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The Musical Maverick: The Authorized Biography of Shankar Mahadevan
Publisher:
Rupa Publications India
| Author:
Ashis Ghatak
| Language:
English
| Format:
Hardback
Publisher:
Rupa Publications India
Author:
Ashis Ghatak
Language:
English
Format:
Hardback
₹695 ₹487
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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.
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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.
About Author
Ashis Ranjan Ghatak, by profession a mentor teaching English in a government-aided school in
Kolkata, is a film and music enthusiast, a photographer and an avid traveller. He has to his credit
many academic books and travelogues in various travel magazines. He has co-authored a wellresearched
book on the life and works of R.D. Burman, Portraits of Pancham (Euphony). His last
book, Louiz Banks: A Symphony of Love, received rave reviews.
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