Riteish Deshmukh

Riteish Vilasrao Deshmukh (born 17 December 1978)[1][2] is an Indian film actor, architect, producer and entrepreneur. He is known for his work in Hindi and Marathi cinema. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra late Vilasrao Deshmukh and Vaishali Deshmukh.[4][5]

Riteish Deshmukh
Deshmukh
Born	Ritesh Vilasrao Deshmukh 17 December 1978[1][2] Latur,[3] Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film actor television presenter producer architect
Years active	2003–present
Spouse(s)	Genelia D'Souza ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Vilasrao Deshmukh (father)
Relatives	Amit Deshmukh (brother) Dhiraj Deshmukh (brother)
Awards	Full list

After making his acting debut with the 2003 drama Tujhe Meri Kasam, Deshmukh gained praise for his performance in the 2004 comedy Masti. Subsequently, he starred in several commercially successful comedies including Masti (2004), Kya Kool Hai Hum (2005), Bluffmaster! (2005), Malamaal Weekly (2006), Heyy Babyy (2007), Dhamaal (2007) and Double Dhamaal (2011). His highest-grossing releases came with the thriller Ek Villain (2014) and the comedy films Housefull (2010), Housefull 2 (2012), Grand Masti (2013), Housefull 3 (2016), Total Dhamaal (2019), Housefull 4 (2019) and Marjaavaan (2019).

Apart from Hindi films, Deshmukh has made his debut as a film producer with the Marathi success Balak Palak (2013). The following year, he made his acting debut in Marathi cinema with the action film Lai Bhaari (2014).[6]

Career

Riteish made his Hindi film debut with the 2003 romance, Tujhe Meri Kasam opposite Genelia D'Souza.[7] He later appeared in Out of Control.[8] In his third film, Masti, a comic thriller, his role was widely disparaged. Regardless, the film performed well at the box office. He gained fame after his performance in Masti, which earned him two minor awards. He subsequently appeared Bardaasht and Naach, both of them being box-office duds.[8] His first relatively successful lead role occurred in the widely panned sex-comedy Kyaa Kool Hai Hum with Tusshar Kapoor. While the film was reviled by critics, it was appreciated by audiences and declared a moderate success at the box office. Ritesh, by now had earned a strong foothold in the Bollywood film industry via his comic roles.

He appeared in Malamaal Weekly and Apna Sapna Money Money apart from Bluffmaster! with Abhishek Bachchan in the lead.[9] He was seen in guest roles in Ram Gopal Varma's Darna Zaroori Hai,[10] and then Namastey London, which was a box office hit. In 2007, Cash followed.[9] Later that year, he appeared in Sajid Khan's directorial debut Heyy Babyy, co-starring Akshay Kumar and Fardeen Khan, which was a huge hit.[11] He appeared in the comedy Dhamaal which was a semi hit.

In 2008, he played a lead role in De Taali, in which his performance was praised, and later in Chamku, both of which performed poorly at the box office.[10]

In 2009, his first release was Aladin, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Jacqueline Fernandez. He was in the multi-starcast, Aladin. He then played a supporting role in Ram Gopal Varma's Rann, again co-starring Amitabh Bachchan, Paresh Rawal and Rajpal Yadav. His final film of 2009 was Do Knot Disturb with Govinda, Sushmita Sen, Sohail Khan and Lara Dutta.

In 2010, he worked with Sajid Khan on the comedy Housefull with Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta, Arjun Rampal and Jiah Khan. The film received negative response from critics, though it performed well commercially. His first release of 2011 was F.A.L.T.U., in which he played the role of Bajirao, a fake college principal. His second release of the year was the comic sequel Double Dhamaal. Both were above-average grossers[12] and very successful.

In 2012, he first appeared in Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya in which he is paired opposite his real wife Genelia D'Souza. It proved a commercial hit despite being a shoestring budget. He then starred in a sequel, Housefull 2, which released on 6 April 2012 and was a huge success like its predecessor. Housefull 2 has been marked as Ritesh's biggest success to date. His last release of the year and his latest film was sequel Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum, which released on 27 July 2012.

Deshmukh then starred in another sequel, this time to the 2004 hit Masti titled Grand Masti which released in September 2013 and became a box office success, despite receiving negative reviews. Deshmukh made his debut as a film producer with the Marathi film Balak Palak, directed by Ravi Jadhav. It released on 4 January 2013 and was a success. Deshmukh has decided to make a Hindi remake of the film.

In 2014, Deshmukh appeared in 2 completely different roles; first in the romance-comedy film Humshakals, which was a box office failure and then in the romance-thriller Ek Villain. With Ek Villain, Riteish made his debut as an antagonist (villain), acting a part like this for the first time. Ek Villain was a box office success. Besides this, he also made his acting debut in Marathi cinema the same year with the action film Lai Bhaari.

In 2015, he appeared in Bangistan along with Pulkit Samrat. The film was a comedy-satire and received a mixed critical response. However, was a box office disaster.

In 2016, he appeared in the third installment of the Housefull and Masti series Housefull 3 and Great Grand Masti and a musical drama Banjo. He appeared in the comedy film Bank Chor which was released in 2017 and is scheduled to appear in action film Mauli.[13]

Personal life

Riteish and wife, Genelia

Deshmukh is a son of the ex-chief minister of Maharashtra and Union Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises India - Vilasrao Deshmukh, and Vaishali. He has an elder brother named Amit and a younger brother named Dheeraj, both of them politicians. Deshmukh studied at G D Somani Memorial School and earned an architectural degree from Kamla Raheja College of Architecture, Mumbai. He practiced for a year with an overseas architectural firm. He continued designing since his return to India. Deshmukh maintains an ownership in Evolutions, an India-based architectural and interior designing firm.

Deshmukh launched his own production house Mumbai Film Company in 2013 with producing a Marathi film Balak Palak, which won several awards. In 2013, he also launched his cricket team Veer Marathi in Celebrity Cricket League which he owned as well as mentored as the team captain co-owned by brother Dheeraj Deshmukh, while the brand ambassador is wife Genelia D'souza.

Deshmukh has also been recognized as a producer and singer.

He married Genelia D'Souza, his co-star from Tujhe Meri Kasam, Masti and Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya on 3 February 2012. Their first son, Riaan, was born on 25 November 2014.[14][15] Their second son, Rahyl, was born on 1 June 2016.[16][17]

Social work

The actor donated Rs 2.5 million to his home town Latur for 'Jalyukta Latur', an initiative to make the parched district water sufficient after the droughts faced by Latur during April 2016.[18] Riteish and Genelia donated Rs 2.5 million towards flood relief in Maharashtra during the 2019 Indian floods.[19]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Tujhe Meri Kasam	Rishi	Bollywood debut[7]
2003	Out of Control	Jaswinder	[8]
2004	Masti	Amar Saxena
2004	Bardaasht	Anuj Shrivastav	[8]
2004	Naach	Veer
2005	Kyaa Kool Hai Hum	Karan Pandey
2005	Mr Ya Miss	Shekhar
2005	Bluffmaster!	Aditya Shrivastav (Dittu) / Arjun Bajaj
2006	Fight Club - Members Only	Somil Sharma
2006	Malamaal Weekly	Kanhaiya
2006	Darna Zaroori Hai	Altaaf
2006	Apna Sapna Money Money	Kishen / Sanya
2007	Cash	Lucky
2007	Heyy Babyy	Tanmay Joglekar
2007	Dhamaal	Deshbandhu Roy
2008	De Taali	Paglu
2008	Chamku	Arjun Tiwari
2009	Do Knot Disturb	Govardhan
2009	Aladin	Aladin Chatterjee
2010	Rann	Purab Shastri
2010	Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai	Rajesh Parekh
2010	Housefull	Bob
2011	F.A.L.T.U	Bajirao
2011	Double Dhamaal	Deshbandhu Roy
2012	Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya	Viren Chaudhary
2012	Housefull 2	Jolly
2012	Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum	Sid
2013	Grand Masti	Amar Sexena
2014	Humshakals	Kumar
2014	Ek Villain	Rakesh Mahadkar	Negative role as a psycho
2014	Lai Bhaari	Mauli / Prince	Debut Marathi film Double role
2015	Bangistan	Hafeez Bin Ali / Ishwarchand Sharma
2016	Housefull 3	Teddy
2016	Great Grand Masti	Amar Saxena	[20]
2016	Banjo	Taraat
2017	Bank Chor	Champak	[21]
2018	Welcome to New York	Riteish
2018	Mauli	Inspector Mauli Sarjerao Deshmukh	Marathi language
2019	Total Dhamaal	Lallan
2019	Housefull 4	Bangdu Maharaj/Roy
2019	Marjaavaan	Vishnu Shetty	Negative role
2020	Baaghi 3	Vikram Chaturvedi	Supporting Role
2022	Bachchan Pandey	TBA	Filming[22]

Special appearance

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Home Delivery	Party Time
2007	Namastey London	Bobby Bedi
2007	Om Shanti Om	Himself	Special Appearance in song "Deewangi Deewangi"
2009	Kal Kisne Dekha	Kali Charan
2009	Aao Wish Karein	Adult Bonny
2010	Jhootha Hi Sahi	Caller No 2 / Aman	Voice Over
2011	Love Breakups Zindagi	Kunal
2013	Himmatwala	Ravi
2014	Entertainment	Saral Mondal
2016	Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3	Satya Nash
2016	Mastizaade	Beep/Orgasm Baba
2019	Dream Girl	Himself	(Special appearance in song "Dhagala Lagali")

Television

Host

Year	Show	Other notes
2008	IIFA Awards Bangkok	Co Host Boman Irani – Also Performed
2009	IIFA Awards Macau	Co Host Boman Irani – Also Performed
2010	IIFA Awards Colombo	Co Host Boman Irani
2011	IIFA Awards Toronto	Co Host Boman Irani
2011	Airtel Superstar Awards	Co Host Sonakshi Sinha
2013	Zee Cine Awards	Co Host Abhishek Bachchan
2013	India's Dancing Superstar	Judge
2013	CCL Glam Night	Co Host Ayushman Khurana
2014	Zee Cine Awards	Co Host Abhishek Bachchan
2015	Sansui Colors Stardust Awards	Co Host Farah Khan and Karan Johar
2016	"Yaaron ki baraat"	Co Host Sajid Khan
2016	Vikta Ka Uttar	Solo Host Quiz Show

Awards and nominations

References

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18. "Riteish Deshmukh contributes Rs 25 lakh for drought-hit Latur". The Times of India. 26 April 2016.
19. "Riteish and Genelia Deshmukh meet CM Devendra Fadnavis, donate Rs 25 lakh for Maharashtra floods". India Today. 12 August 2019. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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External links

• Riteish Deshmukh at IMDb
• Riteish Deshmukh at Bollywood Hungama