Hariharan, ghazal and playback singer
Hariharan
Live in Concert
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Full concert details · to invite Hariharan to perform, enquire via the performances page.
About
Hariharan is one of the defining voices of Indian music. Across more than four decades he has recorded over 5,000 songs in ten languages, sung playback for Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu cinema, and shaped Indian fusion as one half of Colonial Cousins.
His 1992 recording of the Hanuman Chalisa has been watched more than five billion times, the most of any Indian video ever made.
Questions
Hariharan (born 3 April 1955) is a ghazal singer, a playback singer in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu cinema, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. He has sung more than 5,000 songs in 10 languages across a career of over four decades.
His ghazals, across more than thirty albums including Hazir with Ustad Zakir Hussain and Gulfam; film songs such as "Tu Hi Re" and "Mere Dushman" from Border; and Colonial Cousins, formed with Leslie Lewis in 1996, the first Indian act to appear on MTV Unplugged.
Yes. He won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 1998 for "Mere Dushman" from Border. His 1978 debut, "Ajeeb Saaneha Mujh Par" from Gaman, had already earned a Uttar Pradesh State Award and a National Award nomination.
His rendition of the Hanuman Chalisa is the most viewed Indian video on YouTube and the first to cross five billion views. It is also the most requested song on Amazon Alexa.
Yes. Hariharan Live in Concert, the Soul India Bollywood show, takes place on Saturday, 22 August 2026 from 7:30 PM at Sri Shanmukhananda Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Auditorium, Mumbai. Tickets are on BookMyShow.
Invitations to perform are received directly through this website. The enquiry form on the performances page reaches Hariharan's team.