Harsha Chemudu (born 31 August 1990), popularly known as "Viva" Harsha, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Telugu films. He started his acting career with the viral web series "Viva" on YouTube with which he came to be known as "Viva" Harsha. He pursued his Engineering in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Early life

He was born and brought up in a middle-class family in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. He completed his early schooling from Vingam Vidyalayam School in his hometown and his degree in

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in Mechanical Engineering from Chaitanya Engineering College in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India. Since childhood, he was inclined towards acting and filming and always wanted to be a successful actor in the Telugu film industry. His father, Satyanarayana Rao, is a bank manager at Federal Bank. His mother, Rama Devi, is a homemaker. He was an introvert till he started acting in short films and joined the Telugu film industry.

Career

Viva Harsha started his career in the

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film industry with his debut appearance in a short film titled “Viva” in 2013, directed by his best friend, Sabarish Kandregula which premiered on YouTube. His appearance in this short film gained him popularity and fan following and he also got recognition in the Telugu industry as Viva Harsha. After that, he made his debut on the big-screen with his appearance in the Telugu movie

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in 2013. He also worked in films like Govindudu Andarivadele, Dohchay, Colour Photo,

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, Thimmarusu: Assignment Vali & others. With his hard work and impressive acting skills, he established himself as a well-known comedian in the Telugu film industry.

Web-series

He worked in the web series ''The Grill'' (2019) and ''

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'' (2019). He also co-hosted ''

Sam Jam ''Sam Jam'' is an Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language web television talk show hosted by Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Directed by Arun Seshkumar and created by Allu Aravind for aha (streaming service), aha, the show premiered on 13 November 2020 o ...

'' with

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in 2020 and the host of ''

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'', both streamed on

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Filmography

Films

Television

YouTube videos

References

External links

* * Living people Indian male film actors 1990 births Indian male comedians Indian YouTubers Telugu comedians Male actors in Telugu cinema Male actors from Visakhapatnam {{India-actor-stub Indian television talk show hosts