Harsha Chemudu

Harsha Chemudu (born 31 August 1991) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He started his acting career with the viral web series Viva on YouTube with which he came to be known as "Viva" Harsha.^[1]

Harsha Chemudu
Born	(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 32)
Other names	Viva Harsha
Education	Chaitanya Engineering College
Occupations	Actor YouTuber
Years active	2013–present

Early life

Harsha graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Chaitanya Engineering College in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an introvert.^[2]

Career

After that, he made his debut on the big-screen with his appearance in the Telugu movie Masala in 2013 and took part in the film's promotional campaign.^[3] He also worked in films like Govindudu Andarivadele, Dohchay, Colour Photo, Thank You Brother, Thimmarusu: Assignment Vali and others.^[4]

He worked in the web series The Grill (2019) and Hostel Daze (2019).^[5] He co-hosted Sam Jam with Samantha Ruth Prabhu in 2020 and was the host of Tamasha with Harsha, both streamed on Aha.^[2]

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2013	Masala		[6]
2014	Maine Pyar Kiya	Naveen's friend	[7]
	Power	Nirupama's fan	[8]
	Govindudu Andarivadele	Bangari's friend	[6]
	Chakkiligintha	Hrithik Reddy	[9]
2015	Red Alert		[10]
	Ram Leela	Exorcist	[11]
	Dynamite	Stranger at restaurant	[12]
	Singham 123	Junior Lingam	[13]
	Jatha Kalise	Hacker Srinu	[14]
	Surya vs Surya	Ice Gola vendor	[15]
	Size Zero	Sweety's fan	[16]
	Yavvanam Oka Fantasy	Google	[17]
	Dohchay	Manikyam's henchman	[6]
	Shankarabharanam	Happy's cousin	[18]
2016	Chal Chal Gurram		[19]
	Krishnashtami		[20]
	Raja Cheyyi Vesthe	Raja Ram's friend	[21]
	Jakkanna	Kung Fu Pandu Assistant	[22]
	Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada	Arjun's friend	[23]
2017	Nenorakam	Nandi Raju Srikanth's son
	Tholi Parichayam		[24][25]
	Nakshatram	Dance Master
	Jai Lava Kusa
	Raja the Great	Kabbadi commentator	[26]
	Okka Kshanam
2018	Chalo		[27]
	Tholi Prema	Aditya's childhood friend
	Ameerpet to America		[28]
	Vaadu Nenu Kaadhu
	Tej I Love You	Harsha
	Vijetha
	Neevevaro	Kalyan's friend
	Nannu Dochukunduvate	Harsha
2019	ABCD: American Born Confused Desi	Santosh
	Bhagyanagara Veedullo Gamattu
2020	Krishna and His Leela	Harsha
	Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna	Bunty
	Colour Photo	Bala Yesu	[6]
	Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma
2021	Super Over	Bangaru Raju
30 Rojullo Preminchadam Ela	Nagarjuna
Thank You Brother	Chiku	[6]
Thellavarithe Guruvaram
Thimmarusu: Assignment Vali	Harsha	[6]
Vivaha Bhojanambu	Government Officer
Gully Rowdy	David Raj
Maha Samudram	Arjun’s friend
Manchi Rojulochaie	Banda Babu
Pushpaka Vimanam	Meenakshi's ex one-sided lover
2022	Hero	Forest thief
	Mishan Impossible	Booking clerk
	Pakka Commercial	Balraju
	Karthikeya 2	Suleman
	Bimbisara	Devadutta's companion
2023	Premadesam	Arjun’s friend
	Organic Mama Hybrid Alludu	Vijay's friend
	Baby	Harsha
	Nireekshana	Gautham's friend
	Mr. Pregnant	Gautham's friend
	Prem Kumar	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Month of Madhu	Bhushan
	Rules Ranjann	Ranjan's friend
	Bubblegum	Madman
2024	Ooru Peru Bhairavakona	John	[29]
	Sundaram Master	Sundaram Master	[30]
	Paarijatha Parvam	Harsha
	Prasanna Vadanam	Vignesh	[31]
	Aa Okkati Adakku	Abhinav
	Appudo Ippudo Eppudo	Balaji
	Mechanic Rocky	Harsha
	Bachchala Malli
2025	Game Changer	Ram's friend
	Thandel	Rambabu
	28 Degree Celsius
	Sarangapani Jathakam	Head waiter at Ahotal
	Junior	Kannan	Simultaneously shot in Kannada
	Mowgli †	Prabhas Bunty	[32]
	Bakasura Restaurant †		[33]

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Network	Ref.
2019	The Grill	Ganesh	Viu	[34]
2019	Hostel Daze	Ravi Teja	Amazon Prime Video
2020	Shit Happens	Harsha	Aha	[35]
2020	Tamasha with Harsha	Host		[36]
2020–2021	Sam Jam	Co-Host		[37]
2021	3 Roses	Prasad
2023	Dead Pixels	Anand	Disney+ Hotstar
2025	Devika & Danny		JioHotstar	[38]
	AIR: All India Rankers		ETV Win

YouTube videos

Year	Title	Ref.
2013	Viva	[39][40]
2014	Facebook Baba	[41]
2016	The Results	[42]
	Dadminton Theory	[43][44]
	The Big Fat Proposal	[45]
	The Interview	[46]
2017	The Tourist Guide	[47]
	Drink and Drive	[48]
	The Exams trilogy	[49][50][51]
	Modern Swayamvaram	[52]
2018	The Visa Interview	[53]

Awards and Nominations

Award[a]	Year[b]	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Santosham Film Awards	2023	Allu Ramalingaiah Smaraka Award	—	Won	[54]
South Indian International Movie Awards	2021	Best Comedian – Telugu	Colour Photo	Nominated	[55]

Notes

1. Awards, festivals and organizations are in alphabetical order.
2. Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.