Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan strikes me as the rare artist who is both technically dazzling and deeply rooted. As one third of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy he helped define a whole era of Indian film music, and his voice carries a warmth that survives any arrangement. What impresses me most is the breadth: singer, composer, performer, decorated with a National Film Award, a Padma Shri, even an honorary doctorate from Birmingham. That last detail says his influence travels well beyond India. I see a musician who treats his gift as both art and craft, and that balance is exactly why his work endures.

Name (English)

Shankar Mahadevan

Name (Japanese)

シャンカル・マハデーヴァン

Reading

しゃんかる・まはでーゔぁん

Born

March 3, 1967 (age 59)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Goat

Origin

Chembur, Bombay State, India

Occupation

actor / singer / composer / film actor / musician

High school

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School

Awards & achievements

• 2019 Padma Shri in arts
• National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer

• Official sitehttp://shankarmahadevan.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shankar.mahadevan/
• Xhttps://x.com/shankar_live
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar%20Mahadevan
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2049494

Tags

• Bombay State
• actor
• singer
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-18

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.