Personal life
Shaan was born into a Bengali Brahmin family on 30 September 1972 in khandwa(madhya pradesh). He is the son of the late music director Manas Mukherjee and brother of singer Sagarika.[1] His father died when Shaan was aged 13. After the demise of his father his mother found work as a singer and took care of the whole family. Shaan has won the respect of his fans and other people alike for his humility and sincere nature. He is married to Radhika and has two sons, Soham and Shubh. He is the grandson of lyricist Jahar Mukherjee.
Early years and music albums
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 17 years of age, Shaan sang a single line in the song, "Kitni Hai Pyari Pyari Dosti Hamari".
Shaan and his sister's career began with Naujawan. They signed up with Magnasound recording company and recorded a few successful albums. The album Naujawan was a hit. Then came the Album Q - Funk, which sold a million copies. He entered the pop scene with sister Sagarika, powered by pop-guru Biddu’s melodies and doing re-mixes.Then came Roop Tera Mastana, a remix album of R.D. Burman's songs, that brought them further into the limelight.
Shaan has been wooing the audiences since he stepped into Indian Music industry. He launched Loveology after this, which was well received by young hearts all over. The track from his second album Tanha Dil, " Bhool Ja ", which is an excellent ballad with superb lyrics written by the man himself, catapulted to the charts within days of its release and was very popular on radio.
Dil Kya Kare is a remix that caught everyone's eye thanks to its electrifying video and soothing melodies. Mana Janab is a fun and frolicky blast from the past that Shaan livens up with a Latino groove. Induced with lots of emotional and groovy tracks, the album popped up the singer’s star rating, market value and of course ambitions.
In 2000 he won the MTV Asia Music Award for best solo album 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 sang, composed and wrote the lyrics of his songs, except the title track "Tanha Dil" which was composed by Ram Sampath.
Recently he released a song with MLTR, "Take me to your heart". The song appears on his album Tishnagi.The song "Shuruat" in his album Tishnagi was made into a music video to promote the film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. .
He has released Tomar Aakash in year 2004, a Bengali album with his sister in which he has brought out his dad's unreleased songs. He also plans to release an album remaking his father's compositions with his sister in Hindi.He recently sang one of his father's compositions on sets of STAR Plus's Music Ka Maha Muqqabla
Awards
His song "Chand Sifarish" from the movie Fanaa and "Jab Se Tere Naina" from Saawariya won the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award and the Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer - Male apart from receiving several other nominations. In 2000 he won the MTV Asia Music Award for best solo album for his album Tanha Dil. Shaan won Best TV Music Director Award for creating the music of the Zee TV show Lipstick. Following are the list of awards and nominations in different categories.
2007 Best Male Playback "Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa Won
Star Screen Awards
2007 Best Male Playback "Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa Won
Filmfare
Year Category Recording Result
Star Parivaar Awards
2009 Favourite Host "Star Voice Of India" Won
MTV Asia Music Awards
2000 Best Solo Album "Tanha Dil" Won
Zee Cine Award
2008 Best Playback Singer - Male "Jab Se Tere Naina" from Saawariya Won
2007 Best Playback Singer - Male "Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa Won
2004 Best Playback Singer - Male "Suno Na" from Jhankaar Beats Won
Bollywood Movie Awards
2007 Best Male Playback "Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa Won
Star Screen Awards
2007 Best Male Playback "Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa Won
Filmfare
2008 Best Male Playback Award "Jab Se Tere Naina" from Saawariya Won
2007 Best Male Playback Award "Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa Won
2005 Best Male Playback Award "Dus Bahane" from Dus Nominated
2002 Best Male Playback Award "Nikamma" from Kya Dil Ne Kahan Nominated
2001 Best Playback Singer - Male "Koi Kahein Kehta Raahein" from Dil Chahta Hai Nominated
IIFA
2010 Best Male Playback Award "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" from 3 Idiots Won
2008 Best Male Playback Award "Jab Se Tere Naina" from Saawariya Won
2007 Best Male Playback Award "Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa Won
