INFORMATION
| Artist Birtday : | 03/04/1955 (Age 69) |
| Born In : | Travancore-Cochin, India |
| Occupation(s) : | Playback singer |
| Genres : | Indian classical, Music, Indian devotional songs, Playback singing, Filmi, Ghazal |
| Web Site : | www.singerhariharan.com |
Hariharan is the most famous Indian playback singer. He was born on 3 April 1955 in Thiruvananthapuram, Travancore-Cochin, India. He is the son of Anantha Subramani and Shrimati Alamelu. He was married to Lalitha Hariharan in 1984. He has 2 sons who are Karan Hariharan, Akshay Hariharan, and has a daughter Lavanya Hariharan.
His favorite singers are Amitabh Bachchan, Rajnikant, Akshay Kumar, and Shahrukh Khan, and his favorite actresses are Shridevi, Tabu, Karisma Kapoor, Rekha, Mehdi Hassan, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, and his favorite singers are Mehdi Hassan, Lata Mangeshkar, Shreya Ghoshal, Asha Bhosle, and A.R. Rahman and his favorite musicians are A.R. Rahman and Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
Hariharan’s popular albums are Aabshar-e-Gazhal in 1985, Gulfam in 1994, Hazir in 1992, Jashan, Halka Nasha in 1996, Paigam in 1997, Kaash in 2000, Lahore Ke Rang Hari Ke Sang, Guftagoo in 2005, Lafaz in 2008.
He has been awarded many awards In 1995, the “Tamil Nadu State Film Award” for “Best Male Playback Singer”. In 1998, “National Film Award” for “Best Male Playback Singer”. In 2004, “Padam Shri” and “Sarwalya-Kairali-Yesudas Award” for his outstanding contribution to “Indian Film Music”. In 2009, “National Film Award” for “Best Male Playback Singer”. And In 2011, the “Asianet Film Award” for “Best Male Playback Singer” and “Kerala State Film Award” for “Best Singer”.
