Bollywood -star at 16, more popular than Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan; This hero left films after being bedridden

In the early 1990s, several newcomers made their successful debut in the Indian film industry. Some continued to create a niche for themselves in the industry, but most of them faded over time. One of them is a young actor who made his entry into the industry at 16 as a lead actor. He became known overnight, considered a wonderful child and celebrated as the next star of the industry at a time when Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar were nowhere near the success they enjoyed today. However, it all crashed after just ten years when the actor left the film world in silence after being bedridden. The actor is Harish Kumar. Harish Kumar Harish Kumar’s journey in films began as a child actor in the late 1970s, with films across Telugu, Hindi and Kannada, who created a Pan-India attraction at a time when the term experts were not even created by the film industry. Harish Kumar’s career by 1988, at just 13, starred Kumar and tested his soil with a mixture of successes and failures before striking gold in 1990 with the Telugu BLOKRAG-PREMA KHAIDI. The popularity of the film led to a Hindi-brake business the following year, where Harish Kumar, the heart of the audience. They became popular as one of the latest pairs on the screen at only 16. He became in the films such as Tirangaa and College Bullodu in the industry industry. By the early 1990s, Harish Kumar became a popular name as one of the most spoken young actors in both the Telugu and Hindi film industries. Harish Kumar’s film industry has often placed him above several contemporaries who have become megastars. Yet his success has become a double -edged sword. While his talent was unmistakable, the lead roles were scarce, and filmmakers regularly threw him with established names rather than the only hero of the film. Eventually, he shared screens with legends such as Chiranjeevi, Anr, Balakrishna, Nana Patekar and Govinda. Despite the challenge, Kumar has been successful in major commercial films such as The Gentleman, Coolie No. 1 and Hero No. 1. Why did Harish Kumar disappear in 2001, he was last seen in the Hindi film Inteqam. Later, Harish Kumar shocked the film industry by quietly stepping away from actions at just 26. At the time, not much was revealed about his exit from films. Two decades later, in a 2021 interview with Hindustan Times, Kumar opened about the real reason behind his departure. He revealed that a serious injury from his childhood was coming up again and kept him bedridden. He said: “I sustained a great back injury, which left me bedridden, which also became my reason to leave showbiz. It was a big disk, with problems in my L3 and L5. The situation was so bad that I couldn’t even go to the laundry room. I was very carefree when I was young, and didn’t even realize when I got this injury, but I didn’t want. Harish Kumar added that the film industry has been bedridden for months. “Pehle Pehle Doctor ne Do Halls Liye Kaam Karne Ko Mana Kar Diya, USKe Baad Pata Hi Nahin Chala Ka Kahan Kho Gaya Main (The doctor initially advised me not to work for two years. And after that I got lost),” he said. Where is Harish Kumar now Harish Kumar in 2011–12 his acting comeback with films such as Naughty @ 40 and Chaar Din Ki Chandni, but nothing has given him the same success. In 2018, he returned to the big screen one last time with AA Gaya Hero, who was played with Govinda. After a long standstill, Kumar made his OTT debut in 2025 with the email on the Griha Laxmi series. He is reportedly now leading a quiet, low profile of the spotlight. “Why I left Showbiz is a very personal reason, which I don’t want to talk about,” he revealed once in 2021.