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	\| image = HB LIT Ratna Award.jpg		\| image = HB LIT Ratna Award.jpg
	~~\| caption = Bhimani addressing his alma mater in December 2018~~
	\|birth_place= [[Bombay]]		\|birth_place= [[Bombay]]
	\|birth_date = 15 February		\|birth_date = 15 February

	\|occupation= Voiceover artiste, Anchor, Writer.		\|occupation= Voiceover artiste, Anchor, Writer.
	\|known for= 'Samay' of Mahabharat~~, anchoring worldwide & writing landmark TV serials, TV News Anchor.~~		\|known for= 'Samay' of Mahabharat
	}}		}}
	'''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 (1988 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.<ref>{{cite news \|title= Do we prefer a powerful male voice to a sexy female one?\|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-05-18/news/27737808_1_voice-gender-bias-aur \|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] \|date=18 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=‘Kalady' documents the life of a great Indian philosopher\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/article447993.ece?service=mobile \|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] \|date=6 June 2010 \|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=On a starry starry night \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/on-a-starry-starry-night/418056/0 \|publisher=[[Indian Express]] \|date=2 February 2009 }}</ref> 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’.		'''Harish Bhimani''' (born 15 February) is a voiceover artiste and anchor.He is the voice of ''[[Samay]]'', the narrator of the TV series ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)\|Mahabharat]]''

	==Personal life==		==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]].<ref>{{YouTube\|NAuXHauBYkk}}</ref>		Harish was born in [[Mumbai]]. His brother [[Kishore Bhimani]] was a famous sports journalist and cricket commentator.
	~~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.<ref>https://www.adgully.com/kishore-bhimani-veteran-journalist-cricket-commentator-passes-away-97380.html</ref>~~		==Awards & Encomiums==
			Harish was conferred with the coveted (63rd) [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Narration / Voice Over\|National Award for Voiceovers/Narration 2015]]

	==Career==		==Career==
	~~Harish Bhimani~~ started with TV news anchoring on Bombay TV; from narrating the [[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)\|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);<ref>{{cite news \|title=Meet Lata-ben Mangeshkar! \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-29/ahmedabad/28109218_1_lata-mangeshkar-gujarati-master-dinanath \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905130143/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-29/ahmedabad/28109218_1_lata-mangeshkar-gujarati-master-dinanath \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=5 September 2012 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|date=29 September 2009 }}</ref> ~~and recording globally through his unique voice website.~~		He started with TV news anchoring on Bombay TV; from narrating the [[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)\|Mahabharat]] to the legendary playback singer [[Lata Mangeshkar]]’s biography titled, ''In Search of Lata Mangeshkar'', ''Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh'' (1995);<ref>{{cite news \|title=Meet Lata-ben Mangeshkar! \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-29/ahmedabad/28109218_1_lata-mangeshkar-gujarati-master-dinanath \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905130143/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-29/ahmedabad/28109218_1_lata-mangeshkar-gujarati-master-dinanath \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=5 September 2012 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|date=29 September 2009 }}</ref>
			He is set to be the voice of the god [[Shiva]] in the MOBA [[Smite (video game)\|Smite]].<ref>https://www.smitegame.com/news/the-destroyer-9-2-update-notes</ref>
	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.<ref>{{cite news \|title=In times of war, this 56-year-old lent voice to Gandhi\|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=48930 \|publisher=~~[[~~Indian Express~~]] ~~\|date=11 April 2003 }}~~</ref>~~<ref>{{cite news \|title=The past master \|url=http~~://www.~~telegraphindia~~.com/~~1041010~~/~~asp/look/story_3860229.asp \|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]] \|date=10 October 2004 }}~~</ref>

	==Works==		==Works==

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{{Infobox person
| name = Harish Bhimani
| image = HB LIT Ratna Award.jpg
| caption = Bhimani addressing his alma mater in December 2018
|birth_place= [[Bombay]]
|birth_date = 15 February

|occupation= Voiceover 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 (1988 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.<ref>{{cite news |title= Do we prefer a powerful male voice to a sexy female one?|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-05-18/news/27737808_1_voice-gender-bias-aur |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=18 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=‘Kalady' documents the life of a great Indian philosopher|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/article447993.ece?service=mobile |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=6 June 2010 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=On a starry starry night |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/on-a-starry-starry-night/418056/0 |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=2 February 2009 }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{YouTube|NAuXHauBYkk}}</ref>
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.<ref>https://www.adgully.com/kishore-bhimani-veteran-journalist-cricket-commentator-passes-away-97380.html</ref>

==Career==
Harish Bhimani started with TV news anchoring on Bombay TV; from narrating the [[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|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);<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet Lata-ben Mangeshkar! |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-29/ahmedabad/28109218_1_lata-mangeshkar-gujarati-master-dinanath |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905130143/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-29/ahmedabad/28109218_1_lata-mangeshkar-gujarati-master-dinanath |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=29 September 2009 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=In times of war, this 56-year-old lent voice to Gandhi|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=48930 |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=11 April 2003 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The past master |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041010/asp/look/story_3860229.asp |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]] |date=10 October 2004 }}</ref>

==Works==
*''Lata Didi Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh'' (Hindi). 1995, {{ISBN|978-93-5000-018-2}}.
* {{cite book
| title = In search of Lata Mangeshkar
| publisher = Indus
| year = 1995
| isbn = 978-81-7223-170-5
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{YouTube|ytB7BO3RDdI|Harish Bhimani commentary in music album}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1223455}}
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Harish+Bhimani Harish Bhimani] at [[last.fm]]

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