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Ritesh Deshmukh
Occupation	actor
Years active	2003 - present
Spouse	None

Ritesh Deshmukh (born December 17, 1978) is an Indian actor, from Latur City in Marathwada, Maharashtra. He is son of Vilasrao Deshmukh, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

Early Life

Ritesh Deshmukh was born on December 17, 1978. He completed his education from G. D. Somani High School and Kamala Raheja School of Architecture in Mumbai. He worked in New York City after graduation while studying acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

Career

He made his debut in 2003 with Tujhe Meri Kasam in which he co-starred Genelia D'souza which was average at the box office. He then did the lead role in Out of Control. He became a known face after the 2004 comedy Masti, again co-starring Genelia, which established him as an actor. Later, he appeared in Bardaasht. After the release of Masti, he changed his known name Ritiesh Deshmukh for numerological reasons.

He has mainly taken on comic roles and a few serious roles. He has appeared in several comedy films including Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, Malamaal Weekly and Apna Sapna Money Money. He appeared in a supporting role in Bluffmaster! with Abhishek Bachchan in the lead. He acted in one of the stories in Darna Zaroori Hai alongside Amitabh Bachchan.

In 2007, he was first seen in a guest appearance in Namastey London and then the multi-starrer action film Cash which was a box office failure. Later that year, he appeared in Sajid Khan's directorial debut Heyy Babyy, co-starring Akshay Kumar and Fardeen Khan, which was a worldwide hit and his most commercially successful film to date. And he was last seen in 2007 as himself in Deewangi Deewangi, a track from Om Shanti Om featuring 30 other notable actors from Bollywood.

In 2008, Ritesh's first release was De Taali, in which Ritesh's performance was praised, and later release was Chamku, both the films failed at the box office.

First of his upcoming films is Aladin, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Jacqueline Fernandez and Juhi Chawla, which is set to be released on October 16, 2009. Others are Ram Gopal Varma's Rann, again co-starring Amitabh Bachchan, Paresh Rawal and Rajpal Yadav and Do Knot Disturb along with Govinda, Sushmita Sen and Lara Dutta.

He is currently working on Sajid Khan's Housefull along with co-stars Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Jiah Khan and Lara Dutta.

Host

Ritesh has hosted the 2008 IIFA Awards, with Boman Irani and Urmila Matondkar, which took place in Bangkok. He again hosted IIFA Awards in 2009 at The Venetian Macao in Macau, with Boman Irani and Lara Dutta.

Awards

Deshmukh is now in a relationship with Genelia D'souza.

==ExAs An Actor Rann (January 22, 2010) (Completed) ...... Purab Shastri Aladin (October 16, 2009) (Under Production) ...... Aladdin Do Knot Disturb (September 25, 2009) (Under Production) ...... The Pretend Boyfriend Kal Kissne Dekha (June 12, 2009) (Released) ...... Don Kalicharan Soham - Karan Johar'S Next Project (2009) (Stuck/On Hold) Housefull (2009) (Under Production) Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai (2009) (Under Production) Warning (2009) (Announced) Ramayan (2009) (Announced) ...... Laxman Chamku (August 29, 2008) (Released) ...... Arjun De Taali (June 20, 2008) (Released) ...... Paglu Om Shanti Om (November 9, 2007) (Released) ...... Himself (Special Appearance) Dhamaal (September 7, 2007) (Released) ...... Deshbandhu Roy Aka Roy Heyy Babyy (August 24, 2007) (Released) ...... Tanmay Cash (August 3, 2007) (Released) ...... Lucky Namastey London (March 23, 2007) (Released) ...... Special Appearance Apna Sapna Money Money (November 10, 2006) (Released) ...... Krishna Darna Zaroori Hai (April 28, 2006) (Released) ...... Student Malamaal Weekly (March 10, 2006) (Released) ...... Kanhaiya Fight Club - Members Only (February 17, 2006) (Released) ...... Somil Saamna (2006) Bluffmaster (December 16, 2005) (Released) ...... Aditya Srivastav Mr Ya Miss (December 2, 2005) (Released) ...... Shekhar Kyaa Kool Hai Hum (May 6, 2005) (Released) ...... Karan Loot (2005) Naach (November 12, 2004) (Released) ...... Diwakar Bardaasht (April 23, 2004) (Released) ...... Anuj Shrivastav Masti (April 9, 2004) (Released) ...... Amar, The Dentist Out Of Control (November 21, 2003) (Released) Tujhe Meri Kasam (January 3, 2003) (Released) ...... Rishi

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References

• http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/apr/25ritesh.htm
• http://in.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/08ritesh.htm
• http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/12ritesh.htm
• http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/nov/09ritesh.htm
• http://ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/election_story.aspx?id=newen20080074730&type=news

• Living people
• Indian film actors
• Indian Hindus
• 1978 births
• Marathi people
• Indian actors
• Hindi film actors
• Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute alumni