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A. Harsha (born 24 August 1980) is an Indian
film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...
and
choreographer Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A chor ...
who works in
Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based in Gandhi Nagar ...
. Harsha has choreographed many popular songs.


Early life

Harsha was born in
Bengaluru Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...
,
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, to Poornima and Ashok. He studied at Sri Kumaran Children's Home and Holy Saint English School. He did his Automobile diploma in Oxford College, Bengaluru.


Career

Harsha entered movie industry when he acted in movie Kashi from Village, as the brother of Kichha Sudeep and has since completed 300 dance sequences as choreographer. Harsha managed the entire event and choreographed the audio launch function of Nikhil Kumar's debut film,
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.


Choreographer

Harsha debuted in KFI as a choreographer for the movie ''Ranga S.S.L.C'' in 2004. Harsha earned a lot of recognition when he choreographed the songs for '' Mungaaru Male''. He has since choreographed for many popular movies, including ''Meravanige'' and ''
Moggina Manasu ''Moggina Manasu'' () is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Shashank and produced by E. Krishnappa under the banner E. K. Entertainers. It stars Radhika Pandit and Shuba Punja in lead roles. The supporting cast feat ...
'', ''Rishi'', ''Taj Mahal'', '' Only Vishnuvardhana''.


Director

Harsha made his directorial debut with ''
Geleya ''Geleya'' is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language crime film directed by A. Harsha, a popular choreographer making his debut in direction. The script is written by Preetham Gubbi and the cinematography is by Krishna; all of whom had worked previou ...
'' in 2007, starring Prajwal Devraj and Tarun. involving the underworld. Harsha was appreciated for the freshness of the film, its making and was average at Box Office. Harsha took up direction again with ''
Birugaali ''Birugaali'' () is a 2009 Indian Kannada language action film written and directed by Harsha making his second directorial after ''Geleya''. The film stars Chetan Kumar of ''Aa Dinagalu'' fame along with Sithara Vaidya, Charisma Bharadwaj and ...
'' in 2009, this time including Chetan of ''Aa Dinagalu'' fame and casting his wife Sitara Vaidya. This movie opened to poor reviews despite melodious songs. Harsha's 2012 film was '' Chingari'' starring
Darshan Darshan, a Sanskrit word meaning "sight" or "viewing", may refer to: Ceremony and religion * Darshan (Indian religions), the auspicious sight of a divine image or holy person; also a school of Hindu philosophy * Darshan (Judaism), a Scriptural ...
was inspired from English movie ''Taken''. His 2013 film ''
Bhajarangi ''Bhajarangi'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language fantasy action film directed by A. Harsha, who co-wrote the script with Nanda Kishore and Shakthi. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar, Aindrita Ray, Madhu Guruswamy, Rukmini Vijayakumar and Saurav Lo ...
'' featuring
Shivarajkumar Dr.Shiva Rajkumar (born Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy; 12 July 1962) is an Indian actor, film producer and television presenter who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. In a career spanning over three decades, he has worked in over 125 films in Ka ...
was a huge success at the box-office. He followed it up with similar script and same cast in
Vajrakaya ''Vajrakaya'' is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by A. Harsha. It stars Shiva Rajkumar, Nabha Natesh and Karunya Ram in the lead roles, Avinash, Ravi Kale and Suman as supporting cast, with Sivakarthikeyan, Ravi Te ...
, which released in 2015 and was an average hit. Released in 2016, Jai Maruti 800 was panned by critics for following same storyline as Bhajarangi or Vajrakaya. As per Deccan Chronicle, "Anyone who has so far seen this director's previous 'commercial' hits 'Bhajarangi' and 'Vajrakaya' can easily predict what 'Jai Maruti 800' is all about. With no creative mind set, and banking heavily upon his narrative style from the previous 'commercially' successful films and off course leaving it to his favourite God - the ingredients remains the same but packed with a new label - comedy." In 2017, Harsha announced Kapicheshte starring his assistant Mohan, but the movie was never completed after initial shoots. Harsha followed with two remakes
Anjani Putra ''Anjani Putra'' () is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by A. Harsha and produced by M. N. Kumar. The film stars Puneeth Rajkumar, alongside Rashmika Mandanna, Ramya Krishna, Mukesh Tiwari, P. Ravi Shankar and Chikkanna. The ...
, which received mixed reviews even with Puneet Rajkumar in lead, and
Seetharama Kalyana ''Seetharama Kalyana '' is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language action drama film written and directed by A. Harsha and produced by Anitha Kumaraswamy under the Channambika Films banner. The film has an ensemble cast with Nikhil Kumar and Rachita ...
, which was a flop. In October 2017, Harsha announced "Raana" with Yash amidst much fanfare. But Yash was not too happy with the script that Harsha had presented to him. Sources add that when Harsha presented the actor with the complete script, he wasn't too happy and had reportedly told the director to fine-tune it to meet his approval standards. Further, with the director's track record not being up to scratch, Yash's well-wishers reportedly advised him to put Raana in cold storage for the time being. Harsha replaced Yash with Shivrajkumar in the movie and eventually, renamed the movie as "Bhajarangi 2" After release of the teaser, A Harsha confirmed that Bhajarangi 2 will be released in Telugu language and possibly in other languages as well. Harsha has also announced release of his fourth movie with Shiva Raj kumar, which will be a departure from his usual title references and storyline. This movie will be Shiva Raj kumar's 125th movie and titled "Vedha". Alongside Vedha, A Harsha and
Dhruva Sarja Dhruva Sarja (born 6 October 1988) is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He made his acting debut in the 2012 film, '' Addhuri''. Early life Dhruva's elder brother Chiranjeevi Sarja, who was also an actor in Kannada films, died on 7 ...
are also in talks for a movie.


Filmography


As a director


Partial choreography

* ''
Ranga SSLC ''Ranga (S.S.L.C)'' is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language Masala film directed by Yogaraj Bhat and produced by N. Kumar. It stars Sudeep and Ramya in lead roles. The film was an average success at the box office and was later dubbed into Hindi as ...
'' (2004) * ''
Rishi In Indian religions, a ''rishi'' ( ) is an accomplished and enlightened person. They find mention in various Vedic texts. Rishis are believed to have composed hymns of the Vedas. The Post-Vedic tradition of Hinduism regards the rishis as "gre ...
'' (2005) * ''
Mungaru Male ''Mungaru Male'' ( ) is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film co-written and directed by Yogaraj Bhat, and produced by E. Krishnappa. It stars Ganesh, Pooja Gandhi and Anant Nag. The film is believed to have shaped and strengthened ...
'' (2006) * ''
Geleya ''Geleya'' is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language crime film directed by A. Harsha, a popular choreographer making his debut in direction. The script is written by Preetham Gubbi and the cinematography is by Krishna; all of whom had worked previou ...
'' (2007) * ''
Meravanige ''Meravanige'' (Kannada: ಮೆರವಣಿಗೆ) is a 2008 Indian Kannada romance film, romantic thriller film directed by Mahesh Babu from a story written by Janardhana Maharshi and stars Prajwal Devaraj and Aindrita Ray in the lead roles. ...
'' (2008) * ''
Moggina Manasu ''Moggina Manasu'' () is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Shashank and produced by E. Krishnappa under the banner E. K. Entertainers. It stars Radhika Pandit and Shuba Punja in lead roles. The supporting cast feat ...
'' (2008) * ''
Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal ( ; ; ) is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal Empire, Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan () to house the tomb of his belo ...
'' (2008) * ''
Vishnuvardhana Vishnuvardhana () was a king of the Hoysala Empire in what is today the state of Karnataka, India. He ascended the Hoysala throne after the death of his elder brother Veera Ballala I in 1108. Originally a follower of Jainism and known as ...
'' (2011) * '' Bahaddur'' (2014) * ''
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'' (2015) * ''
Hebbuli ''Hebbuli'' () is a 2017 Kannada-language action thriller film directed by S. Krishna and produced by Raghunath and Umapathy Srinivas. The film stars Sudeep and V. Ravichandran, who teamed up for the second time after ''Maanikya'' (2014). Amal ...
'' (2017) * ''
Bharjari ''Bharjari'' is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Chethan Kumar and produced by R. S. Productions. The film stars Dhruva Sarja, Rachita Ram and Haripriya, alongside Tara, Suchendra Prasad, Srinivasa Murthy, Av ...
'' (2017)


As an actor

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Kashi from Village ''Kashi from Village'' (also known as ''Kashi'') is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language action film film directed by Om Sai Prakash, starring Sudeepa and Rakshita. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by Koti and lyrics by K. K ...
'' (2005) *'' Jackpot'' (2006)


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References

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