Shankar Mahadevan - Playback Singers [Male]

Profile

Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian playback singer and a music director. He is an engineering graduate trained in Carnatic and Indian classical music. He hails from the Tamil Iyer community.

Shankar got his major breakthrough with his first album Breathless.

He has composed music for various Hindi films such as Dus (1997), Shool (1999), Dillagi (1999), Mission Kashmir (2000), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai (2002), Ek Aur Ek Gyarah (2003), Armaan (2003), Nayee Padosan (2003), Kuch Naa Kaho (2003), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Rudraksh (2004), Kyun Ho Gaya Na (2004), Lakshya (2004), Phir Milenge (2004), Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Dil Jo Bhi Kahey (2005), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), Don (2006), Salaam-e-Ishq (2007), Marigold (2007), Heyy Babyy (2007), Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007), Johnny Gaddaar (2007), Taare Zameen Par (2007) etc. He was one of the judges of musical show Fame Gurukul on Sony Entertainment Television channel. He is a part of the Indo-Jazz fusion music band called Silk.

Shankar along with Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa has composed music for various Hindi films. The trio are popularly known as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. They rose to fame after their music for the film Dil Chahta Hai (2001) became an instant hit.

Early Life:-

Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai to a Tamil Iyer family originally from Palghat, Kerala. He learned Indian classical music and Carnatic music in his childhood and started playing Veena at the age of five. He played Veena in the first song of Bhimsen Joshi and Lata Mangeshkar together composed by Shrinivas Khale. He went to OLPS High School in Chembur. He graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science Engineering from R.A.I.T (D Y Patil, Navi Mumbai), under the auspices of Mumbai University. As of now he sings songs in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and Marathi.

Career

Though a software engineer by education and having earlier worked with the Oracle Corporation, Shankar's interest in music made him venture into the field of music.[3] He earned his first award as a playback singer in a Tamil movie, collaborating with A. R. Rahman and winning a National Film Award for his song in Kandukondain Kandukondain. A prominent star in the Kodambakkam film industry, he later gained more recognition by releasing his first music album called Breathless in 1998. He later got into music direction and became a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio, composing music for Hindi films.

He enjoys a successful run with Fusion-Jazz band SILK with Louis Banks on Keyboards, Sivamani on percussion, Sridhar Parthasarathy on Mridangam and Karl Peters on Bass Guitar.

Shankar Mahadevan has also provided vocals for several compositions of Remember Shakti which features maestros like Zakir Hussain, John McLaughlin, U. Srinivas and Selvaganesh Vinayakram. He was music director and singer for the famous "School chale hum" song that used to come on Doordarshan.

He was a mentor on Zee TV's musical reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009.

He is a Team Captain, judge, and mentor on STAR Plus's musical show - Music Ka Maha Muqqabla for the team Shankar's Rockstars.

Music Composing Filmography

London Dreams (2009) Kismat Talkies (2009) ... (announced) My Name is Khan (Releasing in 2010) Wake Up Sid (2009) Puthiya Mukham(malayalam) Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam (Telugu) (2009) Luck By Chance (2009) Yavarum Nalam (Tamil) (2009) Chandni Chowk to China (2009) madambi(malayalam) Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008) Rock On (2008) High School Musical 2 Soundtrack (Hindi Version) Taare Zameen Par (2007) Johnny Gaddaar (2007) Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007) Heyy Babyy (2007) Marigold: An Adventure in India (2007) Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love (2007) Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006) Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... (2005) Bunty Aur Babli (2005) Vanity Fair (2004) Phir Milenge (2004) Lakshya (2004) Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na (2004) Rudraksh (2004) Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) Kuch Naa Kaho (2003) Nayee Padosan (2003) Armaan (2003) Ek Aur Ek Gyarah (2003) Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai? (2002) Dil Chahta Hai (2001) Aalavandhan (2001) (Tamil) Mission Kashmir (2000) Dillagi (1999) Shool (1999) Rockford (1999) Dus (2005) No entry