Rio Raj

Fantin Rio Raj known as Rio is an actor and video jockey. He is best known as video jockey and actor in Sun Music and Star Vijay.[1]

Rio Raj
Born (1989-02-17) 17 February 1989
Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationActor, Model, Anchor / Host
Years active2011–present
Spouse(s)Sruthi Rio (2017- present)
AwardsVikatan Award for best Anchor, Galatta Awards For Best Host

Rio Raj started his career in Vijay TV as actor. He has acted in Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Kalooriyin Kathai serial in leading channel of Vijay TV. He is turned to anchor in Sun Music as VJ. He is being part of Sun Music for past three long years and anchors different shows. Some of the most popular television show he worked are Kaloorikalam, Suda Suda Chennai, Your Attention Please, Coffee Tea Area, Free Ah Vidu. He has also won Vikatan award for best anchor 2014 and also received the Find of the year in Vijay Television Awards 2017, Best Anchor of the year in Vijay Television Awards 2019 and Galatta Nakshatra awards- TV actor who made into silver screens in 2019.

After anchoring for a while, Rio returned to an acting chance in Popular TV Serial. The popular VJ of Sun Music turned out as the lead actor of Star Vijay serial Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3).

In 2019, He appeared as a main lead actor in Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja under Sivakarthikeyan's production.[2]

Filmography
  • All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Awards Notes
2017SathriyanGuna's friend
2019Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja"Prank star" Shiva

Nominated as Best Debut Hero in Zee Cine Awards Tamil

Won " Rising Star Award-2019" at Edison Awards

 Debut as Main Lead
2020 Plan Panni Pannanum TBA Shooting wrapped up- Post production[3]

Short Films
Year Film Role Language Notes
2019Kadhal Ondru KandenGautamTamilWon Best Short Film Award in Behindwoods Gold Medals 7 [4]

Television
Year Reality Show/ Fiction/ Non-Fiction/ Live Show Role Channel Notes
2011-2012 Kana kaanum Kaalangal-Kaloori SaalaiPalaniStar Vijay
2014-2016 Kaloori Kalam VJ Host Sun Music
Suda Suda Chennai
Your Attention Please
Coffee Tea Area
Free ah vidu
2016-2018 Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3) Saravanan Star Vijay Debut as a Main lead in TV series

Won Favourite Find of the Year in Vijay Television Awards 2017

2016-2018 Jodi Number One

Season 9

 Contestant Finalist- Fifth Place
2017-2018 Ready Steady Po

Season 1

 Main Host
Wife Kaila Life Main Host
Bigg Boss Tamil 2- Fun Unlimited Talkshow Premiered in Hotstar
2018-2019 Ready Steady Po

Season 2

 Main Host Won Best Anchor in Vijay Television Awards 2019
Jodi Number One-

Fun Unlimited

 Hosted Along with Bhavana Balakrishnan
2018 Behindwoods Gold Medals 6.0 Main Host Colors Tamil Aired on 6th Jan 2019
2019–2020 Dancing Super Stars Main Host Star Vijay
gollark: Ah, but it only has stdio for input/output.
gollark: Perhaps. I wouldn't really want them to do that for... non-static... stuff.
gollark: (on nightly, with some option)
gollark: Why not? It has `unsafe` so it can do stuff C can, it even has inline ASM.
gollark: Um. I mean, I would prefer if they did.

References
  1. "After 7 years Saravanan Meenatchi coming to an end - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. "I am forever grateful to Sivakarthikeyan anna: Rio Raj - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "Ramya has given a great performance: Rio - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. "Kadhal ondru kanden BGM 2019". Behindwoods.com.
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