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Gopichand on doubles talent Hariharan

Gopichand on doubles talent Hariharan

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India’s Malaysian doubles coach Tan Kim Her has a talent for Kintsugi – the age-old Japanese art of patching precious things back, with powdered gold. After Satwik-Chirag, he is now beginning to make things click for India’s second best doubles pairing of MR Arjun and Hariharan Amsakarunan. Having paired them together with yet another inspiring call at the Hyderabad Gopichand academy, Tan is now in charge of yet another potentially massive talent in Hariharan. “Hari is very explosive and strong from the back court, and combines well with Arjun’s experience,” national head coach Pullela Gopichand says. “Not only does he have the power and gamesense, he has the quality to back it up on court. He has a lot of energy from the back of the court and is fearless,” he adds. Are we looking at the next big thing in doubles? “He is world-class,” Gopichand simply states. Reaching their first ever quarterfinals of the Super 1000 Indonesia Open, Arjun-Hari scored a gutsy 16-21, 21-15, 21-19 win over Malaysian World No 23 Aaron Tai and …

Hariharan: “You cannot stop machines from doing what they are created for”

Hariharan: “You cannot stop machines from doing what they are created for”

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Your new album Jaan Meri marks 50 years of your journey as a ghazal singer. Do you remember the first ghazal that you sang? Singer Hariharan (Marketing Mojito) That’s right; these 50 years have passed by so quickly! I am grateful to God and my audience for all the love they have given me. And yes, I clearly remember the ghazal that I started with: “Hasti apni habab ki si hai/ yeh numaish sarab ki si hai” by Mir Taqir Mir. Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan Sahab, my guru from the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana taught me this and so many other beautiful ghazals. This musical training has been a blessing in my life. Both my sons are involved in Jaan Meri. Akshay is the music producer. Karan has acted in the music video that accompanies one of the songs, Baat Se Baat. This makes me a proud father. Poetry is the soul of ghazal gayiki. What was it like to work with Farhat Shahzad, who has written the lyrics for this album? Words are chosen carefully for …

Tamil Nadu elections 2026: Actor Akshaya Hariharan alleges someone else cast her vote with a different photo

Tamil Nadu elections 2026: Actor Akshaya Hariharan alleges someone else cast her vote with a different photo

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Actor Akshaya Hariharan has raised a complaint regarding her vote during the Tamil Nadu elections 2026, which took place on Thursday (April 23). The actor shared a video to detail that someone else had cast a vote on her name and she had no other choice but to put an alternate vote and raise a complaint regarding the same. Akshaya Hariharan has shared what happened when she went to cast her vote on April 23. What Akshaya shared In a video that she shared on her X account, Akshaya said, “Hi I am just here to say that someone else has already casted my vote. It is really shocking. So I am from Velachery (in Tamil Nadu), and I didn’t get my vote slip. Then, the details were shared online that my booth was in Adiyar, so I went to Adiyar and waited for an hour and then someone else had already casted my vote. There was another photo of a woman claiming to be 24 year-old, and they put a finger print. My second …

Asha Bhosle death: Anu Malik, Udit Narayan, Usha Uthup and other celebs mourn legendary singer’s demise | Bollywood News

Asha Bhosle death: Anu Malik, Udit Narayan, Usha Uthup and other celebs mourn legendary singer’s demise | Bollywood News

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Legendary singer Asha Bhosle, 92, passed away on Sunday due to multi-organ failure. She breathed her last at Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital, where she had been admitted with extreme exhaustion and a chest infection. In conversations with SCREEN, several celebrities, including Udit Narayan, Usha Uthup, Anu Malik, Ismail Darbar and Hariharan, mourned the immense loss and paid tribute to her legacy. Singer Udit Narayan paid tribute to her enduring legacy, and shared, “It’s very sad. There can be no bigger loss than this for the music fraternity. It’s very shocking news. Ashaji was one of her kind. Ever since we understood music, we have heard her voice. Her voice was so mesmerizing, I had never imagined coming to Mumbai and working with her on songs in Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Lagaan, etc. I have been blessed to work with her.” He further added, “She has carved a history in Indian cinema. The nation has faced a big loss today. She was known throughout the world. Till the age of 92, she was working. I saw …

‘A cultural phenomenon’: How Hariharan saw a trendsetter in Mammootty’s Kottayam Kunjachan while others predicted a flop | Malayalam News

‘A cultural phenomenon’: How Hariharan saw a trendsetter in Mammootty’s Kottayam Kunjachan while others predicted a flop | Malayalam News

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For Malayalam movie audiences who grew up watching and loving Mammootty’s films, director TS Suresh Babu’s Kottayam Kunjachan (1990) holds a special place in their hearts. Although comedy has never been his forte — as clearly evident in his early movies — Mammootty never stopped trying and kept refining his skills in the domain. While he began showing improvement over time and impressed audiences in films such as Manu Uncle and Carnivel, it was Kottayam Kunjachan where he truly knocked it out of the park with comedy. His portrayal of the titular character — a local illiterate thug who wishes to turn over a new leaf — was extraordinary. Thanks to the script’s innate humour and the impressive weaving of the Kottayam dialect into it, which was uncommon in Malayalam cinema until then, the action-comedy impressed everyone and became a blockbuster. However, Kottayam Kunjachan was one of those movies in which even its makers had little hope. While the producer who initially took it up abandoned it during the discussion stage itself, the movie’s eventual …

Why Mohanlal replaced Mammootty in this cult classic: The ‘mischievous rogue’ role Sivaji Ganesan refused to touch | Malayalam News

Why Mohanlal replaced Mammootty in this cult classic: The ‘mischievous rogue’ role Sivaji Ganesan refused to touch | Malayalam News

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5 min readKochiMar 1, 2026 08:01 PM IST While Mohanlal has played a wide range of characters over the decades, earning appreciation for his ability to bring out the ethos of his roles with perfection, some of his performances have also set a benchmark for screen acting. Even as these characters are intricately crafted and well fleshed out, his portrayals of them have also significantly contributed to their iconic status. Among the many layered and complex characters that he has immortalised is Amrutham Gamaya’s (1987) Dr PK Haridas, a guilt-ridden medical practitioner who grapples to forgive himself or get over a heinous murder he committed as a student. Helmed by Hariharan and penned by MT Vasudevan Nair, a Jnanpith-winning author and multiple National Award-winning screenwriter, Mohanlal plays three stages of Haridas’ life in Amrutham Gamaya. While one features him as a spoiled, sadistic, and notorious medical college student who kills a junior through brutal ragging, the second focuses on his life as a practising doctor, with his life slowly derailing due to the remorse of …

Allu Arjun is the ‘coolest and kindest’, Shiva Hariharan defends him against 42 dos and don’ts claim: ‘Total myth’

Allu Arjun is the ‘coolest and kindest’, Shiva Hariharan defends him against 42 dos and don’ts claim: ‘Total myth’

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Reports about Allu Arjun‘s purported list of 42 rules have been all over the internet and social media for the last few days. After the actor’s team issued a clarification and initiated legal action against a brand strategist for making the 42-rules claim, many co-stars came out in defence of the actor. Now Malayalam actor Shiva Hariharan has commented on the matter and quashed the claims as nothing but a ‘total myth’. (Also read: Allu Arjun’s Pushpa co-star defends him against 42 dos and don’ts claim: ‘He eats with spot boys’) Allu Arjun and Shiva Hariharan starred in an advertisement together. ‘He’s one of the coolest & kindest actors’ Taking to Instagram, Shiva shared a pic with Allu Arjun from the recent advertisement shoot they did for a cold drink brand. Arjun and Shiva stood beside each other and smiled. In another picture, Arjun was seen with other actors on the set of the shoot. In the caption, Shiva wrote, “Been getting a lot of fan msgs about those 42 rules rumors – total myth!” …

Javed Akhtar, Shaan and More React to AR Rahman’s Claim on Communal Bias

Javed Akhtar, Shaan and More React to AR Rahman’s Claim on Communal Bias

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Celebrated composer AR Rahman recently made headlines for his statement on losing work in Bollywood. During an interview, he spoke about a power shift in the industry and hinted that communal bias might be the reason for him losing out on work. Now, several celebrities and political wings have reacted to this statement. Screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar disagreed with Rahman and said that sometimes people are apprehensive in reaching out to him due to his stature and busy schedule. He told IANS, “I have never felt this way. I met people here in Mumbai. They have great respect for him. People may think that he has become very busy in the West. They may think that his shows are very big. He spends a lot of time in those shows. So, he may not be available for us.” Akhtar continued, “Rahman is such a big man. Even a small producer is afraid to go to him. But I don’t think there is any communal element in this. Why don’t you see him? He will …

AR Rahman’s ‘Tu Hi Re’ singer Hariharan agrees there’s a power shift in Hindi music industry: ‘You have to think about creativity first and money later’ | Bollywood News

AR Rahman’s ‘Tu Hi Re’ singer Hariharan agrees there’s a power shift in Hindi music industry: ‘You have to think about creativity first and money later’ | Bollywood News

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Celebrated music composer AR Rahman recently said that less work has been coming his way, attributing it to a power shift within the Hindi film industry over the past eight years, and possibly to “a communal thing,” though not overtly directed at him. Now, musical duo Colonial Cousins — Hariharan and Leslie Lewis — have weighed in on his remarks. “I really wish there were more creative people, or at least people who genuinely understand music, taking these calls,” said Hariharan, adding, “You have to think about creativity first and money later. If you only think of money when it comes to art, then who knows what the future will be.” The singer, who has rendered Rahman’s popular romantic track “Tu Hi Re” from Mani Ratnam’s Bombay (1995), called it a “grey area”. His longtime collaborator Leslie Lewis also agreed that there’s indeed been a shift in the power dynamics within the music industry over the past few years. “It’s not just the old players anymore. New people with new thoughts have come in, and …

AR Rahman, Sonu Nigam, Shaan and Hariharan pay a musical tribute to Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan at Haazri

AR Rahman, Sonu Nigam, Shaan and Hariharan pay a musical tribute to Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan at Haazri

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The impact that the late music legend, Padma Vibhushan Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan left on Indian music, echoes till date even after five years of his passing. On his fifth death anniversary on January 17, his family kept their annual tradition alive of celebrating his legacy in the way he expressed himself, through music. And this time, the celebration was even bigger as four of his disciples, AR Rahman, Sonu Nigam, Shaan and Hariharan, got together to enthral the crowd in Jio World Garden in Mumbai and pay homage to the legacy the veteran left behind. AR Rahman, Sonu Nigam, Shaan and Hariharan paid a musical tribute to Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan at Haazri The night began with AR Rahman taking to the stage, remembering his guru and giving the evening a Sufi touch. Along with his group, Rahman performed some of the most soulful songs like Mann Kunto Maula, Deewana Deewana from Tere Ishk Mein, Chaap Tilak, Khwaja Mere Khwaja, Kun Faya Kun and Piya Haji Ali, leaving the crowd in a trance. Taking …