He has also appeared in Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Marathi and Tamil films.

[2] He got his first break in Hindi in 1993 with Gardish and has since, established himself as a notable supporting actor, generally as a villain.

After his graduation from Government College, Sector 11, Chandigarh, and working for two years in Mumbai, Rishi went to work in Fiji where he met his future-wife of Indo-Fijian descent.

After marriage, they went to New Zealand, where Mukesh started his career as a model.

After seven years, he returned to Mumbai, India and enrolled in Roshan Taneja's acting school.