Manish Rishi is an Indian actor who works primarily in the Kannada film industry. He came to attention for his role as Paramesh “Pammy” in the Kannada crime comedy film Operation Alamelemma (2017).
Wiki/Biography
Manish Rishi (Rishi) was born as Monish Nagaraj in Bangalore on Tuesday, June 21, 1988 (age 35; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Gemini. Although he was born in Bangalore, he grew up in Mysore, Karnataka. He received his primary education from St. Joseph’s Primary School in Mysore and completed his pre-university course at Mallappa College, Mari. After that, he graduated in Civil Engineering from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore. While he was studying engineering, he used to work in theater. He runs the college’s drama team and works as a radio presenter in his spare time.
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′0″
Weight (approximately): 75kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
Body measurements (approximately): Bust: 44 inches; Waist: 32 inches; Biceps: 14 inches
family
Parents and siblings
His father KC Nagaraj is a bank employee at Kaveri Grameena Bank while his mother Anala Nagaraj is a housewife.
Manish Rishi’s parents
He has a sister Sunethra Nagaraaj (RJ Nethra), a famous radio jockey at Radio City 91.1 FM in Bangalore. Additionally, she appeared in the film 6ne Maili (2018) directed by Sydney.
Manish Rishi’s sister Sunethra Nagaraaj (RJ Nethra)
wife and children
His wife Swathi Parasuraman is a content writer by profession. The two held a love wedding on November 11, 2019.
Manish Rishi and wife Swathi Parasuraman
Profession
engineer job
Before entering the entertainment industry, Manish Rishi got a job in a corporate through a campus internship. Before entering the entertainment industry, he worked as an engineer for a company for several months. At the same time, he also worked as a radio jockey.
entrepreneur
Soon after quitting his job in the corporate world, he became an entrepreneur in the retail interiors and merchandising industry. At the same time, he was pursuing his theater career.
theater
Manish Rishi joined theater while studying engineering in college. He continued to work as a theater artist until 2014 when he got the opportunity to appear in the television show Mahaparva.
Manish Rishi in theater career
television
In 2014, he made his television debut in the ETV Kannada show Mahaparva.
Mahaparva(2014)
In 2016, she appeared in the Suvarna Star show “Anuropa”. His role in the TV series Anuropa was highly appreciated and helped him win the Best Actor Award two years in a row.
Manish Rishi, Anuropra (2016)
Movie
In 2013, she made her debut as a supporting role in the movie “Chamishani”, where she played the role of Shekhar.
Money Dear Shani Poster (2013)
He has since made guest appearances in several films. In 2017, he made his starring role for the first time in the movie “Operation Alamelama”, playing the role of Paramesh “Purmy”. His role in the film earned him great appreciation and love from the audiences and critics. The film became a blockbuster hit in 2017 and was released in the United States, Australia, Europe and other countries.
Operation Alamelama(2017)
His other films include Kavaludaari (2019), Sarvajanikarige Suvarnavakasha (2019), Mugilpete (2021), Nodi Swamy Ivanu Irode Heege (2022), Ramanavatara (2023) and many more.
He played the role of Inspector KSShyam in the movie Kavaludaari (2019), which was a box-office hit and was well received by the audience and the city alike.
web series
He made his acting debut in the Telugu web series Shaitan (2023), which aired on Disney+Hotstar.
Sartan(2018)
dispute
Accusation of assaulting aunt
In 2018, Manish Rishi was accused of assaulting his aunt Shalini Gurumurthy, his mother’s sister, over a dispute over ancestral property. His aunt lodged a complaint with the Basaveshwaranagar police station, accusing the actor of assaulting her and threatening to kill her over a property-related dispute. According to sources, Shalini Gurumurthy is physically disabled and in her complaint, she alleged that the actor tried to strangle her. Not only that, but she claimed his parents were also involved in the attack. Gurumurthy reportedly traveled to Basaveshwara Nagar to visit her ailing father, who was staying with Manish Rishi and his family. When she visited their residence, Rishi tried to stop her at the entrance and brought documents and forced her to sign before entering the house to meet her father. She told the media that she had not signed any documents and wanted her father to come and ask her to sign documents related to the property dispute.
However, Manish claimed that this was just a ploy by her aunt to tarnish his image in society. He refuted all the accusations and said all the stories were made up by her aunt for money.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- Two-time winner of the Best Actor Award for the TV series “Anuropa” and the Star Suvarna Parivar Award
- The 7th SIIMA Award for Best New Actor “Operation Alamelema” (2018)
Manish Rishi wins SIIMA Award (2018)
- Best Actor Kannada, Critics’ Choice Awards 2020, Kavaludaari (2020)
- Best Actor Award, Kawarudari (2022)
- Awarded the Karnataka Reserve Police Service Award (2023)
Manish Rishi honored with Karnataka Reserve Police Service in 2023
Favorites
Facts/Trivia
- Rishi’s film Operation Alamerama (2017) was originally intended to be a short film but was transformed into a full-fledged feature film.
- Before the filming of “Operation Alamerama”, directors Sunil and Rishi were supposed to shoot another film, but it didn’t work out.
- Manish Rishi plays a vegetable auctioneer in the film Operation Alamerama. In an interview, he shared an incident where director Sunil woke up Rishi at 4:30 am and took him to a vegetable market near Yeshwathpur. It was time for the morning vegetable auction. Suni wanted to give Rishi a live experience and have Rishi play the role of a real vegetable auctioneer in the film.
- The movie “Operation Alamerama” helped Manish Rishi win the hearts of many audiences. He shared an incident where actor Puneeth Rajkumar recognized him from a distance as he had seen Manish in the trailer of the film and liked it.
- In a 2017 interview, Manish Rishi spoke about his experience as a theater artist and working in films. He compared the two experiences and said that while doing theatre, artists do not focus on the commercial aspects of staging a play, but in films, box office performance plays an important role. An actor must give his best performance in every project to win the love and trust of everyone.
- Manish worked as an engineer for a few months before joining the entertainment industry. He did this because he had an idea that if he joined the entertainment industry, he would have no chance of returning to his engineering career. Therefore, he wanted to experience the corporate world before entering the television and film industry.
- Manish describes himself as an introvert. He had no intention of becoming an actor until he entered engineering college, where he had the opportunity to explore his acting skills.
- Rishi said that his role as Shyam in the film Kavaludaari (2019) was one of the most difficult roles to play, in which he hardly had any dialogues but was supposed to communicate through facial expressions and body language.
- He is an avid traveler and has explored several international destinations.
- According to reports, Manish met the love of his life Swati Parasuraman during his theater career. He wrote a script long ago that included elements from Japan. When he learned that Swathi was from Japan, he shared his work with her. It was then that the expiration dates were close to each other.
- Since Manish is an introvert, he doesn’t believe in sharing his profile on social media. He was skeptical about telling Swati to the world but decided to tell his followers and update them with every detail of his marriage to Swati.
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