Harish Kumar (born 1 August 1975) is an

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actor and film producer. He is known for his works in

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and

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movies, including ''

Prem Qaidi ''Prem Qaidi'' (''Prisoner of Love'') is 1991 Indian Hindi-language musical film written by and directed by K. Murali Mohana Rao. The film stars Karisma Kapoor (in her debut), Harish, along with Dalip Tahil, Paresh Rawal, Asrani, Shafi Inamdar ...

'', '' Coolie No. 1'', '' Tirangaa'', ''

Prema Khaidi ''Prema Khaidi'' ( ) is 1990 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana starring Harish, Malashri, Sharada. It was Satyanarayana's first film. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Vaazhnthal Unnoduthan'' in 199 ...

'', ''

Kranti Kshetra ''Kranti Kshetra'' () is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action film produced by Raajiv Kumar, co-produced by Kalyaani Singh and Maann Singh, directed by Raajiv Kumar, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Pooja Bhatt, Harish Kumar, Shakti Kapoor and Gul ...

'', '' Ravan Raaj: A True Story'' and '' Daisy''. He has won two

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Career

For the film '' Andhra Kesari'', he won the

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for the best

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of the year 1983 from then Chief Minister Late

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. 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

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. Harish acted as a lead at a young age of 13 in '' Daisy'', a Malayalam film directed by

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. The movie also starred

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. In Tamil, he was introduced by T. Rajendar as a lead in the film ''

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'', directed by

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. In Telugu, he was introduced as a lead actor by producer D. Ramanaidu in the film ''

'' in 1990 with

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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

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as the female lead in the film ''

'' in 1991 which did well at the box office. He acted with many Legendary stars of India like

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, Kamal Haasan,

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, and

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. Throughout his career Harish has acted in a total of 280 movies.

Personal life

Kumar married Sangeeta Chugh in 1995 and lives with his family in

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. The couple has two sons.

Filmography

As a child actor

As an adult actor

Telugu

Hindi

Malayalam

Tamil

Kannada

Awards

;

(in

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

References

External links

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