caption religion birth_place nationality relatives name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
riteish deshmukh with his wife genelia deshmukh hinduism latur , maharashtra , india indian amit -rrb- deshmukh -lrb- brother -rrb- dheeraj deshmukh -lrb- brother riteish deshmukh 17 december 1978 genelia deshmukh riteish & genelia watch ` bol bachchan ' 05.jpg riteish deshmukh
 riteish deshmukh actor
riteish deshmukh

riteish deshmukh or simply riteish is an indian film actor , producer and architect .
he is known for his work in hindi and marathi cinema .
he is the son of the late politician vilasrao deshmukh and vaishali deshmukh .
deshmukh debuted with k. vijaya bhaskar 's `` tujhe meri kasam '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- opposite genelia d'souza , but it was not until 2004 that he achieved huge popularity , when he appeared in the commercially successful comedy `` masti '' and the critically acclaimed `` bardaasht '' .
his work in `` masti '' was nominated for several awards , including the filmfare award for best supporting actor category .
since then , riteish deshmukh has starred in many commercially successful films such as `` kya kool hai hum '' , `` bluffmaster ! ''
, `` malamaal weekly '' , `` heyy babyy '' , `` dhamaal '' , `` housefull '' , `` double dhamaal '' , `` tere naal love ho gaya '' , `` housefull 2 '' , `` kyaa super kool hain hum '' , `` grand masti '' , and `` ek villain '' .
in january 2013 , riteish made his debut as an film producer with the marathi success `` balak palak '' , directed by ravi jadhav .
the following year he made his acting debut in marathi cinema with the action film `` lai bhaari '' .
