The patriotic song Thamizha Thamizha of Maniratnam's film Roja was a super hit. In the year 1992, with the emergence of debutant music director A R Rahman, Hariharan made his entry to the world of Tamil films.
He has also lent his voice for a number of TV serials like Junoon. His career as a playback singer geared up then after.Īt the beginning of his career, Hariharan has performed in many concerts as well as performed on TV programmes.
He was also nominated for the Best Singer National Award.
This song became a huge hit and for that Hariharan was awarded an Uttar Pradesh state award. Ajeeb Saane He Mujh Par Qarar was his debut song.
And after that competition the late music director Jaidev signed him for playback for the Hindi movie Gaman. In the year 1977, Hariharan bagged the honour of achieving the top prize at the All-India Sur Singaar competition. He sharpened his skills by learning Urdu. Hariharan decided to pursue his career in Ghazal singing. Afterwards he received training in Hindustani music from Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. But later on, he was moved by the Mehdi Hassan and Jagjit Singh and developed a passion for it. Under her expert tutelage he has learnt the nuances of Carnatic music.įrom a very young age, Hariharan has also received training in Hindustani music. Hariharan has received his introductory training from Shrimati Alamelu who was his mentor. Mani, also known as Anantha Subramani Iyer. He was born to renowned Carnatic vocalists, Shrimati Alamelu and the late H.A.S. Hariharan obtained his educational degree of Bachelors in science and law. But he was raised in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay). Hariharan was born on 3rd April in the year 1955, at Puthan Theruvu or Thiruvananthapuram, Indian state of Kerala. This album had also earned Hariharan adequate international recognition. It was an Indian-English fusion album that captured the number one position of the Indian musical charts in that year. This music album was launched by Hariharan along with Leslie Lewis. The musical scene of India has been stormed in the year 1996 with the phenomenal success of his music album Colonial Cousins. In 2004, he was bestowed with the Padma Shriby the Government of India. Hariharan's melody is hugely appreciated by critics and audiences as well. Hariharan is a well renowned Indian playback singer in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bhojpuri and Marathi movies, and also a recognised Ghazal singer, and one of the forerunners of Indian fusion music.