Harsha Chemudu

Harsha Chemudu, popularly known as Viva Harsha, is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He started his acting career with the viral web series Viva on YouTube with which he came to be known as "Viva" Harsha.

Early life
He was born and brought up in a middle-class family in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. He completed his early schooling from Vignan Vidyalayam School in his hometown and his degree in Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Chaitanya Engineering College in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Since childhood, he was inclined towards acting and filming and always wanted to be a successful actor in the Telugu film industry. His father, Satyanarayana Rao, is a bank manager at Federal Bank. His mother, Rama Devi, is a homemaker. He was an introvert till he started acting in short films and joined the Telugu film industry.

Career
Viva Harsha started his career in the Telugu film industry with his debut appearance in a short film titled “Viva” in 2013, directed by his best friend, Sabarish Kandregula which premiered on YouTube. His appearance in this short film gained him popularity and fan following and he also got recognition in the Telugu industry as Viva Harsha. After that, he made his debut on the big-screen with his appearance in the Telugu movie Masala in 2013. He also worked in films like Govindudu Andarivadele, Dohchay, Colour Photo, Thank You Brother, Thimmarusu: Assignment Vali & others.

He worked in the web series The Grill (2019) and Hostel Daze (2019). He co-hosted Sam Jam with Samantha Ruth Prabhu in 2020 and was the host of Tamasha with Harsha, both streamed on Aha.