Talk:Harsha (director)

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Harsha.A is a popular kannada movie director and a choreographer. There are many reliable sources for this online. the content in Wikipedia is true. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.212.99.11 (talk • contribs) 19:29, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection requested[edit]

I have requested semi-protection or pending-changes protection for 3 days so the article can be kept stable while paid editor suggesting large changes can have a chance to discuss them.[1] davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 14:17, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request canceled,[2] as not needed.[3] davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:20, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of Conflict Information.[edit]

The First paragraph mentions that "As a Director, his movies have title references to Lord Hanuman and, are either remake or inspiration from other movies." there is no proper reference to this statement and further the reference attached is of a Personal Blog and not of a reputed website.

In the Career Section the article mentions that "Dancer, choreographer and director,[3] A. Harsha started his career as a stage dancer and choreographer with his own team named Xtremers. He has performed more than 500 stage shows and has choreographed for more than 100 movies crossing more than 300 songs. He acted in movie Kashi from Village, as brother of Kichha Sudeep.[4] Harsha managed the entire event and choreographed the audio launch function of Nikhil Kumar's debut film, Jaguar" A. Harsha has crossed more than 700 songs for which I video evidence from reputed News Media channels.

Further in the next paragraph the article mentions "His choreography for the song 'Karabbu' in Dhruva Sarja's upcoming film Pogaru was released on April 2, 2020.[7] It was panned for glorifying and promoting misogyny" Yes A. Harsha has choreographed a Song in that movie BUT it was not for the song which glorified and promoted misogyny there are multiple choreographers for that movie, again I have video reference for the same which is of an OFFICIAL Press Meet from the Movie Team of POGARU.

in the next paragraph as a Director the Article says "Harsha made his directorial debut with Geleya in 2007, starring Prajwal Devraj and Tarun.[11] involving the underworld. Harsha was appreciated for the freshness of the film, its making and was average at Box Office." well I have no issue on this.

"Harsha took up direction again with Birugaali in 2009, this time including Chetan of Aa Dinagalu fame and casting his wife - Sitara Vaidya - again after Geleya.[12] This movie opened to poor reviews despite melodious songs." Harsha was not Married in 2009 and hence Sitara Vaidya was NOT his wife then. it was in 2010 they got married.

"His 2013 film Bhajarangi featuring Shivarajkumar was a huge success at the box-office.[17] He followed it up with similar script and same cast in Vajrakaya, which released in 2015 and was an average hit.[18]" Vajrakaya was again no where related to Bhajarangi and the question of similar script does not arise, working with the Top Actors of the movie industry AGAIN does not require this type of a mention and further it was declared as a HIT and not an Average Movie, again I do have media article evidence for this.

"Released in 2016, Jai Maruti 800 was panned by critics for following same storyline as Bhajarangi or Vajrakaya.[19] As per Deccan Chronicle, "Anyone who has so far seen this director's previous 'commercial' hits 'Bhajarangi' and 'Vajrakaya' can easily predict what 'Jai Maruti 800' is all about. With no creative mind set, and banking heavily upon his narrative style from the previous 'commercially' successful films and off course leaving it to his favourite God - the ingredients remains the same but packed with a new label - comedy." there is an equally contrasting review on another media channel Times of India which has praised the movie and has mentioned it as "Harsha has delivered an interesting watch as a Ugadi treat, despite him falling back on some of his usual staples. Watch this film if you like masala entertainers loaded with commercial must-haves." further they have given a rating of 3.5/5.

In 2017, Harsha announced Kapicheshte starring his assistant Mohan, but the movie was never completed after initial shoots.[21] this movie was NEVER Announced officially and some people with the intent of damaging the reputation of Harsha have posted this on Wiki.

"Harsha followed with two remakes Anjani Putra,[22] which received mixed reviews even with Puneet Rajkumar in lead,[23] and Seetharama Kalyana,[24] which was a flop." Here again Anjani Putra and Seetharama Kalyana are not REMAKES! with the Top Actors in the Starcast and even after the films doing well at the box office mentioning this as a flop just portrays the intent of the author of this article. I have Video and Media evidences of the SUCCESS Parties for both the movies.

"In October 2017, Harsha announced "Raana" with Yash amidst much fanfare.[26] But Yash was not too happy with the script that Harsha had presented to him. Sources add that when Harsha presented the actor with the complete script, he wasn't too happy and had reportedly told the director to fine-tune it to meet his approval standards. Further, with the director's track record not being up to scratch, Yash's well-wishers reportedly advised him to put Raana in cold storage for the time being.[27] Harsha replaced Yash with Shivrajkumar in the movie[28][29] and eventually, renamed the movie as "Bhajarangi 2"

This is a complete mixup of information where Raana is a story which was to be made for Yash and the talks are still on few SPECULATIVE UNRECOGNISED MEDIA HOUSES as mentioned in the reference cooked up the narrative as above, I have evidence to submit that both RAANA and Bhajarangi 2 are entirely different and further the choice of words and the language used in the paragraph clearly indicates that the author is unaware of the facts and just wants to portray a negative image for Harsha vide this article. Bhajarangi 2 is a movie which has already created records of the fastest 1Million Teaser Views in 2020 and has received many appreciations for the same. the Movie is due to be released on 14th of May 2021.

Finally I found an alternate page with the ID A-_Harsha and if possible I would like to use that Page ID rather than Harsha (Director).

I hope that this information is helpful to sort out the confusion caused.

Awaiting for your response. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thotanthillaya (talk • contribs) 17:34, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Thotanthillaya: If you put the following at the top of this section, it will attract more attention: {{edit COI}}. If you do it right, it will look like the orange/gold colored section at the top of Template:Requested edit. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 18:46, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request Edit[edit]

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Information to be removed: "As a Director, his movies have title references to Lord Hanuman and, are either remake or inspiration from other movies."
Information to be added: "As a Director, his most of movies have title references to Lord Hanuman."
Explanation of issue: there is no proper reference about A Harsha doing remakes the link mentions about the title not having a reference to Lord Hanuman and nothing more.
References supporting change: https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/title-of-fourth-movie-with-shivarajkumar-will-not-have-a-hanuman-connect-says-director-a-harsha-872340.html

Thotanthillaya (talk) 19:26, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I reviewed the source and you are right that no such thing is mentioned in the reference. Nearlyevil665 (talk) 18:04, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Validate information[edit]

Information in the article is largely validated with public data. Any inclusion of facts, articles and notes should be backed by verifiable information from validated public sources. Inkitguru Letzkit (talk) 05:10, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]