Happy Birthday to the most heard voice on Indian Television – Harish Bhimani – The greatest voice-over artist of Indian Television and Master of Ceremonies or Compere, News Anchor, Ad-man and Writer turning 68 today. (b. 15 Feb 1956)
You can still hear him on Vodafone Cellular and BSNL notifications – “Is Marg Ki
Sabhi Lines Yyast Hain” (tr. All lines on this route are busy), various TV ads,
Albums and various airlines in-flight entertainment. Most known for his Iconic
Voice-over of the invisible character of ‘Samay’ of B R Chopra’s Mahabharat
1988-90 on Doordarshan.
A source of inspiration for many like me – who do a little voice-over every now
and then. Happy Birthday Sir!
The Great Voice in action
His most iconic Voice Over - "Samay" of Mahabharat - Here Harish Bhimani presents a glimpse on stage. This is exactly the way he use to sound during the 1988-89 broadcast of the TV Serial by B R Chopra....always starting with the great phrase - Main Samay Hoon! (tr. I am Time)
The great voice in recording and his normal off microphone voice...
My humble attempt at a Voice Over - As I mentioned earlier - I do occasional Voice Overs - in English, Hindi and Marathi...I once recorded one in Gujarati too!!!...
In 2004, I got a chance to sing for a Hindi Devotional Album, composed by Well Known Marathi Music Composer - Late. Mr. Anand Modak. I sang two songs at a studio in Mumbai. During the takes, Mr. Modak heard me speak through the recording booth with the Microphone On and suggested to the Director of the project to check my voice. To my utter surprise, I ended up with the entire narration of the album of 8 songs along with my 2 songs. I will always thank and remember with gratitude Modak Sir for that. The moment I was to go for my first take with the narration - I visualised - How Harish Bhimani would have done this narration? and I tried to do the same.
The first 30 seconds is my narration followed by the opening lines of my first out of the two songs. The album was titled - Darshan.
- Dr. Salil Latay
Pune, India
15 February 2024, Thursday
First published in 2022...now a re run.
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