Harp Farmer


Harp Farmer born as Harpreet Singh is an Actor, Director, Producer, Photographer based in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India.

Early life and education

He completed his higher secondary education from DAV College, Jalandhar and then did his Bachelor of Computer Application from Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar and Masters of Science in Advance Software Technology from International Institute of Information Technology, Pune.

Personal life

Harp is married to Amber Farmer and the couple has a daughter Sagal Kaur Farmer and son Ajitt Singh Farmer.

Career

He started his career as a photographer and his first photography exhibition was organized on 9 April 2012 at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Subsequently, three more exhibitions were held, one was at Thakur Art Gallery, Amritsar and the second one at Alliance Française, Chandigarh in the year 2013 and third one that concluded at Kala Bhawan,Chandigarh in June 2016. He is quite famous for his self-portraits depicting farmers of Punjab. Each portrait brings out the simplicity of the rural Punjab. In February 2016, Harp Farmer Pictures released a new song called "Manmaaniyan" sing and composed by Dev Sangha featuring Harp Farmer.

Filmography/Discography

Harp Farmer Pictures

He has started his own music record label, under his own production, Harp Farmer Pictures.
YearSongLanguageSinger
2015–2016DildaarPunjabiHarmehar Singh
2015–2016Love MarriagePunjabiJagir Singh
2015–2016Jatt BrandPunjabiRicky Singh
2015–2016Meri BoliPunjabiManmeet Bains
2015–2016All NightPunjabiJoe Sekhon

Controversies

In May 2016, Harp started Stop Defaming Punjab campaign which urged people to fight against the propagation that more than 70% of the people of Punjab were into substance abuse in one form or the other. He drew a lot of flak for the campaign and was criticized by those who either had vested interests or had not actually understood the message. He was accused of being a mouthpiece for the ruling party which is thought to be primarily responsible for the widespread usage of drugs in the state. There was much hue and cry criticizing the campaign, though, individuals including renowned artists and a number of NGOs came forward to uphold the cause.
Prior to that, he, along with Ankur Singh Patar had pulled up a cellphone company for using his creation in an unauthorized manner.