The song established him in the Hindi Cinema as a foremost singer of that time. The song went on to become the biggest hit of Hariharan. So let’s tune into some of the best songs, and chartbusters from the 1990s, sung by this legendary singer. The duo garnered MTV Indian Viewers’ Choice award and Billboard Award for the Best Asian Music Group as well. In a career spanning for decades Harihan has collaborated with the best in the industry including talented and successful composer and singer Leslie Lewis to form duo band Colonial Cousins that became very popular during the 1990s. In 2004, he was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri for his outstanding performance in music. Hariharan won his second National Award for the Marathi song “Jiv Rangla” from Jogwa in the year 2009. Apart from Tamil and Hindi Hariharan went on to sing in various languages including Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada, Bengali and Odia.
Hariharan won the National Award for the best playback singer for the the song “Mere Dushman Mere Bhai” from J.P.Dutta’s movie Border. Hariharan has sung majority of hits in Hindi Cinema for A.R.
Rahman who also made his debut with Manirathnam’s Roja. He was introduced to Tamil Cinema as a Playback singer by A.R. With over thirty albums to his credit he is considered as most versatile and regarded as one of the greatest indian singers of all time.
Hariharan is one of the top Indian ghazal singers and composers. One of the most respected voice of Indian music – Hariharan started his career gigging at various concerts across the country.