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Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. In 2023, he was awarded an honorary doctorate (''honoris causa'' degree) by Birmingham City University. Personal life and early career Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tamil family originally from Palakkad, Kerala. He learned Hindustani classical and Carnatic music as a child, and began playing the veena at the age of five under Shri Lalitha Venkataraman. Mahadevan studied music under Pandit Shrinivas Khale and T.R. Balamani. He is an alumnus of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School, Chembur and graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai, affiliated to Mumbai University, and was a software engineer for the company, Leading Edge. After working for Leading Edge Systems (now Trigyn Technologies Limited), ...
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Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25  crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires out of any city in Asia. The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were earlier home to communities of Marathi language-speaking Koli people. For centuries, the seven islands of Bombay were under the control of successive indigenous rulers before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire, and subsequently to the East India Company in 1661, as part of ...
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Ramrao Adik Institute Of Technology
Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology (RAIT) is a private engineering college located in Nerul, Navi Mumbai, India. It was established in the year 1983. The institute is recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Since 2020–21, the institute under the ambit of D. Y. Patil Deemed to be University, Navi Mumbai. The Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, and Electronics and Telecommunications departments have been accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). Campus RAIT is located in the campus of Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth University, Nerul. The campus houses the Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, the Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, the Colleges of Law, Architecture, Occupational and Physiotherapy, and the Ayurveda College and Hospital. RAIT occupies of the total area. The infrastructure and facilities include libraries, air-conditioned classrooms, medical rooms, pla ...
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Madampi
''Madampi'' () is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film written and directed by B. Unnikrishnan. It stars Mohanlal, Ajmal Ameer, Siddique, Kavya Madhavan, and Mallika Kapoor. The film was released on 4 July 2008. Plot Gopalakrishna Pillai is a rich money-lender in a village called Elavumthitta in Pathanamthitta district. People misunderstand him to be money-minded, without having any emotional bond even towards his mother, Devaki, or his younger brother Ramakrishnan. As the story moves along, we learn more about the hero. He is considered heartless, as he threw out his father, Madhava Menon, when he was a teenager, for his father's wayward lifestyle. His mother hates him for doing that and his brother hates him as he does not let him pursue his dream of being an actor and never gives him any freedom. His main antagonists are Sreedharan and his younger brothers. Jayalakshmi is a bank manager, who is seen as a threat to Gopalakrishnan's money-lending business. I ...
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Kerala State Film Award For Best Singer
The Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer is an honour, established in 1969, and presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India for best female and male playback singer in Malayalam cinema. The first recipients of the award were P. Leela and K. J. Yesudas. K. J. Yesudas has been the winner with 25 wins, followed by K. S. Chithra with 16 and S. Janaki with 11 awards.K. S. Chithra won the award for 11 successive years (1985–1996) that is the most times ever Best Male Playback Singer Most Awards Frequent Winner Best Female Playback Singer Frequent Winner Special Jury Award and Special Jury Mention in This Category Best Classical Music Singer ReferencesOfficial website
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Taare Zameen Par
''Taare Zameen Par'' (), also known as ''Like Stars on Earth'' in English, is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language drama film produced and directed by Aamir Khan. It stars Aamir Khan, with Darsheel Safary, Tanay Chheda, Vipin Sharma and Tisca Chopra. It explores the life and imagination of Ishaan (Safary), an artistically gifted 8-year-old boy whose poor academic performance leads his parents to send him to a boarding school, where a new art teacher Nikumbh (Khan) suspects that he is dyslexic and helps him to overcome his reading disorder. The film focuses on raising awareness about autism and psychiatric disability in children. Creative director and writer Amole Gupte developed the idea with his wife Deepa Bhatia, who was the film's editor. Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy composed the score, and Prasoon Joshi wrote the lyrics for many of the songs. Principal photography took place in Mumbai, and in Panchgani's New Era High School, where some of the school's students participated in t ...
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Swaralaya Yesudas Award
Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award (or usually referred to as Yesudas Award) is an award for music artists in recognition to their outstanding performance. The award is instituted jointly by ''Swaralaya'', an organization that promotes music and Kairali Channel, based at Trivandrum, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since .... Awards have been given annually since 2000. K. J. Yesudas presents the awards at a Gandharva Sandhya on every January. Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas awardees Special Jury awardees Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Legendary awardees Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Legendary award was introduced in 2010 in order to honour the legends in music. See also * Yesudas External linksSwaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award list
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Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
''Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' (; ) is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Prabhu Deva in his directorial debut and produced by M. S. Raju under Sumanth Art Productions. The film stars Srihari, Siddharth, and Trisha. The music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad with cinematography by Venu. The film's title was inspired by the song of the same name from '' Varsham'' (2004), sung by K. S. Chithra. The film won nine Filmfare Awards South (including Best Film) and five Nandi Awards. It The film was remade in nine other languages—the highest for any Indian film. The film also has the distinction of receiving most Filmfare awards by any South Indian film. Plot Siri is a traditional rural girl from Andhra Pradesh who was brought up by her elder brother, Sivaramakrishna. Twenty years prior, their rich father married another woman and kicked out the two kids and their mother, humiliating them as they went. Shortly afterwards, their mother died, leaving ...
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Filmfare Award For Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu
The Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. The award was first given in 1997. Winners Nominations *2005: Shankar Mahadevan – "Chandrullo Unde" – ''Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' ** Karthik – "Pilichina" – ''Athadu'' ** M. M. Keeravani – "Trisha Achata Ichata" – '' Allari Bullodu'' ** Sagar – "Jabilammavo" – ''Bunny'' ** S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – "Ghal Ghal Ghal Ghal" – ''Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' ** Tippu – "Something Something" – ''Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' *2006: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – "Adigo Bhadradri" – ''Sri Ramadasu'' ** Chakri – "Nuvvantene Ishtam" – '' Devadasu'' **Nihal – "Gala Gala" – ''Pokiri'' ** Siddharth – "Apudo Ipudo" – ''Bommarillu'' *2008: Karthik – "Nijangaa Nenenaa" – '' Kotha Bangaru Lokam'' ** N. C. Karunya – "Andamaina Kalala" – ''Baladur'' ** Ranjith – "Entavaraku" – '' Gamyam'' ** S. ...
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Kandukondain Kandukondain
''Kandukondain Kandukondain'' (also released internationally as ''I Have Found It'') is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical film directed and co-written by Rajiv Menon. Based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel ''Sense and Sensibility'', it features an ensemble cast of Mammootty, Ajith Kumar, Tabu, Aishwarya Rai and Abbas. Veterans Manivannan, Srividya and Raghuvaran play supporting roles. The film's soundtrack was scored by A. R. Rahman and the cinematographer was Ravi K. Chandran. After several delays, ''Kandukondain Kandukondain'' opened to Tamil Nadu audiences on 5 May 2000 and was commercially successful. The producers released subtitled versions worldwide. The film also won a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards South, and was featured in international film festivals. It was dubbed and released in Telugu as ''Priyuralu Pilichindi''. Plot Indian Peace Keeping Force personnel Major Bala, while fighting in the jungles of war-torn Sri Lanka, loses his right ...
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National Film Award For Best Male Playback Singer
The National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India since 1968 to a male playback singer for the best renditions of songs from films within the Indian film industry. The award was first granted to Mahendra Kapoor in 1967. The singers whose performances have won awards have worked in nine major languages: Hindi (19 awards), Malayalam (9 awards), Bengali (7 awards), Telugu and Marathi (5 awards each), Tamil and Kannada (4 awards each), and Punjabi (1 award). The singer with the most awards in this category is K. J. Yesudas with eight wins for three languages (Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi), followed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam who won six times for four languages ( Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Tamil). Udit Narayan and Shankar Mahadevan follow next, winning three awards each. The singers Manna Dey, Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, M. G. Sreekumar, Hariharan and Arijit Singh Arijit Singh (; born 25 April 1987) ...
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Padma Shri Shankar Mahadevan
The Padma () is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the eastern and main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for to its confluence with the Meghna River, near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is situated on the banks of the river.Hossain ML, Mahmud J, Islam J, Khokon ZH and Islam S (eds.) (2005) Padma, Tatthyakosh Vol. 1 and 2, Dhaka, Bangladesh, p. 182 . Since 1966, over 66,000 hectares of land have been lost to erosion of the Padma. History Etymology The Padma, Sanskrit for lotus flower, is mentioned in ancient Hindu scripts as a byname for the Goddess Lakshmi. Geographic effects Eighteenth-century geographer James Rennell referred to a former course of the Ganges north of its present channel, as follows: Murshidabad District Murshidabad District is situated on the western bank of the Padma. It flows dividing the Rajshahi and Murshidabad District of West Bengal and created a natural river border between India and Bangladesh. T ...
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Breathless (Shankar Mahadevan Album)
''Breathless'' is the 1998 Indi-pop album by Indian singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan featuring lyricist Javed Akhtar. It was the album that first made Shankar Mahadevan famous. The title track, "Breathless," is a steady stream of a song that goes on without a break, stanzas, verse or apparently even a pause for breath. The length of the part of the song which is 'breathless' is about three minutes(he took breaks while singing and it was edited to make it seem really breathless). Mahadevan made the album in collaboration with Akhtar, a reputed lyricist in the Indian music industry. Renu Desai was a model and appeared in the music video of Shankar Mahadevan's "Breathless". The album won the award for Best Non-film Album at the 1998 Screen Awards. Track listing Reception The music album was a huge success, selling over 300,000 copies and topped all major music charts in India for about 10 straight weeks. Music video The music video of the title song "Breathless" was directed by ...
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