Biography:
Name: Harishree Ashokan
Date of Birth: 28 Dec 1963
Harisree Ashokan is a South Indian actor. He was a mechanic in the Telecom department before becoming a comedian. He has acted in more than 50 films in Malayalam.
Career:
Ashokan holds a diploma in Telecomm Engineering from Anjoor, Kerala. He found work as an Assistant Lineman in 1984 with the Telecom Department in Cochin, Kerala. He worked until 1987 when he rose to become a Lineman.His elder brother was also a telecom officer.
Asokan was always interested in acting and was an amateur theatre actor. His style of comedy was watched by Malayalam movie director Siddique during a popular celebration day event. director was impressed and cast him in his latest movie (then Siddique-Lal's second film)—Cheluvil Aalanguyil, starring popular Malayalam movie actor Suresh Gopi. Since then Asokan found roles in such films as Godfather, Therasil Malayam, In Harihar Nagar, et al.—directed by Siddique-Lal.
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