Riteish Deshmukh is an Indian actor, producer and architect who appears in Bollywood films. He is the son of Late. Vilasrao Deshmukh, the former Union Minister for Science, Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India, and the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Riteish debuted with K. Vijaya Bhaskar’s Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003) with his later to be wife ‘Genelia DSouza, but it was not until 2004 that he achieved success, when he appeared in the commercially successful comedy, Masti and the critically acclaimed Bardaasht. His work in Masti was nominated for several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor category. He later starred in successful films such as Heyy Babyy, Dhamaal, House Full. Double Dhamaal, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya and Housefull 2, Humshakals and Ek Villian.In January 2013, Riteish made his debut as an film producer with the Marathi success Balak Palak, directed by Ravi Jadhav. The following year he made his acting debut in Marathi cinema with the action film Lai Bhaari.
Riteish Deshmukh
Movies
Do Knot Disturb
Uncertainty results in the life of Delhi-based Raj when his wealthy wife, Kiran, the sole heir to the Saxena Group of Companies, finds out that he may be having an affair with leggy model, Dolly, who is being stalked by her possessive ex-boyfriend, Diesel. Kiran hires a private detective, Nunnu,…
Rann
As the news of a bomb explosion in the Muzaffarnagar area spreads, two leading news agencies, India 24 & Headlines 24/7, deal with their respective ratings and content to attract more viewers and boost advertising revenue. Purab Shastri is hired by India 24, managed by Vijay H. Malik, while the…
Double Dhamaal
After losing a huge sum to police officer Kabir Nayak, four slackers–Aditya Shrivastav, Boman Contractor, Manav Shrivastav, and Deshbandhu Roy–find themselves unemployed and broke. They come upon Kabir, who apparently lives a wealthy lifestyle now along with his wife Kamini, and sister Kiya. They intrude in his life, find out…
Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum
Ek Villain
Every love story has a hero, a heroine, and a villain. But this is the love story of a villain. Guru is a quiet, tough, and ruthless man, who works for a crooked politician. A dark past refuses to let Guru sleep at night until he meets Aisha. He falls…
Apna Sapna Money Money
Kishan is a young man from Goa whose brain is full of every conceivable trick to make a quick buck. He cons people by slipping into different outfits and by assuming many guises. Julie, is a sexy club dancer with quite a local reputation, but behind her raunchy exterior is…
Baaghi 3
Ronnie and Vikram are brothers who share an unbreakable bond. Their journey begins when a certain turn in events, leads Vikram to travel. On this trip, he gets kidnapped by people. Ronnie witnesses his brother getting beaten and kidnapped, Ronnie will do whatever it takes to destroy anyone and anything…
Mastizaade
Bangistan
Bangistan is a whip smart and uproarious satire on fundamentalism and the story of two unlikely terrorists, the antitheses of each other, with a common destructive goal. Concerned by the unrest in the name of religion, Subcontinental leaders of Muslims and Hindus, the Imam and the Shankaracharya, announce that they’re…
Heyy Babyy
Arush Mehra lives a fairly wealthy lifestyle in Sydney, Australia along with two room-mates, Tanmay Joglekar, and Ali Hyder. He works for a food chain, while Tanmay entertains children as ‘Eddy Teddy’, and Ali takes care of their apartment. All three are womanizers and usually end up sleeping with around…
Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya
In a quaint village of Haryana lives Miny, a free-spirited tomboy who instantly wins your heart with her bubbly personality. Her father, Bhatti, runs an auto-rickshaw business and is adamant to marry her off against her liking to Sunny. The male protagonist Viren, is a humble and ambitious rickshaw driver…
Himmatwala
An honest temple priest takes on more than he can handle when he bears witness to a murder and gives evidence in a court of law against a powerful landlord in his village. The landlord bribes his way to freedom and engineers a ploy to ruin the priests reputation and…
Housefull
Housefull is a romantic comedy entertainer which narrates the story of Aarush – the world’s unluckiest man. Being jinxed, he believes his bad luck can vanish if he finds true love. In this quest for true love how one lie leads to another and how different people from different walks…
Housefull 2
Housefull 2 is about the Kapoor family. Daboo and Chintu are brothers but they hate each other to the core. Even their wives and daughters hate each other. Both claim that they are going to get the richest son-in-law for their daughter. Aakhri Pasta, a marriage counselor, brings Jai’s parents…
Housefull 3
London based business men Batuk Patel lives with his three daughters Ganga (Gracy),Jamuna (Jenny) and Saraswati (Sarah).The sisters want to get married to their boyfriends Sandy,Teddy and Bunty and speak to their father.But Aakhri Pasta a restaurant owner whose also a fortune teller to Batuk tells him that he will…
Chamku
After witnessing his entire Bhagpur, Bihar-based family being killed by Thakur Mahendra Pratap Singh, a traumatized and injured Chandrama Singh wakes up in a hospital, is adopted by Naxal leader, Baba, and grows up to become one himself. Years later, after killing Ramji Mahto, the police kill Baba, while Chandrama…
Om Shanti Om
Om Prakash Makhija is a Junior Artist in the 1970s Hindi film industry and in love with actress Shantipriya. Om rescues Shanti from an out-of-control fire scene and they become friends. His hopes seem to be coming true–until he finds out that she’s married to film producer Mukesh Mehra and…
Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai
Rajesh Parekh, a simple Gujarati boy who’s been looking for love since he was a baby. Thoroughly unsuccessful in his endeavors, he nearly gives up till he meets Natasha, the girl of his dreams. Desh is the youngest superstar in the country. Mothers want to adopt him and their daughters…
Jhootha Hi Sahi
London-based Siddharth Arya gets a number of telephone calls from three suicidal males in one night. Subsequently, he is approached by Suhana Malik from ‘Dost India’ and requested to volunteer his time every night counseling East Indians from killing themselves. Siddharth, who stammers in presence of attractive women, but not…
Fun Facts
Son of the Chief Minister of Maharastra.
Ritesh got his architectural degree from Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies. He later went abroad for a year to practice with a firm abroad, came back to India and has been designing since then. He owns a firm called Evolutions, which is an architectural and interior designing firm, which he is very passionate about.
He completed his education from G. D. Somani High School and Kamala Raheja School of Architecture in Mumbai.
He worked in New York City in an architectural firm after graduation while studying acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
A major WWE wrestling fan. His favorite star being Bret The Hitman Hart.
Starred in V. Shantaram's shelved Home Production film. The film was to be produced by V Shantaram's grandson Chaitanya Shantaram. Co starring Anil Kapoor. Riteish was to play the villain. This was in 2007.
Younger brother Dheeraj is married to Jacky Bhagnani's elder sister Honey.
Was holidaying with Subash Ghai in London during the shooting of Yaadien. Cinemetographer Kabir Lal met Ritesh on the sets and offered him his first movie. Ritesh was shocked as he had not told anyone he wanted to be an actor.
Starred in Vashu Bhagnani's shelved film " Bisaat"" . Starring Zayed Khan (Replaced Arjun Rampal) Esha Deol, Ritesh Deshmukh. Directed by Satish Kaushik.
In 2009, Ram Gopal Varma had announced a 3D horror movie titled ""Warning"" Starring Ritesh Deshmukh. The film was shelved for unknown reasons.
Starred in Ram Gopal Verma production shelved film "" Loot"" directed by Prawal Raman. Starring Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh , Ayesha Takia. The reason it was shelved was because another in production film "" Rokda"" ,had the same exact storyline. Rokda was also shelved.
Starred in Ram Gopal Verma production shelved film "" Loot"" directed by Prawal Raman. Starring Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh , Ayesha Takia. The reason it was shelved was because another in production film "" Rokda"" ,had the same exact story line. Rokda (Emraan, Arshad,Ashish) was also shelved due to the producer not having money. The director eventually made the film as ""Toss""(2009) with another producer."