The Musical Maverick: The Authorized Biography of Shankar Mahadevan
by Ashis Ghatak
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Author | Ashis Ghatak |
Language | English |
Publisher | Rupa Publications |
Pages | 392 |
ISBN | 9789357026727 |
Item Weight | 0.515 kg |
Dimensions | NA |
Edition | 1st |
The Musical Maverick: The Authorized Biography of Shankar Mahadevan
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This is the first and only definitive authorized biography of a talent that emerges once a century— Shankar Mahadevan.
Extensively researched and packed with endearing incidents and enduring accounts from the life of
an artist who has been hailed as one of the greatest of all time. This biography captures Shankar at
his most multifaceted: singer, musician, composer, friend, family man, guru and, ultimately, iconic
artist and man beloved by millions.
Drawing on many hundred hours of interviews with Shankar, this authorized biography paints the
complete picture of a man who effortlessly glides into each of his facets with the same amount of
passion and energy. Despite the fame and accolades, Shankar Mahadevan still identifies as a regular
boy from Mumbai’s Chembur. His is a heartwarming tale of down-to-earth humanity, so typical of
Mumbai.
The candour and honesty with which Shankar narrates his journey is extremely rare for a man of
his stardom. In The Musical Maverick, Shankar reveals that he trained to become a veena artiste in
his childhood. While teaching him to play a kriti, his veena guru told him to also sing it in order to execute it well, thereby setting off his interest in singing. This eventually led to the formation of
the legendary composer-trio: Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy. His singing career was no less spectacular, with
songs like ‘Suno Gaur Sey Duniya Walo’, still a must at almost every event of national importance—
sporting, cultural or otherwise.
With a raga of everlasting friendship; sweet notes of an adorable childhood romance; and the
drumroll for the success story of the boy who won the world with his music, this saga will leave
you breathless.
Extensively researched and packed with endearing incidents and enduring accounts from the life of
an artist who has been hailed as one of the greatest of all time. This biography captures Shankar at
his most multifaceted: singer, musician, composer, friend, family man, guru and, ultimately, iconic
artist and man beloved by millions.
Drawing on many hundred hours of interviews with Shankar, this authorized biography paints the
complete picture of a man who effortlessly glides into each of his facets with the same amount of
passion and energy. Despite the fame and accolades, Shankar Mahadevan still identifies as a regular
boy from Mumbai’s Chembur. His is a heartwarming tale of down-to-earth humanity, so typical of
Mumbai.
The candour and honesty with which Shankar narrates his journey is extremely rare for a man of
his stardom. In The Musical Maverick, Shankar reveals that he trained to become a veena artiste in
his childhood. While teaching him to play a kriti, his veena guru told him to also sing it in order to execute it well, thereby setting off his interest in singing. This eventually led to the formation of
the legendary composer-trio: Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy. His singing career was no less spectacular, with
songs like ‘Suno Gaur Sey Duniya Walo’, still a must at almost every event of national importance—
sporting, cultural or otherwise.
With a raga of everlasting friendship; sweet notes of an adorable childhood romance; and the
drumroll for the success story of the boy who won the world with his music, this saga will leave
you breathless.
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