Harish Bhimani
| Harish Bhimani | |
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| Born | Mumbai |
| Occupation | voice over artist, compere, writer |
Harish Bhimani (born February 15) is an Indian voice-over artist and a Master of ceremonies/compere. He has been chosen for the President’s award in the National Film Awards 2016 in the category of voice overs / narration. He is most known as the voice of Samay, the narrator in the TV series, Mahabharat (1988-1990). A veteran of some 20,000 recordings he is credited with several iconic recordings. Considered the most recognizable spoken voice in the country, he is the leading voice in many documentaries, corporate films, feature films, TV & Radio commercials, games, music albums apart from hosting public events and ceremonies, since the 1980s.[1][2][3] Media have variously described Harish Bhimani as ‘One of the Most Recognisable Voices of India’, ‘The Most-travelled Indian Compere’ and ‘A Writer with a Zing’.
Biography
Harish did his schooling from Hansraj Morarji Public School, Mumbai, Elphinstone College, Mumbai, Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur and completed his MBA from the prestigious Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.[4] Harish Bhimani started TV news anchoring; narrating the Mahabharat on TV to India’s ambitious text-to-speech eVenture - with some 20,000 recordings of commercials, corporates & documentaries in between & counting; compering at Madison Square Garden to the Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House & Shrine Auditorium & writing TV serials Khandaan, Subah, Inkaar, Sukanya, Grahan... feature film ISIS - Enemies of Humanity to the legendary playback singer Lata Mangeshkar’s biography titled, ' In Search of Lata Mangeshkar, Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh (1995);[5] and recording globally through his unique voice website.
He narrated most of Sachin Shankar's ballets. Harish wrote & narrated an admirable film on Guru Dutt - The Guru of Celluloid - in 2008 for Guru Dutt Films Pvt Ltd.],.[6][7]
Works
- Lata Didi Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh (Hindi). 1995, ISBN 978-93-5000-018-2.
- In search of Lata Mangeshkar. Indus. 1995. ISBN 978-81-7223-170-5.
References
- ↑ "Do we prefer a powerful male voice to a sexy female one?". Economic Times. May 18, 2008.
- ↑ "'Kalady' documents the life of a great Indian philosopher". Chennai, India: The Hindu. June 6, 2010.
- ↑ "On a starry starry night". Indian Express. Feb 2, 2009.
- ↑ Video on YouTube
- ↑ "Meet Lata-ben Mangeshkar!". The Times Of India. Sep 29, 2009.
- ↑ "In times of war, this 56-year-old lent voice to Gandhi". Indian Express. April 11, 2003.
- ↑ "The past master". The Telegraph (Kolkata). October 10, 2004.