.
  4. ↑ "Rishi goes back to theatre". The Times of India. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
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