About Shankar Mahadevan: Shankar Mahadevan is a music composer and singer. He is one among composing trio team Shankar- Ehsan- Loy. He received National awards 4 times in which 3 are for best play back singing and one is for best music composition. Mahadevan founded the Shankar Mahadevan Academy, which provides online music lessons in Indian music for students worldwide. If you want more info please check Singer Shankar Mahadevan Biography from below tabular form.
Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai, and Maharashtra on 3rd March 1967. He learnt Hindustani classical and Carnatic music in his childhood, he started playing veena from the age of 5. Mahadevan graduated in 1988 with a degree in computer science and software engineering from the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai, affiliated to Mumbai University, and was a software engineer for Leading Edge. Mahadevan was fluent in Hindi, Tamil, Marati, Telugu and English.
Career:
After working for Leading Edge Systems (now Trigyn Technologies Limited), Mahadevan took a dare step into music.
Mahadevan was noted for the release of his first album (Breathless) in 1998. The album’s title track was engineered to seem to be sung in one breath, hence its title.
He later ventured into music direction and became part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio, composing for Hindi films.
He has worked with several top composers including Rahman, Ilayaraja, Yuvan Shankar Raja (for whom he has sung the maximum number of songs in Tamil), Harris Jayaraj, Vidyasagar, Mani Sharma, Devi Sri Prasad, G. V. Prakash Kumar, Vijay Antony, S.S. Thaman, Anirudh Ravichander and others.
Mahadevan is a team captain; judge and mentor on the Star Plus musical show Music Ka Maha Muqqabla for the Shankar’s Rock stars team, which won Music Ka Maha Muqqabala 2010.
In March 2011 Mahadevan founded the Shankar Mahadevan Academy along with Sridhar Ranganathan, his classmate and friend from his college days. The academy offers tutorials and virtual with live teachers for vocal courses in Carnatic and Hindustani classical music, religious chanting, Indian folk music, Indie music and Bollywood songs
He was invited by UNESCO and the US State Department to perform at the UN General Assembly hall for the finale of the International Jazz Festival on 30 April 2012. Mahadevan is a mentor on the Zee TV musical reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012.
Personal Life:
Sankar Mahadevan Married Sangeetha, a Maharashtrian. The couple had 2 sons. Elder one is Siddarth Mahadevan was also a singer, he made his debut in 2013 with a song in movie “Zinda”. Their youngest son Shivam Mahadevan was also a singer; he made his debut in 2013 with a song in Dhoom-3
Shankar Mahadevan Biography:
Below tabular form indicates Singer Shankar Mahadevan Biography/Biodata and his famous songs list
Name
Shankar Mahadevan
Birth Name
Shankar Mahadevan
Date of Birth
3rd march 1967
Place of birth
Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Marital Status
Married
Wife
Sangeeta
Native Place
Mumbai
Age
49
Height
5.6
Weight
80
Zodiac sign
Libra
Education
Graduate in Ramrao Adik Institue of technology
Religion
Hindu
Nationality
Indian
Family Details
Father,mother, sister, wife, children
Mother Name
NA
Father
NA
Residence
Mumbai
Caste
————-
Languages Known
Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marati, English
Contact Address
N/A
Official Email ID
N/A
Contact Number
N/A
Profession
Playback singer, Composer
Genres
Indian music, playback singing.
Awards
He won many awards as best play back singer such as National award, Nandi award, Guild Award etc
Famous Songs
Shree ganeshaya deemahi from Viruddh
I love my India from Pardesi 1997
Desi girl from Dostana 2008
Life is crazy from wake up sid in 2009
Taare zameen par from Taare Zameen Par 2003
Tera kayalom se from Breathless 1998
Breathless from Breathless
Telugu Songs List of Sankar Mahadevan:
Aagadu title song
Aata aata from Aata
Aanandama aaratama from konchem ishtam konchem kashtam
Abha abha andam debba from Narasimha naidu
Baga baga mande ah suryudu from munna
Bham bham bole from Indra
Choopultho guchi guchi from Idiot
Kodithe kottalira six kotali from Tagore
Pranaamam pranamam from Janatha Garrage
Few more songs:
Dum dum nataraju adali, dhim dhinakatri nakthiktom, Dhinaku din diya, Good morning Hyderabad, Gundello gulabila mullu, Laila oh Laila from Nayak, nadgaka chuste vayaram, nai chhodunga and many more hits.
Singer Shankar Mahadevan Awards List:
National Film Award in 2001, 2009, 2013
GIIMA in 2016
IIFA for best ground score in 2004, 2011 and for best music director in 2004, 2006, 2015
