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Breathless in Kerala
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MUSIC Shankar Mahadevan unplugged
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I was lucky that things happened for me by being at the right place, meeting the right people.
SHANKAR: Breathlessly
ShankAr Mahadevan burst upon the music scene with his album, `Breathless.' As a playback singer and as part of a trio of music directors, Shankar scaled musical heights in no time. A Mumbaite, this engineer was working for Oracle Corporation when he decided to take that crucial plunge into the professional music scene.
The Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio has been churning out hits in quick succession. It all happened when the three musicians who were working together creating ad jingles, decided to work together. They started off with films like `Dus' and `Dillagi.' After `Mission Kashmir', `Dil Chahta Hai', `Kal Ho Naa Ho' and `Lakshya' besides many other films, the trio made a definite impact on the Hindi film music scene.
"Three of us come from separate backgrounds and it is fantastic when the influences of each person are brought together on one platform. Then the songs get a different dimension."
On Shankar's assessment, what is the best thing about Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonca? "There are many. Their various musical influences, their confidence in the team and great respect for each other's ideas are just a few of them."
And the process goes through a lot of grind, before the songs take the final shape. "We talk, fight and have lots of fun while composing the songs."
He hopes that their compositions for the forthcoming films like `Bunty aur Babli,' `Dil Jo Bhi Kahe' and the Karan Johar production, `Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna' will be accepted by the audiences.
Shankar sings in all the south Indian languages and Hindi. Among all these, he finds Malayalam, the toughest. "I feel that the key lies in getting the accent right. My Malayalam pronunciation has to improve further. Anyway, I am happy that my recent song for `Rasikan' was a hit."
VIJAY GEORGE
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