Harish Raj

Harish Raj is an Indian actor and director based in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut in the television serial Hosa Chiguru Hale Beru in 1996 and his debut in feature films was with Doni Saagali in 1998.^[2] After featuring in a string of films and serials, Raj moved into film direction with Kalaakaar (2009). He also acted in several Malayalam and Tamil films and Hindi television serials. He also performed in television commercials.^{[citation needed]}

Harish Raj
Born	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Other names	Hareesh Raj Harish Raju[1]
Occupation(s)	Actor, Director, Producer
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Shruthi Lokesh ​ (m. 2014)​

He is best known as an actor in critically acclaimed films such as Dweepa, Koormavatara, Thaayi Saheba, and Kaanuru Heggadathi.^[3]

Personal life

Harish Raj was born and raised in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. He completed his M.A in English from Karnataka State Open University. He married a Lingayat, Shruthi Lokesh in 2014, and together they have two daughters.

Filmography

Kannada films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Thaayi Saheba
1998	Doni Sagali
1998	Shanti Shanti Shanti
1999	Kanooru Heggadithi
2000	Bhoogatha Dore
2001	Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu
2002	Dweepa	Krishna
2002	Thuntata
2003	Wrong Number
2003	Mouni
2003	Neenandre Ishta	Vishwa
2004	Bhagath
2005	Hendathi Obbalu Maneyolagiddare
2005	Shadyantra
2005	Geeya Geeya
2006	Nanna Kanasine Hoove
2006	Tananam Tananam
2006	Nage Habba
2007	Ninade Nenapu	Raj
2008	Banada Neralu
2008	Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu	Hari
2008	Bandhu Balaga	K. Raghunandan
2008	Honganasu
2008	Beladingalagi Baa
2008	Ninnusire Nannusiru
2009	Love Guru
2009	Kalaakaar		Also director
2010	Sugreeva
2011	Gun	Ganesh	Also director
2011	Aidondla Aidu
2012	Govindaya Namaha	Harsha
2012	Sri Kshetra Adi Chunchanagiri	Narada Muni
2012	Challenge	Baasha	Trilingual film in Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil
2013	Barfi	Balu
2013	Ambara
2013	Koormavatara	Nathuram Godse
2013	Jinke Mari
2014	Power	Shastri
2014	Namo Boothatma	Sharath alias Bhaskar
2014	Jai Lalitha	Yogi
2016	Siganduru Chowdeshwari Mahime
2016	Sri Satyanarayana		Also director Limca Record for essaying 16 roles in a single film
2018	Orange	Prashanth
2019	Kiladi Police		Also director
2021	Ramarjuna	Dr. Hariprasad
2023	Undenama	Krishna
2024	Pretha	Dr.Surya	Also director

Other language films

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2010	Bengaloored	Babruahana	English
2012	Yaarukku Theriyum	Baasha	Tamil
2013	Omega.exe		Malayalam
2014	120 Minutes	Baasha	Malayalam
2017	Kaatru Veliyidai	Madhusoodhanan Pillai	Tamil
2018	B.Tech	DCP Ramkumar Naik	Malayalam
2019	Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu	DYSP Xavier	Malayalam
2021	Erida	Inspector Sundar	Malayalam	Bilingual film
			Tamil
2022	CBI 5	Sam	Malayalam

TV serials

Title	Language
Maneondhu Moorubagilu	Kannada
Kuberappa and Sons
Swathimuthu
Kavyanjali
Mooka Raaga
Premakathegalu
Minchina Balli
Danda Pindagalu
Athma
Prathibimba
Chakra
One Tea Spoon Suspense
Bhagyalakshmi
Veera Sipayee	Hindi
Antharal
Swarajanma
Kanoor Ki Malkin
Kanthapura
Malgudi days
Chakravyuh

Participated in Bigg Boss Kannada (season 7) as contestant.