Havish

Havish Koneru is a Business man,[1] and an Indian actor predominantly in Tollywood.

This is a Telugu name; the family name is Koneru.

Havish Koneru
Born
Havish Lakshman Koneru

Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
EducationIndustrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
OccupationEducationist, actor, entrepreneur
Years active2011–present

Personal life

Havish Lakshman Koneru, Vice-President of K L 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

Havish Koneru passion for acting was encouraged by his father Koneru Satyanarayana, chairman 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] Havish Koneru 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
Year Film Role(s) Notes
2011 Nuvvila Mahesh
2012 Genius Nivas
2015 Ram Leela Ram
2019 Seven Karthik/Krishnamurthy Bilingual film
As a producer

References
  1. "KL varsity to begin operations in Hyderabad". The Hans India. india. 2 March 2017.
  2. "KLU to start its Hyderabad campus this year". The Hindu. india. 1 March 2017.
  3. "Actor gets good backing". The Hans India. india. 29 May 2019.
  4. "Actor Havish About Nuvvila Movie". YouTube. india. 4 June 2019.
  5. "Nuvvila which was directed by Ravi Babu was a decent commercial movie". Telugu Cinema. india. 2 June 2019.
  6. "'Genius' to act mirror for young generation". News18 India News 18. India. 22 October 2012.
  7. "Genius' actor Havish to star as the protagonist in Lingusamy's bilingual". TimesofIndia. India. 2 July 2019.
  8. "Interview with Havish – Ram Leela". idlebrain. india. 27 February 2015.
  9. Rao, Ch Sushil (26 April 2016). "Ramleela Movie Review". The Times Of India. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  10. Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (27 February 2015). "Ram Leela: What were they thinking?". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  11. "I am still in the game: Actor Havish". The New Indian Express. India: The New Indian Express. 4 June 2019.
  12. "Havish starrer 'Seven' to have a worldwide release". Zee News. India: Zee News. 4 June 2019.
  13. "Produced on the A Havish Lakshman Koneru banner by Koneru Satyanarayana". The Hans India. India. 10 July 2019.
  14. "Bellamkonda banks on thriller saga". Telangana Today. India. 13 November 2019.
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