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SHANKAR MAHADEVAN
Shankar Mahadevan was born and raised in Chembur, a suburb of Mumbai but
he was born to a Tamil Iyer family from Palakkad, Kerala, thus his family rooted in
the malyalam soil. He learned Hindustani classical music and Carnatic music in his
childhood and started playing the veena at the age of five. He studied music
under the guidance of Pandit Srinivas Khale, a well known Marathi music
composer. He went to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School in Chembur. He
subsequently attended SIES College in Sion and completed his HSC. He graduated
in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from
Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai under the auspices of
Mumbai University. He worked as a software engineer for Oracle.
Though a software engineer by profession and having worked with Oracle
Corporation, Shankar's interest in music made him venture into the field of music.
His debut as a vocalist in film industry was in 1997 singing a song for A.R Rahman
in movie ‘Minssara Kanavu’ sad version of the song “Vennilave”. Earlier he had
sugn few performing songs like "Urvashi Take It Easy" from Humse Hai Muqabla in
1995. He got his first award as a playback singer in Tamil film music, 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. He later got into music direction and became a part of the
Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio, composing music for Bollywood films.
A prominent star in the Kodambakkam film industry, he later gained more
recognition by releasing his first music album called Breathless. He later got into
music direction and became a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio, composing
music for Bollywood films.
Most of the songs sung by him in Hindi are composed by him (as part of ShankarEhsaan-Loy). He has sung numerous songs in Tamil for a multitude of composers,
ranging from veterans to newcomers. He has also sung in Telugu, Malayalam,
Kannada, Marathi and other regional languages. In Marathi he has sung for noted
composers like Shridhar Phadke and Ajay-Atul.
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
(musician)|John McLaughlin, U. Srinivas and Selvaganesh Vinayakram.
He is also a mentor on Zee TV's musical reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge
2009. He was music director for the famous School chale hum song that used to
come on Doordarshan (DD). He was singer as well for that song.