Shankar Mahadevan

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Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian singer and music composer. (BCCL)

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He is a part of the Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy trio team. (BCCL)

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Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chennai in a Tamil family. He grew up in Mumbai and learnt Indian Classical and Carnatic music in his childhood and started playing Veena at the age of five. (BCCL)

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Shankar Mahadevan went to OLPS High School in Chembur and graduated with a degree in Electronics Engineering from Mumbai University in 1988. (BCCL)

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Though a software engineer by profession and having worked with Oracle Corporation, his interest in music made him venture into the field of music. (BCCL)

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Shankar Mahadevan won the 'National Film Award' for his song in the movie 'Kandukondain Kandukondain'. (BCCL)

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He is also the judge for Zee TV's musical reality show 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'. (BCCL)

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Shankar Mahadevan has given songs for many recent hit Bollywood movies like 'Rock On' and 'Taare Zameen Par'. (BCCL)

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Shankar was the music director for the famous school song 'Chale Hum' that used to come on Doordarshan. He also was composer of that song. (BCCL)

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In 2005, Shankar Mahadevan won the 'Filmfare Award' for 'Best Music Direction' for the movie 'Bunty Aur Babli'. (BCCL)