SHANKAR MAHADEVAN ACADEMY DUBAI MOVIE

He plays the keyboard, he programs and composes a lot. Shivam was learning from Saili Kalyanpur. It so happens that, naturally, they are doing music 10 hours a day – it just happened that way. So I never, ever insisted on them becoming musicians.

I think you have to let the children be what they want to be because, if you insist, they will rebel. They are also part of my musical journey.ĭid you insist they get classical training if they wanted to pursue this career? So, music has been a growing process in our family. He has sung in Dhoom 3 and a Marathi film. Shivam started singing when he was very young, about 6 years old, on a Krishna show. These are things that don’t normally happen to people – I am one of those lucky ones. I consider myself one of the blessed parents who can go on stage and sing songs sung by my son. Sidharth has got his own identity now – his songs have become popular, and he has his own shows. Shivam will be representing Bal Krishna with the song Maine Makhan Khaayo, a beautiful song composed by Hridaynath Mangeshkar in Marathi.ĭo you remember the feeling of performing with your sons for the first time? There is also a rock song that Siddharth has fully composed.

Siddharth will be representing the broader aspect of Krishna, so there will be a jazz piece that I have composed with renowned guitarist Sanjay Divecha. It is going to be a two-hour show with a lot of extempore versions and pieces that can range from three minutes to 15 minutes. On stage you will hear South Indian classical, thumri, bhajans, abhangs, Sufi, Rajasthani and Gujarati folk, as well as jazz and rock. So the show is going to bring it all together, using Krishna as an iconic figure from India. Even musically, these different cultures depict various aspects of Krishna. In fact, Krishna is an internationally recognised figure. All over India, in different cultures, he is present as Balagopala, Govinda, Lord Balaji or Guruvayurappan. What fascinates me about Hindu culture is that Krishna is a god present everywhere, even in all the diversity we find in India. What can fans expect from the Songs of Krishna show? Their proud father, who put his heart attack down to his “erratic work schedule”, and is part of India’s National Award-winning composer trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, shares his thoughts on bringing several musical cultures to one stage and setting up his academy in Dubai. Fifteen-year-old Shivam, meanwhile, had his big break in Yash Raj’s Dhoom 3 (2013) with Bande Hain Hum Uske. Mahadevan’s oldest son Siddharth, 23, has made it to the top of a new crop of Bollywood singers with hits such as Zinda, from the Indian biographical sports drama Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, and Pehli Baar, from comedy drama Dil Dhadakne Do. Tomorrow, the 49-year-old classically trained playback singer will take to the stage in Dubai alongside his boys at Songs of Krishna, a show at the Sheikh Rashid Auditorium featuring a fusion of Indian beats and international sounds.

SHANKAR MAHADEVAN ACADEMY DUBAI MOVIE

Since then he has been working on big movie projects, expanding his global music-academy project, and touring with his sons, Siddharth and Shivam. A heart attack in December last year hasn’t slowed Bollywood singer and composer Shankar Mahadevan.

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