Riteish Deshmukh

Some Lesser Known Facts About Riteish Deshmukh

• Does Riteish Deshmukh smoke?: No

• Does Riteish Deshmukh drink alcohol?: No

• Riteish belongs to a family of political lineage with the Indian National Congress, as his father, Late Vilasrao Deshmukh, served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, twice. His brothers are also associated with the Indian National Congress and he also is a loyal campaigner of the same party.

  

• He is a qualified architect and started his career in the same field in New York City.

• Deshmukh owns a design firm ‘Evolution Architectural Design Studio Private Limited.’

• His perfect comic timing in the adult comedy ‘Masti’ (2004) established him as an actor.

• In 2006, he changed the spellings of his name from ‘Ritesh’ to ‘Riteish,’ on numerological suggestions.

• When Genelia met Riteish for the first time, she had a perception about Riteish that he was the Chief Minister’s son so he might have been a spoilt brat.

• On his first date with Genelia, he treated her to a plate of Samosas. He later dated Genelia for around 8 years before getting married to her in 2012.

• He is 9 years older than Genelia.

• Riteish calls his wife, Genelia, by the name ‘Baiko.’

• His younger brother, Dheeraj Deshmukh, is married to actor Jacky Bhagnani’s elder sister Deepshikha Deshmukh (Honey).

• He enjoys playing cricket and is the owner of ‘Veer Marathi’ team in the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL).

  

• His first film in a villainous role was Sidharth Malhotra and Shraddha Kapoor starrer ‘Ek Villain’ (2014), for which he grabbed many awards.

• He has designed the interiors of the office premises of Shah Rukh Khan’s production house ‘Red Chillies Entertainment,’ and Karan Johar‘s house at Union Park (Bandra).

• He loves the number 1 so much that all his cars have the number 1.

  

• He hosted the reality show Bigg Boss Marathi 5 for which he reportedly charged 133% higher than previous host Mahesh Manjrekar.