Background
Harish Shankar was born in Dharmapuri, Karimnagar district to a Brahmin family.
Harish Shankar was born in Dharmapuri, Karimnagar district to a Brahmin family.
He is one of the successful directors introduced by Ravi Teja. He spent his entire childhood in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Hyderabad. Throughout his early teen years, he used to act in many stage dramas across Andhra Pradesh (present day Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) conducted by the Drama Companies "Seeta Nilayam" and "Lalitha kala Mandiram".
In his next few years, he worked more on backsage writing, where he learned various aspects of writing such as dialogues, modulation, diction, dialect.
Early career
In his pursuit to join the world of cinema, he worked as an assistant director for the film "Ninne Isthapaddanu", produced by South Gopal Reddy. This is where he befriended Kona Venkat, another popular writer of this generation.
He worked as an associate director for his next film Veede, which also introduced him to Raviteja. Impressed with his work, it was Raviteja who offered to act in the title role in Harish"s debut directional venture.
Harish"s debut flick Shock, with Raviteja and Jyothika in the lead roles, was a commercial disaster.
lieutenant was a series of setbacks for Harish, as his next projects announced were both shelved in the midway. = Mainstream breakthrough lieutenant was Raviteja again who offered him his second chance as a director with Mirapakay. Mirapakay was both a commercial and critical hit, winning many accolades for the former.
His next directional venture Gabbar Singh, which portrayed Pawan Kalyan in the lead role, was a blockbuster and in turn emerged as the highest-grossing Telugu film of the time, now only surpassed by Attarintiki Daredi, also starring Pawan Kalyan.
His next film, Ramayya Vasthavayya, with Junior.Ntr in the lead role, turned out to do average business at the box office amid huge expectations. His new project is titled as Subramanyam Foreign Sale with Sai Dharam Tej.