Hariharan is a famous Indian playback and ghazal singer. He is best known for voicing the Hindi version of the song “Uyire Uyire”, which was renamed “Tu Hi Re”, from the film Bombay (1995).
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Hariharan was born on April 3, 1955 as Hariharan Anantha Subramani (68 years old; as of 2023) in Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin, Travancore, India. His zodiac sign is Aries. He graduated from SIES College, Mumbai. He holds bachelor’s degrees in science and law. He studied with the famous musician Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
Hariharan and his mentor Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan
appearance
Height: 5′7″
Eye color: dark brown
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
family, caste and wife
His father is the famous Carnatic singer Shrimati Vidushi Alamelu Mani and Late HAS Mani (Anantha Subramani). He is married to Lalitha Hariharan.
Hariharan and his wife Lalitha Hariharan
The couple has two sons, Karan Hariharan, an actor, and Akshay Hariharan, a music composer.
Hariharan with his sons Karan and Akshay
He has a daughter named Lavanya Hariharan.
Hariharan and his daughter Lavanya
Profession
At the beginning of his career, he toured concerts and performed on television. In 1977, he won the top prize in the All-India Sur Singaar Competition. His debut song was “Ajeeb Saneha Mujh Par Gujar Gaya Yaron” from the 1978 film Gaman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RQv_uc8LV0
He even sang for TV series such as “Junoon” in 1992. Hariharan made his Tamil debut with the song “Thamizha Thamizha” in the film “Roza” (1992) with music director AR Rahman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0nTlQHh0Wo
He has sung more than 500 Tamil songs and nearly 200 Hindi songs. One of Hariharan’s earliest Gazal albums was ‘Aabshar-e-Ghazal’, which he produced in 1985 with Asha Bhosle.
In 1996, he formed a band called “Colonial Cousins” with Lesle Lewis. The band’s first musical album was Colonial Cousins, a fusion album.
Harry Harlan and Lesle Lewis
Awards
- Padma Shri in 2004
Hariharan meets Padma Shri
- Lata Mangeshkar Award 2013
- In 2011, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer for the song “Pattu Paaduvaan” from the movie “Pattinte Palazhi”.
- Colonial Cousins won the MTV Asia Audience Choice Award in 1997
- Colonial Cousins won the Billboard Audience Choice Award in 1996
national awards
- In 1998, he won the Best Male Vocalist Award for the song “Mere Dushman” from the movie “Border”
- In 2009, he won the Best Male Singer Award for the song “Jeev Dangla Gungla Rangla” from the movie Jogwa
Hariharan wins National Award
favorite thing
- Cuisine: South Indian, Italian
- Musicians: AR Rahman, Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Ustad Rais Khan
net worth
His net worth is approximately $1.5 million (approximately Rs. 10.4 crore).
fact
- As a teenager, he was deeply influenced by the famous Pakistani singer Ghazal and playback singer Mehdi Hassan. He said that Mehdi Hassan was his “spiritual guide.”
- He once practiced singing continuously for 13 hours every day.
- He has sung in multiple languages including Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Telugu.
- His first mentor was his mother Alamelu.
Hariharan and his mother
- His debut song “Ajeeb Saneha Mujh Par Gujar Gaya Yaron” from the film Gaman (1978) was a huge hit and won him the Uttar Pradesh National Film Award.
- He first worked with AR Rahman in the jingle. Unfortunately, the song was not approved.
- Shankar Mahadevan and Hariharan were neighbours. They grew up together in Mumbai’s Chembur-Matunga music scene. They had farmhouses in Karjat (a small town near Mumbai) separated by walls.
Shankar Mahadevan and Hariharan
- Whenever he talks about veteran music composer Jaidev who also gave Hariharan his first break; he says,
Jaidev-Ji is my mentor, friend, philosopher and guide. “
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