Shankar Mahadevan
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Shankar Mahadevan at Idea Rocks India concert in Bangalore on 6 April 2013
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| Background information | |
| Born |
3 March 1967 Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Genres | Indian music, playback singing |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer |
| Instruments | Singing |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Associated acts | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy |
| Website | www |
Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is a composer and playback singer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy composing trio team for many Indian films. He is a four-time winner of the National Award: three times for Best Male Playback Singer and once for Best Music Director. Mahadevan founded the Shankar Mahadevan Academy, which provides online music lessons in Indian music for students worldwide. In 2015, he made his debut as an actor in the Marathi film Katyar Kaljat Ghusli, a film adaptation of a 1960 stage classic by the same name.
Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tamil Iyer family from Palakkad, Kerala. He learned Hindustani classical and Carnatic music in childhood, and began playing the veena at age five. Mahadevan studied music under Shrinivas Khale, a Marathi composer, and attended Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School (OLPS) in Chembur. He subsequently attended SIES College in Sion, completing his HSC. 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. His wife Sangeeta is Maharashtrian and oldest son Siddharth Mahadevan, also a singer, made his debut on the 2013 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag song "Zinda". His youngest son, Shivam Mahadevan, also a singer made his debut in 2013 Dhoom 3 song Bande Hain Hum Uske and Man Mandira in Katyar Kaljat Ghusli. Mahadevan is fluent in Malayalam ,Tamil, Marathi, Hindi,Telugu and English.
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