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 YearTitleRoleContributed AsNotes & Awards2002SaathiyaDoctorActor2003Raghu RomeoZahidActor2006Mixed DoublesZoravarActor2007Ek Chalis Ki Last LocalJeetiyaActor2008Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!BangaliActor, Lyricist, DialoguesWon - Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue Won - IIFA Award for Best Dialogue2008MithyaNayakActor2010Chance Pe DanceTina's FriendWriter, Additional Dialogues, Actor2010AishaDialogues2010Band Baaja BaaraatInspectorGuest appearance2010Phas Gaye Re ObamaAnandprakash "Anni" RastogiActor201010 Ml LoveHanuman in Ram LilaActor2011SoundtrackDoctor M.R. ChadhaActor2012Life Ki Toh Lag GayiA.C.P. Rajveer Singh ChoutalaActor2012Ekk Deewana ThaAnayActor, Dialogues2013What The FishRaviActor2013KirchiyaanMinisterActor, DialogueShort Film2014Kya Dilli Kya LahoreSamarth Pratap ShastriActor, Dialogue, Writer2014Ankhon DekhiSharmajiActorScreen Best Ensemble Cast Award2014Ekkees Toppon Ki SalaamiShekhar JoshiActor2015Tanu Weds Manu ReturnsManu's LawyerActor2018Nanu Ki JaanuDabbuWriter/Actor2018Rajma ChawalMittalActor2019Pati Patni Aur WohInspector Mukhtar SinghActor2019The Zoya FactorJogpalActor2019SettersBalamActor2020Shubh Mangal Zyada SaavdhanChaman TripathiActor2020DoordarshanSunil Bhateja aka ChikuActor2020Angrezi MediumBheluram BansalActor2020What Are The OddsRimpuActor2020LaxmiiDeepak RajputActor Disney Plus Hotstar film2020HalahalRandeep JhaActor 2021Hum Do Hamare Do Dr. Sanjeev MehraActor Disney Plus Hotstar film2022Dasvi Jailer Satpal TomarActor Netflix filmRK/RKay Goel ActorRaksha Bandhan Maternal Uncle Actor Phone Bhoot Actor2023U-Turn Indarjeet Singh DhillonActor Zee5 filmFukrey 3 Shunda Singh AhluwaliaActorBhagwan Bharose Actor film2025Jassi Weds JassiKartarActor2026Rahu KetuChuru Lal SharmaActor
Web series Year Title RolePlatformNotes2016 Permanent Roommates Dr Mudit YouTube2017 Inside Edge Manoharlal Handa; businessman and owner of Haryana league cricket team Amazon Prime Video2018 Mirzapur Police IG Dubey 2018Babbar ka TabbarMr. BabbarZEE52019Bhoot PurvaDavid;Purva's Father2021CandyMoney RanautVoot 2022 Masoom Disney+ Hotstar 2023 United KaccheSajjad ZEE5Shehar LakhotRajbir RangotAmazon Prime Video2025Mandala MurdersVishwanath SinghNetflix2026Operation Safed SagarGeneral Pervez Musharraf
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