Ritesh Deshmukh | One of the most desirable men of Maharashtra

Ritesh Deshmukh is an Indian actor, comedian and film producer working since 2003. His prominent contributions are for Hindi and Marathi Cinema. After debuting with a romantic film Tujhe meri kasam, Ritesh began getting a good number of projects. Also, he is ranked 20th among Most desirable man of Maharashtra.

Early Life

Born on December 17, 1978, Ritesh Deshmukh is the son of Vilasrao Deshmukh, the ex-chief minister of Maharashtra and Union Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises India and Vaishali Deshmukh. Belonging to Latur Maharashtra, He grew up in a family of five: his parents, elder brother Amit and younger brother Dhiraj.
Ritesh attended G D Somani Memorial School till 12th std. After which he became a part of Kamla Raheja College of Architecture, Mumbai for getting a degree in Architecture. For an year, he worked with an international firm.

Career

Ritesh Deshmukh began his Bollywood journey in the year 2003, debuting with the romantic film Tujhe Meri Kasam. He starred alongside Genelia D’Souza and earned positive reviews. After this, he appeared in Out of control, a romantic comedy. Then the third appearance of Ritesh was in the film Masti, which was a comic thriller. The film performed very well at the box office and the actor’s performance gained positive reviews. Ritesh began rising after this and also earned two minor awards. Later, Ritesh gave performances in Bardaasht and Naach. Unfortunately both of them were box office failures.

First Success & Breakthrough

The first successful venture of Ritesh Deshmukh was with the film Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, a panned sex-comedy. It made a collection of 25 crores over the mere budget of 5 crores. Talking about reviews, Critics abused the film, but audience gave mixed reviews. Thus, it was a moderate success. Fortunately, by this time Ritesh’s comic roles had earned him a strong foothold in Bollywood.
In later years, He appeared in the films Malamaal Weekly, Apna Sapna Money Money and Bluffmaster!. Among them Malamaal weekly and bluffmaster were superhit. After which, Ritesh starred in another blockbuster Heyy Baby with Akshay Kumar.

In 2010, Ritesh worked with Sajid Khan for his appearance in Housefull , A comedy drama. Despite negative response from critics, the film was a nice commercial success with earnings of 125 crores. Next year, He starred in two films: F.A.L.T.U and Double Dhamaal. Both of them were comedy drama in which he performed well. As a result, Both the films became above average grosser and were great success.

Further projects

In 2012, Ritesh appeared in the romantic comedy Tere Naal love ho gaya alongside his wife Genelia. It emerged as a big box office success. Next to which, he reprised his role in the sequel Housefull 2. Like the previous one, this sequel became super hit success. As usual, Ritesh nailed it with his comic performance. As a result, Housefull 2 became his biggest success till date.
Later, Ritesh appeared in the sequels: Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum and Grand Masti. Both of them gone to be called super hit success.

The Year 2014 witnessed Ritesh in two complete different roles for the films: Ek Villian and Humshakals. The romantic comedy, Humshakals didnt go well but Ritesh’s performance was appraised. Whereas with the romantic thriller Ek Villian, He made his debut as an antagonist. The film was a big box office success with earnings of 170 crores.

Present

In 2019, Ritesh made an appearance in the 3rd part of Dhamaal: Total Dhamaal. After receiving mixed reviews, the film was successful. Following this, he starred in two movies consecutively: Housefull 4 and Marjaavaan. The films received both negative and positive reviews but were big box office successes. The comedy-drama Housefull 4 became his biggest hit and his acting the the romantic film Marjaavaan was appreciated.
Next year, Ritesh appeared in Baaghi 3, an action-thriller, alongside Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor.

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