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Manu Rishi
Rishi at the special screening of Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Born	Manu Rishi Chadha (1971-01-03) 3 January 1971 (age 53) New Delhi, India
Alma mater	Cambridge School, New Delhi
Occupation(s)	Script and dialogue writer, actor
Years active	2002-present
Spouse	Roli Chaturvedi ​(m. 2013)​
Children	2

Manu Rishi Chadha (born 3 January, 1971) is an Indian actor, lyricist, script and dialogue writer who works in Hindi films. Rishi is trained under theatre director Arvind Gaur for six years. He won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award in 2009 for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! He also won the IIFA Best Dialogue Award for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!.

Career

Manu Rishi Chadha started his acting career in Delhi with the Asmita theatre group. He has acted in more than 40 plays with director Arvind Gaur. His major plays are Girish Karnad's Rakt Kalyan, Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions, Swadesh Deepak's Court Martial, William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Dharamvir Bharati's Andha Yug, Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist and Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms.

In 2001, he moved to Mumbai. His first film in Bollywood as an actor was Saathiya in which he played the role of a doctor. He has appeared in more than 25 films.

Filmography

Films

Web series

References

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4. bollywoodproduct (1 February 2022). "IIFA Award for Best Dialogue". Bollywood Product. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
5. "Manu Rishi, Biography".
6. "Asmita Theatre Alumni List". Sites.google.com. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
7. "Manu Rishi, Biography".
8. "IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
9. Srivastava, Abhishek (20 April 2018). "Nanu Ki Jaanu actor Manu Rishi on fifth film with Abhay Deol: 'It's fun acting with a seasoned professional'". First Post.
10. Khalid Mohamed (29 November 2008). "Review Oye Luckey - Ha ha OK please". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
11. "Manu Rishi to pen Anil Kapoor's 'Ayesha'". IMDb. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
12. Rajesh, Srividya (1 April 2019). "Jayati Bhatia, Manu Rishi Chadha, Zoa Morani in ZEE5 series Bhoot Purva". IWMBuzz. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
13. "ZEE5 launches horror-comedy Bhoot Purva | Programming | News | Rapid TV News". www.rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

External links

• Manu Rishi at IMDb

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