Harish Kumar (actor)

For the Indian cricketer, see Harish Kumar (cricketer). For the Goripalayam actor, see Arish Kumar.

Harish Kumar (born 1 August 1975) is an Indian actor and film producer.^{[1][better source needed]} He is known for his works in Telugu and Hindi movies, including Prem Qaidi, Coolie No. 1, Tirangaa, Prema Khaidi, Kranti Kshetra, Ravan Raaj: A True Story and Daisy.^[2] He has won two Nandi Awards.

Harish Kumar
Kumar in 2011
Born	1 August 1975 (1975-08) (age 49) Hyderabad, India
Nationality	India
Occupation(s)	Film actor Film producer
Years active	1979–1983 1988–2017
Spouse	Sangeeta Chugh ​ (m. 1995)​
Children	2

Career

For the film Andhra Kesari, he won the Nandi Award for the best child Actor of the year 1983 from then Chief Minister Late N. T. Rama Rao. He also received special jury award as the best actor in 1996 for the film Oho Naa Pellanta produced by D. Ramanaidu, and directed by Jandhyala. Harish acted as a lead at a young age of 13 in Daisy, a Malayalam film directed by Pratap Pothen. The movie also starred Kamal Haasan. In Tamil, he was introduced by T. Rajendar as a lead in the film Pookkal Vidum Thoothu, directed by Sreedhar Rajan.^{[citation needed]}

In Telugu, he was introduced as a lead actor by producer D. Ramanaidu in the film Prema Khaidi in 1990 with Malashree as the female lead. As the film went on to be a success at the box office, Ramanaidu decided to re-make it in Hindi with Harish as the lead and introduced Karisma Kapoor as the female lead in the film Prem Qaidi in 1991 which did well at the box office.^[3] He acted with many Legendary stars of India like Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi, Govinda, Mithun Chakraborty, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Dharmendra, and Jeetendra. Throughout his career Harish has acted in a total of 280 movies.^[2]

Personal life

Kumar married Sangeeta Chugh in 1995 and lives with his family in Mumbai. The couple has two sons.^[4]

Filmography

As a child actor

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1979	Muddula Koduku	Gopi and Radha's son	Telugu
	Ek Hi Bhool	Sadhana's brother	Hindi
1981	Seetamalakshmi		Telugu
	Prema Kanuka		Telugu
	Premabhishekam	Devi's brother	Telugu
	Kondaveeti Simham	young Ravi	Telugu
1982	Trisulam	young Ramu	Telugu
	Naa Desam		Telugu
	Mahasangramam ?	young Krishna	Telugu
	Bari Apurupa Nam Jodi	young Dwarakish	Kannada
	Bhakta Drana Markandeyya	Markamdeyya	Kannada
	Farz Aur Kanoon	young Ravi	Hindi
	Jeevan Dhaara	Babloo	Hindi
1983	Andha Kanoon	young Vijay Kumar Singh	Hindi
	Prem Tapasya	Shankar	Hindi
	Amarajeevi		Telugu
	Ananda Bhairavi		Telugu Kannada
	Andhra Kesari	Prakasam	Telugu
1984	Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra	Young Veerabrahmendra Swamy	Telugu
1985	Haqeeqat	Gopal	Hindi
1986	Rendu Rellu Aaru		Telugu
1987	Sansar	Vidya Sagar	Hindi
1988	Super Boy 3D		Kannada

As an adult actor

Telugu

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	Vivaha Bhojanambu	Krishna
	Neerajanam
	O Bharya Katha[5][6]	Shankaram
1989	Raktha Kanneeru[7]	Hari
1990	Prema Khaidi	Chandran "Chandu"
1991	Amma[8]
	Madhavayya Gari Manavadu	Vamsi Krishna, Vamsi Mohan	dual role
	Prema Panjaram	Srikanth
1992	Pelam Chepite Vinali	Hari
	Rowdy Inspector	Gandhi
	College Bullodu	Raja
	Yugala Getham
	Pranadaata	Narendra kumar
	Prema Vijetha	Raju
1993	Evandi Aavida Vachindi	Achchi Babu
	Inspector Jhansi
	Manavarali Pelli	Seenu
1994	Kurradi Kurradu[9]
	Bangaru Kutumbam	Hari
	Jailor Gaari Abbayi	Rambabu
	S.P. Parshuram	Parshuram's brother
1995	Kondapalli Rathaiah
1996	Oho Naa Pellanta	Hari and Soundarya	dual roles in male and female version
1997	Super Heroes
	Gokulamlo Seetha	Bhaskar
1999	Daddy Daddy	Prasad
2001	Railway Coolie		[10]
2007	Pellaindi Kaani	Sivaji

Hindi

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	Prem Qaidi	Chandra Mohan
1992	Tirangaa	Sanjay Chauhan
1993	Zakhmo Ka Hisaab
1993	Zakhmi Rooh
1993	Inspector Jhansi
1993	Aadmi	Deepak
1994	Kranti Kshetra	Harish Ashok Kumar Mangatrao
1994	The Gentleman
1994	Phoolan Devi	Tarika
1995	Ravan Raaj: A True Story	Harish Verma
1995	Aashique Mastane	Sohan/Rohan (dual role)
1995	Jawab	Ravi A. Saxena
1995	Janam Kundli	Sunny R. Kapoor
1995	Gaddaar	Vijay Saxena
1995	Coolie No. 1	Deepak
1996	Bhishma	Sub-Inspector Abhimanyu Verma
1996	Army	Kishan
1996	Muqadama	Dancer (song "Naya Maal")
1997	Shapath	Rahul
1997	Gundagardi	(in song Saila Saila)
1997	Hero No. 1	Meena's prospective husband
1998	Chhota Chetan	Rajkumar
1998	Aunty No. 1	Abhyankar
1999	Phool Aur Aag	Cameo in song "Main Gaaon Dil Gaaye"
1999	Nyaydaata	Rahul
2000	Bulandi	Nakul (Arjun's brother)
2001	Inteqam	Vijay Kumar Singh
2011	Naughty @ 40	Sandeep Srivastav/Sandy
2012	Chaar Din Ki Chandni
2018	Aa Gaya Hero

Malayalam

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	Daisy	Pradeep Menon
1989	Ivalente Kamuki
1990	Sthreekuvendi Sthree
1990	Teenage Love
1990	Vasyam
1990	Mouna Daaham
1993	Aayiram Chirakulla Moham

Tamil

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Pookkal Vidum Thoothu	Hari	credited as Hariharan
1990	Vellaiya Thevan		credited as Harish
1991	Nee Sirithaal Deepavali	Murali
1991	Gnana Paravai	Giri

Kannada

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	Hendthi Helidare Kelabeku	Kumar
1997	Laali
2001	Vande Matharam

Awards

Nandi Awards^[11]

• 1983 - Best Child Actor - Andhra Kesari (1983)
• 1996 - Special Jury Award - Oho Naa Pellanta