He sang for a number of TV serials (e.g., Junoon). The committed Hariharan also put heart and soul into learning Urdu when he decided to become a ghazal singer.Īt the start of his career, Hariharan did the concert circuit and also performed on TV. He used to put in nine hours of singing practice everyday. In his teens, inspired by the songs of Mehdi Hassan and Jagjit Singh, Hariharan developed a passion for ghazals and started training in Hindustani music from Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. He was also exposed to Hindustani music from a young age. From here he picked up Carnatic music skills. Alamelu was Hariharan`s first guru (mentor). Mani (full name:Anantha Subramani Iyer), he inherited his parents` musical talents. The son of renowned Carnatic vocalists, Shrimati Alamelu and the late H.A.S. He did his collegiate studies from S.I.E.S.College. In 2004, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.īorn in Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) he grew up in Mumbai in a Tamil speaking Iyer family, and has bachelor degrees in science and law. His melody is strongly appreciated by the film fraternity. Hariharan is an Indian playback singer in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi,Bhojpuri and Telugu movies, an established ghazal singer, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music.
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