Harish Uthaman
Born (1982-04-05) 5 April 1982
Kannur, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active2010 – present
Spouse
Amrita Kalyanpur
(m. 2018; div. 2019)
Chinnu Kuruvila
(m. 2022)

Harish Uthaman (born 5 April 1982) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada films. He made his début portraying the lead role in Tha (2010), before playing villains in Gouravam, Pandiya Naadu, Meagamann, Power and Srimanthudu.

Personal life

Harish was born in a Malayali family. He is from Kannur. He married Mumbai-based celebrity Makeup Artist Amrita Kalyanpur.[1] Their wedding took place on 6 September 2018 at Guruvayur Temple, Kerala in an intimate traditional ceremony in the presence of friends and family. They got divorced in 2019. In 2022, he married Malayalam actress Chinnu Kuruvila.[2]

Career

Harish's first job was as a part of the cabin crew, working with Paramount Airways for three years and later with British Airways for three further years. He also briefly worked in a commercials company in Chennai before Suriya Prabhakaran, offered him the lead role in a film.[3] Harish thus made his acting début with the low budget 2010 romantic Tamil film Tha, which opened to above average reviews. To prepare for his first role he grew his beard for five months, and did work to darken his skin by applying oil and sitting in the sunshine as per the role's demands. The film had a limited release and went unnoticed at the box office, and his performance was described as "apt" by critics.[4][5] The film was later screened at the Tamil Film Festival in Norway, where Harish met Radha Mohan for the first time. Harish won the Best Newcomer Award at the festival. Subsequently, Radha Mohan cast Harish in a negative role in his bilingual film Gouravam (2013).[6]

He was recommended to the director Suseenthiran for a role in Pandiya Naadu (2013) by Suriya Prabhakaran, his first director, and went on to gain critical acclaim for his performance in a villainous role. Today he does a lot of character and cop roles with all leading stars of south Indian industry. In the movie Nenjil Thunivirundhal (2017) he transformed his looks to suit the character. His movie Naandhi (2021) got huge response and his negative role got compliments like "We really Hate You" .[7]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2010ThaSuriyaTamilCredited as Sri Hari
Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards for Best Newcomer
2013GouravamSaravanan /
Jagapathi
Tamil
Telugu
Mumbai PoliceRoyMalayalam
Pandiya NaaduBharaniTamil
2014MeagamannGuruTamil
PowerKishore Vardhan / ChotuTelugu
PisasuAngry husbandTamil
2015Yagavarayinum Naa KaakkaGunaTamil
JilACP A. ParasuramTelugu
Pandaga CheskoShiva Reddy's brotherTelugu
SrimanthuduRadhaTelugu
Thani OruvanSuraj IPSTamil
Paayum PuliAlbertTamil
2016Express RajaKeshav ReddyTelugu
Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema GaadhaSunnyTelugu
Vil AmbuSivaTamil
MalupuGunaTelugu
ThodariNandakumarTamil
RekkaDavidTamil
Maaveeran KittuSelvarajTamil
2017BairavaaPrabhaTamil
DoraPolice OfficerTamil
MisterMeera's brotherTelugu
Duvvada JagannadhamSultan BashaTelugu
Jai Lava KusaJai's henchmanTelugu
RubaaiMani SharmaTamil
Nenjil ThunivirundhalDurai PandiTamil
C/o SuryaSambasivuduTelugu
MayanadhiHarishMalayalam
2018KavachamSarath Chandra IPSTelugu
Naa Peru Surya, Naa Illu IndiaPC's brotherTelugu
2019Vinaya Vidheya RamaBallem BalaramTelugu
Kodathi Samaksham Balan VakeelRonaldMalayalam
Natpe ThunaiShanmughamTamil
RustumArjun PrasadKannadaDebut in Kannada
KalkiUmmarMalayalam
KaithiAdaikalamTamil
2020AswathamaKishoreTelugu
VRanjithTelugu
2021EeswaranS. I. SabarinathanTamil
NaandhiKishoreTelugu
AshvamithraArunTamil
Theerpugal VirkapadumRajendranTamil
2022VeerapandiyapuramMaduraTamil
Bheeshma ParvamMartinMalayalam
Kuttram KuttrameSI M. NaatrayanTamil
VikramAdaikalamTamil
CadaverACP VishalTamil
CaptainKarthi DevanTamil
Ini UtharamSP ElavarasanMalayalam
2023AgilanNallaperumalTamil[8]
B 32 Muthal 44 VareVivekMalayalam[9]
ShaakuntalamTelugu[10]
NoodlesSaravananTamil[11]
Ajayante Randam MoshanamTBAMalayalam[12]
2024OGOG's assistantTelugu[13]

Web series

Year Name Role Language Platform Notes
2020 Topless Top Tamil ZEE5 [14]
2022 Suzhal: The Vortex Trilok Vadde Tamil Amazon Prime dubbed in 10 languages

Television

Voice actor

YearFilmRoleActorNotes
2023VarisuJai RajendranSrikanth

References

  1. "നടന്‍ ഹരീഷ് ഉത്തമന്‍ വിവാഹിതനായി". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. "Married Chinnu Kuruvilla". hellokerala.in. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. "Harish of Pandianadu (aka) Pandiya Nadu fame in conversation". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  4. "THA MOVIE REVIEW - TAMIL MOVIE THA MOVIE REVIEW". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  5. "Thaa / Tha - Tamil Movie Review | Tamil Cinema News - KollyInsider". kollyinsider.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  6. "Playing his cards right - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  7. "Harish loves to get bashed up! - The New Indian Express". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  8. "Agilan gets OTT release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  9. "B 32 Muthal 44 Vare trailer promises a riveting tale of six women". Cinema Express. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  10. "When will Shaakuntalam premiere on OTT? Check release date, time and where to watch Samantha Ruth Prabhu's film online". The Economic Times. 7 May 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  11. "Trailer of Harish Uthaman's Noodles is here". Cinema Express. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  12. "Fire breaks out on the sets of Tovino's Ajayante Randam Moshanam". Cinema Express. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  13. "Pawan Kalyan's film 'OG' by Sujeet completes its third schedule". The Times of India. 26 June 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  14. "Tamil web series Topless takes a story about women, honour and makes it about the absurdities of men". Firstpost. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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