Throughout his career, Harish has acted in a total of 280 movies. He started his career at 4 as a child artist. In 1990, a Telugu film titled 'Prema Khaidi' was released where Harish Kumar played the lead role.
This film of Karishma and Harish was successful at the box office. Both of them became famous overnight. After this film, it seemed as if Harish's luck had changed. After this, Harish worked in many hit films in Bollywood, which include films like 'Coolie No. 1' and 'Tirangaa'.