D O B September 6,1965
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Kerala
Known For Singer, Music Director, Song Writer
Married Yes

Biography Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian and a multiple National Film Award-winning music composer and singer An accomplished musician in Bollywood and Tamil Cinema he is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that provides music to Bollywood films He has been certified as one of the best singers by music composer A R Rahman singer Sonu Nigam and several others for his ability to sing at very high as well as low pitches Shankar Mahadevan was born in the village of Tarakad Gramam Palakkad District Kerala and brought up in Chembur a suburb of Mumbai to a Tamil Iyer family He learned Indian classical music and Carnatic music in his childhood and started playing the veena at the age of five He went to OLPS High School in Chembur He went to SIES College sion and completed his HSC He graduated in with a degree in Computer Science Engineering from R A I T D Y Patil Navi Mumbai under the auspices of Mumbai University After working for a while for Oracle Corporation Shankar ventured into the field of music He earned his first award as a playback singer in a Tamil movie collaborating with A R Rahman More 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 in in which he sings through the whole song in a single breath He later got into music direction and became a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio composing music for Hindi films He has sung in many movies for A R Rahman Anu Malik and other music directors performing songs like Urvashi Take It Easy from Hum se Hai Muqabla I Love You from Auzaar Kay Sera Sera from Pukar and many more songs in the nineties He sings songs in Hindi Tamil Malayalam Kannada Telugu and Marathi He enjoyed a successful run with the 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 songs by the band Remember Shakti which features maestros like Zakir Hussain John McLaughlin U Srinivas and Selvaganesh Vinayakram He was music director and singer for the famous School Chale Hum song that used to come on Doordarshan He was a mentor on Zee TV's musical reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge He is a Team Captain judge and mentor on STAR Plus's musical show Music Ka Maha Muqqabla for the team Shankar's Rockstars and his team won Music Ka Maha Muqqabala