Biography

Harihar Sharma (Nepali: हरिहर शर्मा) is a Nepali theatre and film actor, director and the vice chancellor of Nepal Academy of Music and Drama, a government body established to promote music and drama of Nepal. He has acted in popular movies such as Basudev. He is a contemporary of Neer Shah and Shanti Maskey. Sharma has received various national level awards including the Order of Tri Shakti Patta and the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu. Sharma was born in Pyuthan District of Nepal. He studied up to the primary school there and went to Assam for secondary school. He returned to Nepal after high school and studied in Amrit Science College up to the intermediate level. After completing the intermediate level, he joined the Nepal Academy as an actor. He was promoted to director and administration head in the same organization. His first acting was in a theatre for a drama named Aamako Pukar (आमाको पुकार) in 1966 and his first feature film was Sindoor in 2024 BS (1967-1968). His most popular character was his role of an old man in the film Basudev when he was only 24 years old.From 2053BS to 2063 BS he worked as director for Cultural Department and as a secretary of Nepal Academy from 2064 to 2066 BS.

He was appointed by the First Oli cabinet as the vice chancellor of Nepal Academy of Music and Drama in 30 December 2018 (15 Poush 2075 BS) He is married to Sakuntala Gurung Sharma and has two sons.