Harish Uthaman (born 5 April 1982) is an Indian actor who works in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada films. He made his acting debut portraying the lead role in '' Tha'' (2010), before playing villains in '' Gouravam'' (2013), '' Pandiya Naadu'' (2013), '' Meagamann'' (2014), ''

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'' (2014) and '' Srimanthudu'' (2015).

Personal life

Harish Uthaman was born in

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, India to a Malayali family. He married Mumbai-based celebrity makeup artist Amrita Kalyanpur. Their wedding took place on 6 September 2018 at

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, 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.

Career

Harish's first job was as a part of the cabin crew, working with

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for three years and later with

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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. 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. The film was later screened at the Tamil Film Festival in Norway, where Harish met

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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). He was recommended to the director

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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 ''

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'' (2021) got huge response and his negative role got compliments like "We really Hate You". In 2022, he was seen in two films with

's '' Veerapandiyapuram'' and '' Kuttram Kuttrame''. Harish Uthaman starred as lead role in thriller film, ''

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'' (2023). He played a key role in ''Kazhcha'', one of the episodes in the Malayalam anthology series '' Manorathangal'' (2024). He was cast in the fantasy adventure movie '' Ajayante Randam Moshanam'' (2024) opposite

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Filmography

Films

Web series

Television

*2008-2009 ''Kolangal from episode 1329'' - Madhubalakrishnan "Madhu" - Musician (Menaka's Lover) - Tamil

Voiceovers

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uthaman, Harish Indian male film actors Male actors in Tamil cinema Living people Male actors in Telugu cinema 1982 births Actors from Coimbatore Male actors in Malayalam cinema