RITESH DESHMUKH

RITESH DESHMUKH  was born on 17 December 1978 in Mumbai, Maharashtra,  He is the son of Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Union Minister for Science, Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India, and the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. 

Deshmukh debuted with K. Vijaya Bhaskar's Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003) with current wife Genelia D'Souza , but it was not until 2004 that he achieved success, when he appeared in the commercially successful comedy, Masti.  His work in Mastiwas nominated for several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor category

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 was also seen in Ram Gopal Varma's Darna Zaroori Hai.In 2007, he was first seen in a guest appearance in Namastey London and then in 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 huge hit and is his most commercially successful film to date. He also appeared in the comedy film Dhamaal in 2007.

In 2008, he appeared in De Taali, in which his performance was praised, and later in Chamku, both of which failed at the box office. In 2009, his first release was Aladin, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Jacqueline Fernandez. 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 along with Govinda, Sushmita Sen, Sohail Khan and Lara Dutta. In 2010, he once again worked with Sajid Khan on the comedy Housefull along with Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone , Lara Dutta, Arjun Rampal and Jiah Khan.