Rishi

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.

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). 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. In 2011, he briefly returned to theatre for the play Raj And His Red Hot Lovers.

Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 2008 Thodakkam Habeeb 2009 Ananda Thandavam Radhakrishnan 2010 Mandhira Punnagai Shankar 2011 Gaganam Vinod Telugu film Payanam 2012 Mirattal Gautham Special appearance 2014 Naan Sigappu Manithan Karthik Yaan Ram 2015 JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai K. Anand 2019 Sathru Mahendran 2023Beauty

Television Serials Year Title Role Language ChannelNotes 2005–2006 Idhu Oru Kadhal Kathai Ananthu Tamil Vijay TV 2009–2010 Sundarakanda Ajay Telugu Gemini TV 2012–2013 Padamatha Gali 2022 Ninaithale Inikkum Sethupathi IPS Tamil Zee TamilSpecial Appearance 2022–2024 Iniya Vikraman (Vikram) Sun TV

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