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Actor

Gender

Male

Birthday

19 April

Location

Jammu and Kashmir, India

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Mukesh Rishi

Biography

Mukesh Rishi (born 19 April 1956) is an Indian actor and film producer who works primarily in Hindi and Telugu films. 

 

He has also appeared in Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Marathi and Tamil films. got his first break in Hindi in 1988 and has since, established himself as a leading character actor.

 

He started his career in films as a villain. He joins a list of non-Telugu speaking actors, such as Amrish Puri, Puneet Issar, Paresh Rawal, Sharat Saxena, Pradeep Rawat, Narendra Jha, Rahul Dev, Mukul Dev, Sonu Sood, Ashutosh Rana, Sachin Khedekar, Boman Irani, and Sayaji Shinde who have successfully established themselves in Telugu movies.

 

Rishi was born in Jammu. After his graduation from Government College, Sector 11, Chandigarh, and working for two years in Mumbai, Rishi went to work in Fiji where he met his future wife of Fijian-Indian descent. 

 

Her family ran a traditional departmental store. He has a lucrative Investment Portfolio including Warehouse investments.

 

After marriage, they went to New Zealand, where Mukesh started his career as a model.

However, he could hardly find time for modeling due to a busy work schedule and was dissatisfied with his modeling assignments. 

 

After seven years, he returned to Mumbai, India, and enrolled in Roshan Taneja's acting school.

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Actor
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The Devil as

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Badnaam as

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Kannappa as

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Viswam as Kailash Satyardhi

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Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai as

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Indian Police Force (Season 1) as Jaideep Bansal

2024

Saindhav as Vishwamitra

2023

Koi... Mil Gaya as Inspector Khurshid Khan

2022

Khiladi as Home Minister Guru Singh

2021

Vakeel Saab as MP Korentla Rajendar

2019

Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy as Baba Khan

2019

Ishq My Religion as

2019

Vinaya Vidheya Rama as Pandyam Parasuram

2019

Vinaya Vidheya Rama as Pandyam Parasuram

2018

Goutham Nanda as Mudra

2018

Pantham as Anand Surana

2016

Brahmotsavam as Babu's distant relative

2015

Soukhyam as Krishna Rao

2015

Bruce Lee: The Fighter as Bharadwaj

2015

Srimanthudu as Venkata Ratnam

2014

Loukyam as Keshawa Reddi

2014

Power Unlimited as Jai Vardhan

2014

Jatt James Bond as MLA Rattowal

2014

Race Gurram as Peddi Reddy

2013

Ramayya Vasthavayya as Mosallapadu Nagabhushan

2013

Atharintiki Daaredi as Hari Nandan

2013

Baadshah as Dhanraj

2012

Khiladi 786 as Ikhattar Singh

2012

Rebel as Jayram, Robert

2012

Racha as Bellary

2011

Teen Maar as

2010

Darling as Nisha's father

2010

Shambo Shiva Shambo as

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Namo Venkatesa as Chengal Rayudu

2009

Arya 2 as Raji Reddy

2009

Drona as Drona's father

2009

Maska as Simhachalam

2008

Jalsa as Damodar Reddy

2006

Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris as Ustad

2006

Bangaram as Pedda Reddy / Chaudhary

2006

Pournami as Narasimha Naidu

2006

Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera as Sudama Pandey

2005

Taur Mittran Di as Dabara Singh

2005

Bunny as Mysamma

2003

Simhadri as Bhai Saab

2003

Okkadu as DCP Vijay Varma

2002

Indra as Veera Shankara Reddy

2001

Indian as Wasim Khan

2001

Jodi No.1 as Baburao

2001

Aashiq as Sapna's brother

2000

Kurukshetra as Iqbal Pasina

2000

Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai as Bhavani Chaudhry

1999

Arjun Pandit as Ramu Kaalia

1999

Sarfarosh as INSP. Salim

1999

Lal Baadshah as S.P Ajit Singh

1998

Bandhan as Gajendra

1997

Gupt: The Hidden Truth as Mantri's bodyguard

1997

Judwaa as Ratanlal 'Tiger' Pandey

1996

Ghatak: Lethal as Cheena

1996

Saajan Chale Sasural as Nana

1995

Baazi as Raghu Dashrat Singh

1993

Parampara as Thakur Bhavani Singh's Man