Koneru Lakshman Havish | |
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Born | 25 June |
Nationality | Indian |
Education | Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States |
Occupation(s) | Educationist, actor, entrepreneur |
Years active | 2011–present |
Koneru Lakshman Havish is a businessman, [1] and an Indian actor predominantly in Telugu cinema.
Personal life
Koneru Lakshman Havish, Vice-President of KL Deemed to be University[2] is the grandson of renowned industrialist Koneru Lakshmaiah who founded the Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation which, under the same trust, has evolved as K L Deemed to be University. He took a degree in Engineering at the Purdue University in the United States.
Career
Koneru Lakshman Havish passion for acting was encouraged by his father Koneru Satyanarayana, chancellor of K L Deemed to be University.[2]
Ushakiran Movies was looking for new talents for the project to be directed by Ravi Babu. Havish[3] was given the lead role in the romantic comedy film Nuvvila[4][5] in 2011. In 2012, Havish got the main lead in film Genius.[6][7] It was an unconventional theme unlike Tollywood’s trend to come out with a social message. The film struggled at box office but had good reviews.
His next film was Ram Leela (2015)[8] which also starred Abhijeet and Nanditha Raj in the lead roles. This film was shot in Malaysia and US and released to negative reviews.[9][10]
Having the success of his latest film Seven (2019).[11][12] Koneru Lakshman Havish went on to produce his fellow actor Bellamkonda Sreenivas with a box office hit film Rakshasudu bankrolled by Koneru Satyanarayana[13] under the banner "A Havish Lakshman Productions"[13][14] which has made its mark with its successful debut.
Filmography
- Actor
Year | Film | Role(s) | Notes |
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2011 | Nuvvila | Mahesh | |
2012 | Genius | Nivas | |
2015 | Ram Leela | Ram | |
2019 | Seven | Karthik/Krishnamurthy | Bilingual film |
- As a producer
Year | Film | Notes |
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2019 | Rakshasudu | |
2021 | Khiladi |
References
- ^ "KL University Management". kluniversity. india. 2 March 2017.
- ^ a b "KLU to start its Hyderabad campus this year". The Hindu. india. 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Actor gets good backing". The Hans India. india. 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Actor Havish About Nuvvila Movie". YouTube. india. 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Nuvvila which was directed by Ravi Babu was a decent commercial movie". Telugu Cinema. india. 2 June 2019.
- ^ "'Genius' to act mirror for young generation". News18 India News 18. India. 22 October 2012.
- ^ "Genius' actor Havish to star as the protagonist in Lingusamy's bilingual". TimesofIndia. India. 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Interview with Havish – Ram Leela". idlebrain. india. 27 February 2015.
- ^ Rao, Ch Sushil (26 April 2016). "Ramleela Movie Review". The Times Of India. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (27 February 2015). "Ram Leela: What were they thinking?". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "I am still in the game: Actor Havish". The New Indian Express. India: The New Indian Express. 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Havish starrer 'Seven' to have a worldwide release". Zee News. India: Zee News. 4 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Produced on the A Havish Lakshman Koneru banner by Koneru Satyanarayana". The Hans India. India. 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Bellamkonda banks on thriller saga". Telangana Today. India. 13 November 2019.