Manu Rishi

Manu Rishi

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  • Manu Rishi
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Manu Rishi Biography

Manu Rishi Chadda, shortly known as Manu Rishi is a Bollywood scriptwriter, lyricist and dialogue writer. He has also acted in a few movies. He came to limelight with National award winning movie - Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! The movie won National award for most popular feature film for the year 2010. Manu won Filmfare Award and IIFA award for best dialogues for the movie, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Manu Rishi, as Bangali - the sidekick was the surprise packet of the movie and he penned its lyrics as well. He has also written the dialogues of the movies – Ek deewana tha, Aisha and Chance pe dance. As an actor, Manu has appeared in Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , Saathiya, Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, Mithya, Raghu Romeo, Band Baaja Baraat, Phas Gaye Re Obama, Soundtrack and Ek deewana tha.

 
He started his acting career in Delhi with the Asmita theatre group. Manu worked under theatre director Arvind Gaur for six years, where he acted in more than 40 plays. In 2001, he moved to Mumbai. He debut Bollywood as an actor in the year 2002, doing a bit role in Shaad Ali’s Saathiya where he played the role of a doctor. The following year, he appeared in Raghu Romeo where he acted the role of Zahid. It was followed by a series of flops. Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!  was the single movie that changed the lifeline of Manu forever.

 
The movie was directed by Dibakar Banerjee and he worked aside Abhay Deol, Neetu Chandra and Paresh Rawal. The movie is the story of a thief who is interested in robbing the rich people of the society. As a theatre artist, his most noted plays include - Final Solutions, Julius Caesar, Rakt Kalyan, Accidental Death of an Anarchist and Andha Yug.

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Updated: January 23, 2014

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