Sunday, June 22, 2008

Shaan ( Shantanu Mukherjee)



Birth name Shantanu Mukherjee
Born September 30, 1972 (1972-09-30) (age 35)
Khandwa
Genre(s) Indipop
Occupation(s) Singer
Instrument(s) Vocalist
Years active 1995–present
Label(s) Various


Personal life

Shaan was born into a Bengali family on 30th September 1972 . He is the son of the late music director Manas Mukherjee and brother of singer Sagarika.[1] He is married to Radhika and has two sons, Soham and Shubh. He is the grandson of Jahar Mukherjee.

Career

As a child, Shaan began his career by singing ad jingles. After giving it up for a brief period, he soon returned to it, and also began to sing remixes and cover versions. In the 1989 movie Parinda, when he was only 15 years of age, Shaan sang a singular line in the song, Kitni Hai Pyari Pyari Dosti Hamari'.

His career began in 1995 with his first release, the remix album called Q-funk. In 2000 he won the MTV Asia Music Award for 'best solo alubum' for his album Tanha Dil. Three years later Shaan launched his album Aksar which was again hugely successful. The album contained songs featuring international stars such as Blue, Mel C and Samira Said. For both the albums Tanha Dil and Aksar, Shaan displayed his great talents by singing, composing and writing the lyrics of his songs. He plans to release an album remaking his father's compositions with his sister. (More>)


Shaan playlist

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