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Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan

Sound • 1967-03-03 • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy composing trio team for Indian films. Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tamil 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 Pandit Shrinivas Khale. 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.

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My Name Is Khan8.0

My Name Is Khan

2010

Like Stars on Earth8.0

Like Stars on Earth

2007

PK7.7

PK

2014

Bandish Bandits7.5

Bandish Bandits

2020

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India7.3

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

2001

Kal Ho Naa Ho7.5

Kal Ho Naa Ho

2003

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