Riteish Deshmukh

Riteish Vilasrao Deshmukh (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor, television presenter, and filmmaker who works in Hindi and Marathi cinema.

He is the son of politician Vilasrao Deshmukh.

Deshmukh was born on 17 December 1978, in Mumbai to former chief minister of Maharashtra and Union Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises India, Vilasrao Deshmukh and Vaishali Deshmukh.

His elder brother, Amit Deshmukh, is a MLA from Latur City and his younger brother, Dhiraj Deshmukh, is a MLA from Latur Rural.

His elder sister-in-law Aditi Deshmukh is an actress and younger sister-in-law Deepshikha Deshmukh is a film producer.

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 began his acting career with the film Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003) and since then he has worked in several successful films such as Masti (2004), Kyaa Kool Hai Hum (2005), Bluffmaster! (2005), Malamaal Weekly (2006), Heyy Babyy (2007), Dhamaal (2007), Housefull (2010), Double Dhamaal (2011), Housefull 2 (2012), Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum (2012), Grand Masti (2013), Housefull 3 (2016), Total Dhamaal (2019), Housefull 4 (2019) and Baaghi 3 (2020).

Deshmukh made his Hindi film debut with the 2003 romance, Tujhe Meri Kasam opposite Genelia D'Souza.

He later appeared in Out of Control.

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.

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.

Deshmukh, 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.

He was seen in guest roles in Ram Gopal Varma's Darna Zaroori Hai, and then Namastey London, which was a box office hit.

In 2007, Cash followed.

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.

He appeared in the comedy film Dhamaal.

His played a comedic character as Deshbandhu Roy in the film which received critical acclaim.

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.

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 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.

In Marathi cinema, he debuted as a producer with Balak-Palak (2013), made his Marathi acting debut with action film Lai Bhaari (2014) and made his directorial debut with Ved (2022).

Deshmukh is the board member of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.

He received widespread critical acclaim for playing a serial killer in the romantic thriller Ek Villain (2014).