Shankar Mahadevan is a popular Indian playback singer and composer. He is part of the famous Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy music trio. He is best known for rendition of the song ‘Breathless’.
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Shankar Mahadevan was born on Friday, 3 March 1967 (age 52 years; as in 2019) in the Chembur suburb of Mumbai. He did his schooling from Our Lady of Perpetual Succor High School and Swami Vivekananda High School, Chembur. He received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Ramrao Adhik Institute of Technology, Navi Mumbai in 1988. By the age of 5, Shankar had already become a skilled harmonium player and had also started playing the veena. He learned Hindustani classical music from Pandit Srinivas Khale.
Shankar Mahadevan’s Guru Pandit Srinivas Khale
He has also been trained by TR Balamani in Carnatic classical music.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Black
Family, Caste and Wife
Shankar Mahadevan belongs to a Tamil Iyer family, hailing from Palakkad city of Kerala.
Shankar Mahadevan with his mother
Shankar Mahadevan has a sister named Deepika Shringarpure.
Shankar Mahadevan with his sister
Shankar is married to Sangeeta Shankar Mahadevan.
Shankar Mahadevan and his wife
The couple has two sons named Shivam Shankar Mahadevan (born 2001), who is a singer, and Siddharth Mahadevan (born 16 April 1993), a singer and composer.
Shankar Mahadevan with his sons
livelihood
as a singer
Before venturing into the music industry, Shankar worked as a software programmer for Oracle Corporation. Shankar started his music career by singing jingles for advertisements. Shankar Mahadevan made his singing debut in the 1994 film “Humse Hai Muqabla (Hindi version of the Tamil film – Kadhaalan)”, in which he sang two songs, “Petta Rap” and “Urvasi Urvasi”.
She made her Bollywood debut with the song “Tum Nahi Jaana” from the film “Duplicate” (1998). He has sung many hit songs, like “Chhamma Chamma,” “Bhumbro Bhumbro,” “Ghannan Ghanan,” “Maahi Ve,” “Kajra Re,” “Mitva,” “Sau Aasun,” and many more. In 1998, he released his first album “Breathless”, which brought Shankar to fame. The songs of the album were composed by Javed Akhtar.
She made her Tamil debut with the song “Netru No No” from the film “VIP (1997)”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwG1u4EeK8I
She made her Telugu debut in 1998 with the song “Sivamethara Sambayya” from the film “Anthapuram”. Shankar made his Kannada debut with the song “Denna Dennana” from the film “Janumadatha (1999)”.
She made her Malayalam debut with the song “Pakkala Padan Vaa” from the film “Dreamz (2000)”.
Shankar made his Marathi debut with the song “Man Udhaan Varayache” from the film “Aaga Bai Arrecha”. (2004).”
Apart from these, he has also sung songs in Tulu language; The first of these is “Jai Tulunadu” from the film “Rickshaw Driver (2014)”.
as a musician
He is working as a composer as part of the music trio ‘Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’; The first is for the film “Rockford (1999)”.
He has given music in films like ‘Mission Kashmir (2000),’ ‘Dil Chahta Ha (2001),’ ‘Kal Ho Na Ho (2003),’ ‘Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (2006),’ ‘Taare Zameen Par’. 2007), “My Name Is Khan (2010),” and “2 States (2014).”
Other work
Apart from singing, he has also done acting. He made his acting debut in 1995 with Doordarshan’s TV serial “Ek Se Badh Kar Ek”. Shankar made his film debut as an actor in the Marathi film “Katyar Kaljaat Ghusli”, in which Shankar played the role of “Pandit Bhanu Shankar Shastri”. ,
Shankar Mahadevan has also worked with Rajesh Dhabre, Shreya Ghoshal, Sukhwinder Singh, Hariharan, Dr Bhavana Dhabre and Shankar’s album “Saranang”. Shankar sang two songs in the album; One is “Bhoomiputra” and the other is “Sangini”.
Controversy
Shankar Mahadevan was judging the singing reality show ‘Rising Star: Season 3 (2019)’ along with Neeti Mohan and Diljit Dosanjh. During the show, two contestants made sexist comments on Neeti Mohan, after which she pretended to walk out of the show, calling the comments rude. When the contestants became worried, the judges declared the act a ‘prank’. However, this joke did not go down well with gender activist Kirti Ajay Kumar and she criticized the judges for it.
Kirti Ajay Kumar’s tweet on the judges of Rising Star
award
- Padma Shri in 2019
Shankar Mahadevan receiving Padma Shri
- Lata Mangeshkar Award on 28 September 2011
- Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer for the song “Kalyana Kacheri” from the film “Madampi” in 2008
- Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer-Telugu for the song “Chandrullo Unde” from the film “Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana” in 2005.
Nandi Awards (presented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh)
- Best Male Playback Singer for the song “Okkade Devudu” from the film “Shirdi Sai” in 2012
- Best Male Playback Singer from the film “Venkatadri” in 2008
national award
- Best Male Playback Singer for the song “Yenna Solla Pogirai” from the film “Kandukonden Kandukonden” in 2000
Shankar Mahadevan receiving the National Award
- Best Music Direction for the film “Kal Ho Na Ho” (as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)
- Best Male Playback Singer for the song “Maa” from the film “Taare Zameen Par” in 2007
- Best Male Playback Singer for the song “Bolo Na” from the film “Chittagong” in 2012
Favourite Things
- Cuisine: Chicken with jasmine rice, spicy green Thai curry, South Indian food, chocolatey sweets
- Restaurants: Royal China in Mumbai, Chenab in Mumbai, Hotel Supreme Heritage in Mumbai
- Band: Pink Floyd, U2, Yes
- Travel Destination: Dubai, Orlando, Mauritius, San Francisco, California, Miami
fact
- Shankar loves cooking and drawing caricatures.
- Shankar founded Shankar Mahadevan Academy with Sridhar Ranganathan on 3 March 2011. The academy provides training in Indian music through online courses and is affiliated with the Berklee College of Music.
- Mahadevan came into limelight after the release of his debut album “Breathless”. The unique feature of the album was one of its tracks, ‘Breathless’, which was composed to be sung in one breath. Hence, the album was titled after this.
- His 2 minutes 48 seconds long song ‘Breathless’ was not sung in one breath. Shankar told in an interview-
This must be the 3,000,000th time I’m answering this question. But, no, it wasn’t in one breath. It was a song that looked like it was sung in one breath and it just starts and goes on and on.”
Reportedly, the song topped the music charts for almost 10 weeks, selling over 3,00,000 copies.
- Shankar Mahadevan is part of the musical quintet ‘Remember Shakti’. Other members of the band are John McLaughlin (English guitarist), Zakir Hussain (tabla), U. Srinivas (mandolin), and V. Selvagnesh (kanjira, ghatam, mridangam).
Shankar Mahadevan with his band Shakti
- Shankar was a fan of ‘Shakti’ band since childhood. He used to buy their cassettes and decode all the intricate rhythm patterns and phrases of their music. Years later when John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain formed another band with the same concept called ‘Remember Shakti’, Shankar Mahadevan became a part of it. Talking about this he said-
I never thought in my life that I was going to be a part of this.
Shankar Mahadevan with John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain
- On 30 April 2012, Shankar was invited by UNESCO and the US State Department to perform at the United Nations General Assembly Hall for the closing ceremony of the International Jazz Festival.
- When Shankar was learning music from TR Balamani, she considered Shankar to be a very mischievous and useless person. On talking about the reason for this, Shankar said-
I used to bunk classes, sometimes I did not practice because of cricket. But beneath that tough demeanor there was a lot of love and I knew it.”
Shankar Mahadevan with his guru TR Balamani
- Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa form the popular music trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. During the early days of Shankar’s singing career, Ehsaan and Loy were already established composers in the advertising field. Shankar, along with the then duo of Ehsaan and Loy, often collaborated together for advertisements. Ehsaan and Loy often sought suggestions from Shankar while composing. In 1997, all three were named Mukul S. They got a chance to work together for a song in Anand’s film “Dus”, which was never released due to Mukul Anand’s death, but the music of the film was released later. The song was ‘Sabse Aage Honge Hindustani’, which was released in 1999 and became an instant hit. Since then, the three have been working together.
- The trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy is often called the ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ of the Hindi music film industry.
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
- Shankar and Sangeeta know each other since childhood. They met for the first time when they were 14 years old. Both of them were neighbors and played badminton together.
Shankar Mahadevan with his wife Sangeeta
- Music was a part of Shankar’s life from the very beginning, as he did not leave it even when he was an engineer. He often had jamming sessions with his friends and played with a local band called ‘Divya’.
- Shankar had left his job five-six months before his marriage with Sangeeta.
- Apart from being a singer, he is also an excellent cook. He can cook Thai and South Indian dishes, and can also make great salads and soups. According to his wife, if Shankar had not been a singer, he would have easily become a good chef.
- Shankar and Hariharan are neighbours; Because their farmhouse in Karjat (a small town near Mumbai) is divided by a wall.
Shankar Mahadevan with Hariharan
- Shankar is a part of a popular Indo-Swedish fusion jazz band called Mayanta.
Shankar Mahadevan performing with his band Minta
- Shankar is also a part of an Indo-jazz fusion band called ‘Silk’. The band takes its name from its band members, namely world renowned percussionists Shivamani, Sridhar Parthasarathy, Louis Banks (keyboards), bassist Carl Peters, including Shankar Mahadevan.
Shankar Mahadevan with members of Silk
- His political inclination is towards Bharatiya Janata Party.
- He has judged the reality shows Rising Star Live and Indian Voice.
Shankar Mahadevan in Rising Star
- He is a dog lover and has two dogs named Honey and Kiwi.
Shankar Mahadevan with his pets Honey and Kiwi
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