Rithvik Jothi Raj

Hottest model · place 19

7 K views / day

as of 2026-10-21

Tamil cinema’s newest scene-stealer, Rithvik Jothi Raj, arrived on YouTube before he ever stepped onto a film set, and the media have taken notice: The Hottest in the World ranks him eleventh among men and seventeenth among models, while Wikipedia page views hover around 7 K a day. His break came playing Rajinikanth’s grandson in the blockbuster Jailer, a role that turned a Coimbatore content creator into a face the industry suddenly could not ignore.

The Economic Times reports that the 13-year-old Jailer actor revealed how boredom during lockdown sparked his creative surge. Gulf News traces his leap from YouTube sensation to Jailer 2 star, noting he already runs his own company. Indulge Express and Education Times both highlight the same feat — a child actor co-founding a software venture and writing Python code before high school. Udayavani introduces him as Rajinikanth’s on-screen grandson and a teen co-founder, while Moneycontrol.com confirms he started the company with friends after pandemic downtime.

Those headlines, multiplied across business and entertainment outlets, keep him climbing the list: a rare blend of viral reach, franchise muscle and entrepreneurial swagger that most adults never manage. The numbers and the narratives align — every fresh profile reinforces the same improbable résumé, so his spot in the top tiers looks less like a moment and more like a trajectory.

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