{{Short description|Indian actor and producer (born 1980)}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Harman Baweja | image = Harman Baweja in 2024.jpg | caption = Baweja in 2024 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|11|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Chandigarh, India | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|producer|screenwriter}} | father = Harry Baweja | mother = Pammi Baweja | family = | years_active = 2002–present | spouse = {{marriage|Sasha Ramchandani|2021}} | children = 2 }}
'''Harman Baweja''' (born 13 November 1980) is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter. The son of film director Harry Baweja and producer Pammi Baweja, he has starred in the Hindi films ''Love Story 2050'' (2008), ''What's Your Raashee?'' (2009), ''Victory'' (2009), and ''Dishkiyaoon'' (2014). After a hiatus, he featured in the Netflix drama series ''Scoop'' (2023). He has also worked in Punjabi cinema.
==Early life and education== Baweja was born to a film director Harry Baweja and producer Pammi Baweja.<ref name="Times1">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Yes-I-am-dating-Bipasha-Harman-Baweja/articleshow/30456407.cms |last=Gupta |first=shweta |title=Yes, I am dating Bipasha: Harman Baweja |work=The Times of India |date=16 February 2014 | access-date=26 February 2014 | archive-date=28 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228123805/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Yes-I-am-dating-Bipasha-Harman-Baweja/articleshow/30456407.cms | url-status=live}}</ref> Born on 13 November 1980 in Chandigarh, in 1984 his family had to shift to Mumbai following the anti-Sikh riots.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kulkarni |first=Ronjita |date=10 June 2008 |title=Meet Harman Baweja |url=https://www.rediff.com/entertai/2008/jun/10video1.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221193257/https://www.rediff.com/entertai/2008/jun/10video1.htm |archive-date=21 December 2024 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref>
He attended the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Bombay and then the University of California, Los Angeles.<ref name="gulf_Love">{{Cite web |title=Love Story 2050 |last=Paradkar |first=Shalaka |work=Gulf News |date=19 June 2008 | access-date = 2016-08-28 |url=http://gulfnews.com/leisure/movies/love-story-2050-1.114168 | archive-date = 13 September 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160913164459/http://gulfnews.com/leisure/movies/love-story-2050-1.114168 | url-status = live}}</ref>
Before becoming an actor, he worked in hotel management for around a year and was an assistant director to his father for some seven years.<ref name=":0" />
==Career==
=== Producer === Baweja was credited as a producer for Hansal Mehta's ''Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?'' (2002).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=635/ |title=Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai? - Movie - Box Office India |website=www.boxofficeindia.com|access-date=24 January 2020|archive-date=3 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903205557/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=635%2F|url-status=live}}</ref>
Over the years he has produced or co-produced numerous films, including Punjabi films, and webseries.
thumb|Baweja in 2011
=== Actor ===
==== Films ==== Baweja's acting debut film in Bollywood was the sci-fi romance ''Love Story 2050'' produced by his mother Pammi Baweja and directed by his father Harry Baweja.<ref name="gulf_Love" /> The film was a box office failure. In 2009, he appeared in the sports film ''Victory'' which was based on cricket.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harman Baweja plays a cricketer in Victory |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |work=Hindustantimes.com |date=8 October 2007 | access-date = 2016-08-28 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/harman-baweja-plays-cricketer-in-victory/story-WgGBgXsSNnlA1FYN9h0tdM.html | archive-date = 19 September 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160919025148/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/harman-baweja-plays-cricketer-in-victory/story-WgGBgXsSNnlA1FYN9h0tdM.html | url-status = live}}</ref> The film had notable appearances by both Indian and International cricketers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I'm jealous of Harman Baweja: Amrita Rao |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |location=New Delhi |work=Hindustan Times |date=28 January 2009 | access-date = 2016-08-28 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/i-m-jealous-of-harman-baweja-amrita-rao/story-E1LGxNldNUfjToAWRYiuDK.html | archive-date = 19 September 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160919031144/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/i-m-jealous-of-harman-baweja-amrita-rao/story-E1LGxNldNUfjToAWRYiuDK.html | url-status = live}}</ref> The film could only rake up {{INR}}1.9 crore after its release and was a failure at the box office.<ref name="boxo_Vict">{{Cite web |title=Victory - Movie - Box Office India |work=boxofficeindia.com | access-date = 2016-08-28 |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=994 | archive-date = 21 October 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161021203816/http://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=994 | url-status = live}}</ref> Baweja next appeared in the romantic comedy ''What's Your Raashee?'' which starred him and Priyanka Chopra, who performed 12 different roles in the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/harman-baweja-on-whats-your-raashee/20090924.htm|title=Harman: Not worrying about his raashee|first=Arthur J.|last=Pais|website=Rediff}}</ref> The film received mixed responses both from critics and audience. The film performed poor at the box office.
After a 5 year long absence, he appeared in ''Dishkiyaoon'' (2014).<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 26, 2014 |title='I was at my charming best to impress Bipasha' |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-i-was-at-my-charming-best-to-impress-bipasha/20140326.htm |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>
His delayed release, ''It's My Life'', released directly on television in 2020, 10 years after production, with a premiere on Zee Cinema.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=PTI |date=2020-11-05 |title='It's My Life': Genelia D'Souza and Harman Baweja's film to have direct-to-TV release |language=en-IN |newspaper=The Hindu |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/its-my-life-genelia-dsouza-and-harman-bawejas-film-to-have-direct-to-tv-release/article33028989.ece |access-date=2021-01-06 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226121306/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/its-my-life-genelia-dsouza-and-harman-bawejas-film-to-have-direct-to-tv-release/article33028989.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
==== Webseries ==== After almost a decade, Baweja made his screen comeback with the role of JCP Harshavardhan Shroff in the Netflix original series ''Scoop'', created and directed by Mehta.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Harman Baweja opens up about rumoured relationship with Priyanka Chopra: 'Part and parcel of the industry, can't really complain'|work=indianexpress|date=23 May 2023 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/harman-baweja-opens-up-rumoured-relationship-priyanka-chopra-8625147/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Harman Baweja opens up about rumoured relationship with Priyanka Chopra: 'Part and parcel of our profession'|work=TOI|date=23 May 2023 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/harman-baweja-reacts-to-past-link-ups-with-priyanka-chopra-and-other-rumours-says-its-part-and-parcel-of-our-profession-exclusive/articleshow/100440078.cms}}</ref>
=== Screenwriter === Baweja has written or co-written webseries such as ''Super V'' (2019–2020) ''and Bhaukaal'' (2020–2022) as well films such as ''Chaar Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur'' in 2016, ''Mrs.'' and ''Khwaabon Ka Jhamela'' (both released in 2024).
==Filmography== === As an actor === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Notes |- |style="text-align: center;"|2008 |''Love Story 2050'' |Karan Malhotra |Debut |- |style="text-align: center;" rowspan=3|2009 |''Victory'' |Vijay Shekhawat|| |- |''What's Your Raashee?'' |Yogesh Patel|| |- |''Echo of Eco'' |Indian industrialist | Short film |- |style="text-align: center;"|2014 |''Dishkiyaoon'' ||Viki Kartoos|| |- |style="text-align: center;"|2020 |''It's My Life'' ||Abhishek "Abhi" Sharma||Delayed release, Filmed in 2007 |- |style="text-align: center;"| 2023 | ''Scoop'' | JCP Harshvardhan Shroff |Netflix series |- |}
=== As a producer and screenwriter ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title !Producer !Screenwriter ! scope="col" | Notes |- |style="text-align: center;"| 2002 | ''Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?'' |{{Ya}} | |<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=23 May 2023 |title=Harman Baweja calls link-up with Priyanka Chopra 'part and parcel of the line' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/harman-baweja-calls-link-up-with-priyanka-chopra-part-and-parcel-of-the-line-101684842065652.html |website=Hindustan Times |quote=Harman had produced Hansal's film Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai? in 2002 as well as other Punjabi films like Jinne Jamme Saare Nikamme and Honeymoon.}}</ref> |- | style="text-align: center;" | 2016 | ''Chaar Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur'' |{{Ya}} |{{Ya}} | Punjabi film |- | style="text-align: center;"|2019–2020 | ''Super V'' |{{Ya}} |{{Ya}} | Creator; TV series |- | style="text-align: center;"|2020–2022 | ''Bhaukaal'' |{{Ya}} | | TV series |- | style="text-align: center;" | 2021 | ''Jinne Jamme Saare Nikamme'' |{{Ya}} | | rowspan="2" |Punjabi film<ref name="auto" /> |- | style="text-align: center;" | 2022 | ''Honeymoon'' |{{Ya}} | |- | style="text-align: center;" |2024 |''Khwaabon Ka Jhamela'' |{{Ya}} |{{Ya}} | |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align: center" |2025 | ''Chidiya Udd'' |{{Ya}} | | TV series<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/web-series/chidiya-udd-trailer-jackie-shroff-sikandar-kher-headline-survival-underworld-crime-drama-watch-article-117058235|title=Chidiya Udd trailer: Jackie Shroff, Sikandar Kher headline survival underworld crime world|website=Times Now|author=Sonal Pandya}}</ref> |- | ''Mrs.'' |{{Ya}} |{{Ya}} | |- |''Perusu'' |{{Ya}} | |Tamil film |- |''Bhagwat Chapter One: Raakshas'' |{{Ya}} | |Released on ZEE5<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gaur |first=Trisha |date=2025-09-30 |title=Bhagwat Chapter 1: Raakshas Teaser Review: Arshad Warsi & Jitendra Kumar Are Hopefully Not Living In Vikrant Massey's Sector 36! |url=https://www.koimoi.com/reviews/trailer-reviews/bhagwat-chapter-1-raakshas-teaser-review-arshad-warsi-jitendra-kumar-are-hopefully-not-living-in-vikrant-masseys-sector-36/ |access-date=2025-10-07 |website=Koimoi |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |''Haq'' |{{ya}} | | |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align: center" |2026 |- |''System'' |{{ya}} | |Prime Video film<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whittock |first=Jesse |date=2025-05-05 |title=Prime Video To Launch High-Stakes Legal Drama 'System' This Month|url=https://deadline.com/2026/05/prime-video-india-system-movie-may-release-date-1236881475/|access-date=2026-05-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | ''Dil Ka Darwaaza Khol Na Darling'' |{{Ya}} | | Post-production<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.news18.com/movies/jaya-bachchan-siddhant-chaturvedi-wamiqa-gabbi-begin-shooting-for-dil-ka-darwaaza-khol-na-darling-in-goa-9120314.html|title= Jaya Bachchan, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Wamiqa Gabbi Begin Shooting For Dil Ka Darwaaza Khol Na Darling In Goa|website=News18|author=Lubna Khan|date=November 14, 2024}}</ref> |- | {{TBA}} | ''Maharagni- Queen of Queens'' |{{Ya}} | | Post-production |}
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