Harish Kumar

Harish Kumar born 1 August 1975 is an Indian actor and film producer. 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. He has won two Nandi Awards.

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.

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. He acted with many Legendary stars of India like N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi, Govinda, Mithun Chakraborty, Dharmendra, and Jeetendra. Throughout his career Harish has acted in a total of 280 movies.

Filmography

As a child actor

As an adult actor Telugu

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

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

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