Rakesh Adiga

Rakesh Adiga (born 7 July 1986) is an Indian film actor, who works in the Kannada film industry. He was introduced to the film industry through the film Jhoshh in 2009. He studied high school in Janaseva Vidya Kendra residential school, Bangalore. He is also the first Kannada rapper, he started a Kannada hip-hop band with his few friends, which was produced by Suraj Sarja, called "urban lads".

Acting career
Rakesh got his first break in his debut film Jhossh, which released in 2009. The film went on to become one of the top grossers of that year and earned him good recognition. He also won Best debut actor award for Asianet Suvarna for that year. This was followed by a brief break. In 2010, he starred in a romantic film Mandahaasa, which underwent much delay in release. He was next noted in Alemari (2011), where he played a villain role. He was also seen in Manasology in the same year. Subsequently, he starred as a lead actor in Parie (2012), which boasted of big names associated with it. However, the film was a failure at the box office.