He later got into music direction and became a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio, composing music for Hindi films. On the title track of the album, his vocals are edited together so that it looks like he is singing the whole song in a single breath. A prominent star in the Kodambakkam film industry, he gained further recognition upon the release of his first music album, Breathless, in 1998. Rahman and winning a National Film Award for his song in Kandukondain Kandukondain. He earned his first award as a playback singer in a Tamil movie, collaborating with A. After working for a while for Leading Edge Systems, Shankar ventured into the field of music.

He worked as a software engineer on Oracle Version Six. He graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science Engineering from Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai under the auspices of Mumbai University. He subsequently attended SIES College in Sion and completed his HSC. He went to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School in Chembur. He studied under Srinivas Khale, a well known Marathi music composer. He learned Hindustani classical music and Carnatic music in his childhood and started playing the veena at the age of five. Shankar Mahadevan was born and brought up in Chembur, a suburb of Mumbai, to an Iyer family from Kerala. An accomplished musician in Indian cinema, he is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that provides music to Indian films.

Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian and a multiple National Film Award-winning music composer and singer.

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