Richard Rishi
Introduction '''Richard Rishi''' is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films and few Malayalam and Kannada films. He is known for ''Koottu'', ''A Film by Aravind'' and his subsequent movies with director Mohan G, namely ''Draupathi'' and ''Rudra Thandavam''.
Production Despite a relatively high-profile launch through ''Kadhal Virus'', Rishi found it difficult to experience further success in the following years. After that he acted in the Malayalam film called Koottu released in 2004 which gave him a great success and improved his career. Koottu was a great nostalgic film. 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 studied in Loyola Matriculation. He has two younger sisters, former film actresses Shalini and Shamili. Their father is from Kollam and mother hails from a Malayali family living in Chennai. The sole reason behind his father's shifting to Madras was to become a singer.Actor Ajith Kumar is his brother-in-law.
Career Rishi made his acting debut with ''Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari'' which is released in 1990.He was cast as a child artiste in the Tamil film ''Anjali'' in the same year 1990.He first appeared as an adult actor in ''Kadhal Virus'' in 2002, playing the lead opposite Sridevi Vijaykumar. The film was released after some delay and fared poorly at the box office.His next movie was ''Koottu'' (2004), which tells the story of two college buddies. The songs were a hit. 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  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 Telugu 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). Then came ''Avatharam'' (2014), with a devotional story. The film ''Netru Indru'' (2014) and ''Sutrula'' (2014) and  was not received well. The Telugu 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 Telugu, ''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 appeared alongside Trisha and Nandha in the political thriller film, ''Paramapadham Vilayattu'' (2021), portraying David, a goon who tries to strike fear 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''  Sanjay  Telugu  1999  ''Bobbili Vamsham''   Telugu  2002  ''Kadhal Virus''  Deepak  Tamil   2004  ''Koottu''  Harikrishnan  Malayalam   2005  ''Girivalam''  Giriprasad  Tamil  2005  ''A Film by Aravind''  Rishi  Telugu  2006  ''Naalai''  Justin Tamil 2006  ''Yuga''  Sri  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   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''  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   2021  ''Rudra Thandavam''  Rudra Prabhakaran  Tamil   2023  ''Sila Nodigalil''   Tamil
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