Harish Shankar
Biography
Harish Shankar is a Telugu film director and screenwriter renowned for his commercial entertainers. Among the promising talents launched by Ravi Teja, he began his career as an assistant director on Ninne Ishtapaddanu (2003), produced by S. Gopal Reddy, where he forged a lasting friendship with writer Kona Venkat. He later served as associate director on Veede (2003), deepening his bond with Ravi Teja, who captivated by his vision, starred in Shankar's directorial debut Shock (2006).
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Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Self
Unstoppable is an iconic show hosted by the legendary actor Nandamuri Balakrishna. In every episode, he interacts with different celebrities followed by interesting questions and unlimited entertainment.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Himself
A cartoonist, who detests films and movie stars, finds himself in an awkward situation when he falls in love with a film actress
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Himself
Ravi is an assistant director who dreams of making his own film, but producers are hesitant. Meanwhile, he falls in love with dancer Sandhya, an aspiring heroine with struggles of her own.
Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • as Cameo
Andarivaadu (Telugu: అందరివాడు) is a 2005 Tollywood comedy film directed by Srinu Vytla. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Rimi Sen, Tabu and Prakash Raj. This movie was a hit. Govinda Rajulu (Chiranjeevi) is a 'mesthri' who drinks a lot and lives a care-free life. His son Siddartha (Chiranjeevi), on the other hand, is a popular TV show host and is a more disciplined man — the opposite of his dad. The son gets his father married to Shanti (Tabu) to sober him.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
When a man is accused of killing his girlfriend in a foreign land, the former's close friend tries to help him. However, the accused's friend must face the dead girl's father, who is his old enemy.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A man pursuing life abroad meets a chaotic, free-spirited woman who pulls him back into filmmaking-a passion he abandoned after trauma. Through their love story, he confronts his past wounds and rediscovers his creative soul.
Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Hero Charan (Tarun) a middle class family guy, is cheated by Sanjana (Anitha), a girl from rich family. This is to take revenge on him as he teased her in the past. When the hero comes to see Sanjana after a gap of few months, realizes that she is engaged to an NRI (Rajeev Kanakala), who is an innocent guy and loves to marry a girl with Indian culture. Charan comes to know that the bridegroom happens to be his friend. Then Charan tries to change the egoistic nature of Sanjana from a different angle. Meanwhile, the hero gets a friend Geethanjali (Sridevi), an orphan girl, working in All India Radio and gets attracted by the hero.
Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Aravind (Rajiv Kanakala) and Rishi (Rishi) are childhood buddies. They struggled together to come up in life and settle as director and hero respectively. They delivered two consecutive hits together and are in search of a script for a 3rd film. Of the scripts sent by various story writers, Aravind finds one script to be interesting. But that script was smudged with ink after 60th page (25th scene). He summons his assistant to scout for the writer and takes Rishi for story discussions on that script to his remote wooden guesthouse located few kilometers away from the city. The scenes mentioned in the script come alive. As the things get scary, Aravind wants to see what would happen in the next scene and realize that the rest of the script is smudged by ink. The rest of the story is all about what happens next.