Rishi is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed and written by Prakash.

The film stars Shiva Rajkumar, Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika and Sindhu Tolani in the lead roles along with Srinath and Avinash in other prominent roles.The score and soundtrack was by Gurukiran whose compositions were appreciated by critics and masses.

[2][3] Rishi, the head of a college, is a rich man living with his loving family and is soon to be married to Sneha.

He finds out that he has a stepbrother, Hari through his father's illegitimate relationship with a woman whom he loved.

[5] A critic from Viggy wrote that "In a nutshell, Rishi has everything on screen that the director desired - from aggression to affection; from sentiment to comedy; from seriousness to frivolousness.