Karisma Kapoor's first hero Harish Kumar looks unrecognisable now!

Harish started his career as a child actor. He is the only male child actor to have worked in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. He then played the lead in many films.

Karisma Kapoor made his debut, in Prem Qaidi opposite, Harish, in 1990, a remake of the 1990 Telugu film Prema Khaidi, by E. V. V. Satyanarayana.

Harish has acted in lead roles in multiple films of four languages. He is mainly known for his works in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies.

His notable Movies are Prem Qaidi , Coolie No. 1, Tirangaa , Prema Khaidi , Kranti Kshetra, Ravan Raaj: A True Story and Daisy.

For the film Andhra Kesari, he won the Nandi Award for the best child Actor of the year 1983 from the Chief Minister Late N. T. Rama Rao. He also received special jury award as the best actor in 1996 for the film Oho Naa Pellanta produced by D.Ramanaidu, and directed by Jandhyala.

Harish acted as a lead at a young age of 13. His first film as a lead actor was Daisy, a Malayalam film directed by Prathap K. Pothan. The movie also starred Kamal Haasan. In Tamil, he was introduced by T. Rajendar as a lead in the film Pookal Vidum Thudel, directed by Sridhar Rajan.

In Telugu, he was introduced as a lead actor by producer D. Ramanaidu in the film Prema Khaidi in 1990 with Malashree as the female lead. As the film went on to be a success at the box office, Ramanaidu decided to re-make it in Hindi with Harish as the lead and introduced Karisma Kapoor as the female lead opposite Harish in the film Prem Qaidi in 1991 which did well at the box office.

He acted with many Legendary stars of India like Rajinikanth , Kamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi , Govinda , Mithun Chakraborthy , Akkineni Nageswara Rao , Dharmendra , Jeetendra Throughout his career Harish has acted in a total of 280 movies.

Harish married Sangeeta Chugh in 1995 and lives with his family in Mumbai. The couple has two sons.

Harish acted as a lead at a young age of 13. His first film as a lead actor was Daisy, a Malayalam film directed by Prathap K. Pothan.

The movie also starred Kamal Haasan. In Tamil, he was introduced by T. Rajendar as a lead in the film Pookal Vidum Thudel, directed by Sridhar Rajan.

Harish is less active in movies currently, but till today he is remembered as Karisma Kapoor's first hero