Actor

Shankar Mahadevan

Sound

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Acting credits

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TMDB popularity

0.6

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Movies: 196Series: 7Crew credits: 194

TMDB ID: 85581

IMDb ID: nm0536708

Known for: Sound

Born: March 3, 1967

Age: 58

Place of birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1994 - 2026

Years active: 33

Average TMDB rating: 6.5

Wikidata: Q2049494

Also known as

Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy • Shankar Ehsaan Loy • Shankar Mahadevan

Other jobs

Playback Singer (131)Original Music Composer (46)Music (16)Music Director (1)

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Biography

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.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Shankar Mahadevan.