And then we start block building by adding our input like sangathis, pauses, and other nuances to the songs. “I learn the composition from AR and then record it. On his relationship with ace music director AR Rahman, Hariharan says it is a ‘block building’ model that the duo follows, and it has produced some big numbers. But the performer in Hariharan believes it’s important to groove to the song to keep the music alive. His mother warns him against dancing on stage, so that he stays uninjured. What makes his music complete is the dance steps that he brings along with his songs, according to Hariharan, whose Bollywood classic ‘Chappa chappa charkha chale’ is still a hit on the dance floors after two-and-a-half decades. Later, I started training under Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan to become a Hindustani vocalist,” says the singer who started his musical journey in 1977. I had learnt all my aesthetics and grounding of music with her during my early days. She used to take out a krithi from a Carnatic composition, sing it and explain it to me. His mother Alamelu Mani was a Carnatic singer and his first music guru. I am also scared to see the big benchmark,” says the virtuoso who has lent his voice to more than 15,000 songs in 10 languages and won two National Awards.īorn into a family of renowned classical artistes in Mumbai, Hariharan grew up listening to Ustad Amir Khan, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Ravi Shankar and several Carnatic greats. I am glad that ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ has reached many people. Recently, Hariharan’s popular devotional song, ‘Hanuman Chalisa’, hit a new milestone with viewership crossing two billion.
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