Harish Bhimani

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Harish Bhimani
HB LIT Ratna Award.jpg
Bhimani addressing his alma mater in December 2018
Born15 February
Bombay
OccupationVoiceover artiste, Anchor, Writer.
Known for'Samay' of Mahabharat, anchoring worldwide & writing landmark TV serials, TV News Anchor.

Harish Bhimani (born 15 February) is a voiceover artiste, anchor, writer, on-screen person and documentary & corporate filmmaker. Recipient of the coveted President’s Medal in the National Film Awards 2016, in the category of voice overs/narration, he is the only anchor to have received a Gold Disc from HMV (The Gramophone Company of India). He is enduringly known as the voice of Samay, the narrator of the TV series Mahabharat (BR Chopra), he is a veteran of some 25,500 recordings - and counting! He is credited with several iconic recordings. Considered the most recognizable spoken voice in the country, he is the leading voice in many light & sound shows, laser shows & now 3-D Projection Mapping shows at historical monuments across India, (from the Statue of Unity to Konark & Shaheed Bhagat Singh to Kirti Mandir (Mahatma Gandhi's residence & numerous in between), the Ayodhya Deepotsav in Hindi & English, audio dictionaries, documentaries, corporate films, TV serials, 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’.

Personal life[]

Tracing his roots to Jaisalmer-Rajasthan, thence to Mandvi, Kutch District - where a clock tower in his grandfather's name stands tall - and Kolkata, Harish was born in Mumbai. Fourth of five siblings, he studied at Bharda New High School, H.M.Public School, Elphinstone College, Mumbai, Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur and did an MBA from the prestigious Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Bombay University.[4] Active in all his chosen spaces of work, Harish lives in Mumbai with his wife Rekha - a voice artiste. They have two daughters, Aditi Bhosle, and Ruchi Bhimani - an executive producer in feature films and a documentary maker.

His brother Kishore Bhimani was a famous sports journalist and cricket commentator.[5]

Career[]

Harish Bhimani started with TV news anchoring on Bombay TV; from narrating the Mahabharat to India’s ambitious text-to-speech Venture; commercials, corporates, documentaries, audio books, IVRs; compering at Madison Square Garden to the Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House & Shrine Auditorium & writing Khandaan (TV series), Subah, Inkaar, Sukanya, Grahan... feature film 'ISIS-Enemies of Humanity' & 'Kashmir-the Ultimate Solution' to the legendary playback singer Lata Mangeshkar’s biography titled, ' In Search of Lata Mangeshkar, Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh (1995);[6] and recording globally through his unique voice website.

He has narrated most of Sachin Shankar's ballets & anchored Ajit Sheth's literary events. Harish wrote & narrated a film on Guru Dutt - The Guru of Celluloid - in 2008 for Guru Dutt Films Pvt Ltd.[7][8]

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[]

  1. ^ "Do we prefer a powerful male voice to a sexy female one?". The Economic Times. 18 May 2008.
  2. ^ "'Kalady' documents the life of a great Indian philosopher". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 6 June 2010.
  3. ^ "On a starry starry night". Indian Express. 2 February 2009.
  4. ^ Video on YouTube
  5. ^ https://www.adgully.com/kishore-bhimani-veteran-journalist-cricket-commentator-passes-away-97380.html
  6. ^ "Meet Lata-ben Mangeshkar!". The Times of India. 29 September 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
  7. ^ "In times of war, this 56-year-old lent voice to Gandhi". Indian Express. 11 April 2003.
  8. ^ "The past master". The Telegraph (Kolkata). 10 October 2004.

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