Tanish Alladi (తానిష్ అల్లాడి), full name Tanish, is an Indian film actor born on 7 September 1991 in Eluru, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. His father, the late Alladi Yesuvardhan Babu (a retired Indian Army Subedar), passed away when Tanish was young, leaving him as the eldest son to support the family. His mother is Saraswati, and he has two younger brothers, Alladi Vamsi Krishna and Alladi Kasi Viswanath (Kushwanth). He attended Sri Sai Ram High School, Hyderabad, and earned a B.Tech from St. Mary's Degree College (Sri Chaithanya), Hyderabad. He began his acting career at age seven as a child artist in Premante Idera (1998), and went on to appear as a child in several other films including Ninne Premistha (2000), Devullu (2002), Manmadhudu (2002), and Evandoi Srivaru. He made his lead debut in Nachavule (2008, produced by Dil Raju, with Tamannaah Bhatia and singer Geetha Madhuri in the cast), followed by Ride (2009). His subsequent filmography includes Mouna Ragam, Em Pillo Em Pillado, Kodipunju, Manchivadu, Maa Abbayi, Engineering Student, Mem Vayasuku Vacham (2012, with Niti Taylor), Chanakyudu (2012, with Ishita Dutta), Telugabbai (2013, dir. Avinash O. Sridhar, with Ramya Nambeesan), Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda (2014), Nakshatram (2017, with Sundeep Kishan), Premika, and Maro Prasthanam. In 2017, he was among the Telugu celebrities questioned by the SIT in a high-profile drug case in Hyderabad. He is a trained dancer. In June 2018, he participated in Bigg Boss Telugu Season 2, finishing as the second runner-up (third place) on 30 September 2018.
Child artist debut in Premante Idera (1998) at age 7; lead roles in Nachavule (2008, with Tamannaah and Geetha Madhuri) and Ride (2009); supporting role in Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda (2014); action film Nakshatram (2017, with Sundeep Kishan); finishing as second runner-up on Bigg Boss Telugu Season 2 (2018).