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Shankar Mahadevan: A melodious journey from pop singer to sweet-melodious music director


- 'Both my sons are more disciplined than me in terms of musical discipline. He makes sure that Sajinda plays according to the notations given to him.'

'Like the super hit breathless song sung 24 years ago

I have no intention of singing any other song.'

If you meet someone, I would be happy.

Jaise meri sari duniame songs ki rit aur rango ki barkha hai,

Khushbu ki andhi hai, mahki hui si sari fizayen hai

When someone comes, look away

Dil mein samaya tha, kaise mein bataun tumhai kaise use paya tha.....

In 1998, a young singer named Shankar Mahadevan literally drove the youth of India crazy by singing this unique type of breathless pop song. Rumor has it that Shankar Mahadev sang this song in one breath. Film magazines also pressed the same issue. As a result, even young men and women who are fond of singing or have little training were trying to sing this song in one breath. Also, the college students also gathered in their groups in the canteen and sang koi jo mila to muje aisa lagta tha in the avatar of Shankar Mahadevan...

Over time, Shankar Mahadev himself clarified in an interview and said in clear words, that no brother, I did not sing my -- Koi Jo Mila song in one breath. However, the peculiarity of this song is that I sang it without stopping, in one flow, at a slightly faster pace, without any music between the two verses. Also, when this song is actually 2:48 minutes long, how can any singer or singer sing it well in one breath?

That's true. This song is written by famous Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar. The hero of the song is colourful, rich in form, captivating, beautiful, vast, stunning, overflowing with beauty, intoxicating fragrance, green and truly reminiscent of a mother's loving lap. doing.

The young Shankar Mahadevan, who sang this song in 1998, has today become the melody singer and music director (Shankar-Ahsaan-Loy trio) of the Indian film world, including the Hindi film world. Hindustani classical music plays a large part in the Jalsa. Judges of music competitions organized by TV channels.

It means that Shankar Mahadev, who became a maestro by practicing the seven tunes of music, taught the same tune to his two sons Siddhartha and Shiva too. Still on January 8, 2023, Shankar Mahadev along with his two sons Siddharth and Shivam had a musical juggling act in Mumbai.

Born in Mumbai's Tamil Iyer family, Shankar Mahadevan says, "See, the occasion when a father, a musician or a drama actor, performs on the same stage with his children is truly memorable and emotionally charged." January 8, 2023 has truly become a golden day for me and my family. Also, when the son sings music with his father, sings the rhythm of the tabla ball or competes in acting, the son's confidence is boosted. He gains confidence in his music skills and gets motivated to practice more. Today, both my sons Siddharth and Shivam have become music directors in addition to being melodious singers.

When we did a music program together, we did a lot of preparation (rehearsal) before that. Surprisingly, both my sons are more disciplined than me when it comes to musical discipline. For example, when we were rehearsing, the players of tabla, dholak, sitar, flute, piano key board, trumpet etc. (also called sajinda) would pay close attention to whether they were playing according to the notations given to them. He used to find even the slightest mistake of Sajinda and insisted on complete precision. Sometimes even I was given necessary instruction with full respect. To tell the truth, I have learned this deep understanding, understanding and discipline of music from both my sons.

Shankar Mahadevan, a highly technical graduate of Computer Science and Software Engineering from Navi Mumbai's Ramrao Addik College, says, No bro, no, I am not at all happy to sing my 1998 hit breathless pop song -- Koi Jo Mila To Muze Aisa Lagta Tha -- now. There are no plans to re-sing this song that was sung 24 years ago or to make another such breathless song. To be honest, even if I sing another Breathless song, it will end up being called the second Breathless, not the first, but I want to let my 1998 song be the first Breathless song of my career.

Shankar Mahadevan, who made his debut in Bollywood with the film Das in 1997, has today made a trio of Shankar-Ahsaan-Loy with his friends Ahsaan Noorani and Loy Mendoza. That is, today Shankar-Ahsaan-Loy is a music director in Bollywood and other Indian languages. The trio has also composed music for films. The trio has composed melodious and popular songs in ten fun films so far, including Dil Chahta Hai, Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai, Armaan, Mission Kashmir, Nai Padosan, Bunty Aur Babli, Hey Baby etc.

Shankar Mahadevan bursts out and says, All three of us have been composing film music together for almost three decades. With so many years of experience and loving brotherhood, now we have become super aware of each other and each other's choices. In the beginning I was responsible for the vocals, Ahsaan the guitarist and Loy the programming. Today, after many years, everything works. We have erased that dividing line.

Shankar Mahadevan, who won three National Awards for the song from the Tamil film Kandukondine Kandukondine in 2002, the second for the song Ma from the film Tare Zameen Par in 2007 and the third for the song Bolo Na from the film Chittagong in 2012, Shankar Mahadevan is one of today's new age Bollywood films. Talking about song-music and remixes, many films today feature old songs either in their original form or remixed with new-age influences i.e. with a few changes. Who knows why this proportion has increased. Sometimes it's still okay, but today almost every Hindi film has a sad song from a 60s-70s film. This means that the producers and directors do not trust their music director's musical talent or the music director himself is not creative. They believe that by performing such whimsical stunts of remixes, the audience will be attracted and rush to the theaters. No, totally wrong.

In the new year of 2023, the trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy wants to do a lot of new and creative work.

We are preparing music for two new films, Sam Bahadur and Rajshree Production's new film. Simultaneously I am also planning a new and unique project for my own Shankar Mahadevan Academy.

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