Harish Kumar (actor)

Harish Kumar (born 1 August 1975) is an Indian film actor.He has acted in lead roles in multiple films of four languages. He is mainly known for his works in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies. His notable Movies are Prem Qaidi, Coolie No. 1, Tirangaa , Prema Khaidi , Kranti Kshetra, Ravan Raaj: A True Story and  Daisy.

Career
Harish started his career as a child actor. He is the only male child actor to have worked in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. He then played the lead in many films.

For the film Andhra Kesari, he won the Nandi Award for the best child Actor of the year 1983 from the 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. His first film as a lead actor was Daisy, a Malayalam film directed by Prathap K. Pothan. The movie also starred Kamal Haasan. In Tamil, he was introduced by T. Rajendar as a lead in the film Pookal Vidum Thudel, directed by Sridhar 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 opposite Harish in the film Prem Qaidi in 1991 which did well at the box office.He acted with many Legendary stars of India like Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi , Govinda ,  Mithun Chakraborthy , Akkineni Nageswara Rao , Dharmendra, Jeetendra .Throughout his career Harish has acted in a total of 280 movies

Personal life
Harish married Sangeeta chugh in 1995 and lives with his Family in Mumbai. The couple has two sons.

Producer

 * Kaash... Hamara Dil Pagal Na Hota (2003)

Awards
•1983 - Nandi Award for Best Child Actor

•1996 - Nandi Special Jury Award For best Actor

Reference
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3. https://wittycolumn.com/top-10-movies-of-harish-kumar/. WittyColumn. Retrieved 21 Saturday 2020