Jabardasth Rakesh

Jabardasth Rakesh is an Indian comedian who has appeared in Telugu comedy shows and movies. People know him well for his gigs on ETV Telugu’s Jabardasth, a comic reality program. He uses the alias “Rocking Rakesh” for his social media accounts. Rakesh is a native of Warangal, Telangana. Rakesh has admitted that he did not excel at academics as it did not interest him. However, Rakesh loved to spend his free time by watching Telugu films and plays. In fact, Rakesh learned to imitate the voices of several artists. Rakesh used to participate in dramas in Warangal. But Rakesh wished to do big in his life. So, he moved to Hyderabad for better opportunities as an actor.

In 2013, people saw him a part of Jabardasth, a reality show in which six teams compete against each other by presenting a comedy skit. Rakesh was a member of the team “Roller Raghu” which had the leader Raghu Karumanchi Raghu Karumanchi is a veteran comedian-actor of To >> Read More... and Josh Ravi Ravi is a Tollywood comedy star. Hailing from the >> Read More... . The judges declared their team as the “Performer of the Day” in the 13th episode. Rakesh was absent in the second season. The audience lamented his absence in the program which led the producers to recall the performer. Eventually, Rakesh returned to Jabardasth in its third edition in the year 2016. Rakesh has featured in a couple of movies too.

He acted in Sarabha which also had Mishti Chakraborty and Akash Sehdev as the protagonists. Later, Rakesh had a minor role in Drishya Kavyam Click to look into! >> Read More... , a horror movie. But, the film was not able to impress the audience. Reviewers claimed that the writers could have done a better job to make Drishya Kavyam a better motion picture. Rakesh hailed Narendra Modi’s demonetization rule which scrapped the 1996 Mahatma Gandhi series of 500 and 1000 rupee notes. When several political parties criticized the decision and announced a “Bharat Bandh” to protest against the move, Rakesh uploaded a video where he urged his fans to support Modi.

He also mentioned that the proposed “Bandh” would not help the citizens. Alongside his fellow Jabardasth actors, he praised the rule by emphasizing its importance in bringing black money from abroad. Rakesh has attended various events as a chief guest as well. Rakesh is quite active on social media too. Rakesh also invited applications for the job of a script writer for his skits. His email ID is [email protected]. Just like any Telugu speaking individual, Rakesh is a fan of Brahmanandanam and expressed his admiration for the legendary comedian.