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Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-10-09

Place of Birth

Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

Harsha Vardhan

Biography

Harsha Vardhan (born October 9, 1974) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director who works predominantly in Telugu cinema and television. He gained early recognition playing the titular protagonist Icchapurapu Amrutha Rao in the long-running television sitcom *Amrutham* (2001–2007), a role he later reprised in its digital sequel *Amrutham Dhvitheeyam* (2020). Concurrently, he established a prolific career as a character actor, appearing in features including *Aithe* (2003), *Anukokunda Oka Roju* (2005), *Leader* (2010), *Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo* (2020), and *Saripodhaa Sanivaaram* (2024). In addition to acting, Vardhan transitioned into screenwriting, providing dialogues for the thriller *Vishaka Express* (2008) and the sports drama *Guru* (2017). He gained notable industry recognition for writing the screenplay for the romantic comedy *Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde* (2013) and the dialogues for the fantasy drama *Manam* (2014). In 2023, he made his feature directorial debut with the action comedy *Maama Mascheendra*, which he also wrote. His subsequent acting credits include the streaming series *Save the Tigers* (2023), the drama *Court: State vs. A Nobody* (2025), and *Mana ShankaraVaraPrasad Garu* (2026).

Known for

Amrutham

Amrutham

Amrutham is a popular sitcom in Telugu. It was produced by Just Yellow Media. It was the longest running and most popular sitcom in Telugu.

The Traitors (Telugu)

The Traitors (Telugu)

Twenty contestants play the ultimate game of trust and betrayal.

Save the Tigers

Save the Tigers

Revolves around three frustrated husbands who meet by chance and how their rants over their marital problems set off a series of crazy events.

Summer Holidays

Summer Holidays

A city boy's summer at his grandparents' Godavari village transforms when he befriends a spirited local paper boy. Together they explore rural life through adventures that forge an unforgettable childhood bond.

Court: State vs. A Nobody

Court: State vs. A Nobody

A determined lawyer takes on a high-stakes case to defend a 19-year-old boy, challenging a system that has already branded him guilty.

Katha Sudha

Katha Sudha

Katha Sudha is a weekly Telugu short-story anthology, with a new story generally premiering on Sundays.

Aha Naa Pellanta

Aha Naa Pellanta

Seenu, a young man who is desperate for marriage, lands at a suitable match with great difficulty. While he's relieved about tying the knot at last, comes the twist, when the bride elopes with her boyfriend.

Ante... Sundaraniki!

Ante... Sundaraniki!

A man from a Brahmin family falls in love with a Christian girl. In order to convince their parents, they say contrasting lies which complicates the situation and leads to a comedy of errors.

Miss Perfect

Miss Perfect

Cleanliness is her obsession. But what happens when this fetish leads to a highly qualified professional getting mistaken for a housemaid?

Danger

Danger

Karthik (Sairam Shankar), Satya (Allari Naresh), Ali (Abhishek), Lakshmi (Swathi) and Radhika Reddy (Shireen) are childhood friends. They set out to a farmhouse for a party to celebrate the prospective marriage of Lakshmi. On the way they collide with a police vehicle and speed away to the party happening in the outskirts of the city. The policemen in the vehicle are badly hurt and one of them takes note of the car number which hit them. The police raid the party in search of the owners of the car. Panic raises among the crowd and the group consisting of the five friends escape from the party and in process of avoiding the chasing cops.

Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo

Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo

After growing up enduring criticism from his father, a young man finds his world shaken upon learning he was switched at birth with a millionaire's son.

Daaku Maharaaj

Daaku Maharaaj

A violent outlaw takes a job as a personal driver in order to protect the life of a little girl.

Aagadu

Aagadu

Shankar, a trigger-happy encounter specialist with a tragic past, is posted to Bokkapatnam village , to halt the illegal operations of the influential don Damodar, whose dream project is to build a power plant also with whom Shankar has a personal score to settle.

Saripodhaa Sanivaaram

Saripodhaa Sanivaaram

Set in Sokulapalem, bound by a promise to his mother, Surya, an LIC agent leads a normal life on six days, maintains a careful ledger of everyone made him angry,unleashing his anger only on Saturdays, solely for justifiable reasons. A tragic incident pits him on a collision course with the ruthless and borderline-manic cop Daya.

Raja Vikramarka

Raja Vikramarka

Vikram is a newly recruit N.I.A. Officer who is getting accustomed with the nuances of his new job, has to handle his first major case due to ironic circumstances, during the course of which his life takes a drastic turn in all aspects.