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From singing jingles to becoming one of the leading singers of the country: Check out a few lesser-known facts about Shaan
The popular playback singer turns fifty today!
Shaan completes half-century!
Shaan is a popular Indian singing sensation who took everybody’s breath away with the chartbuster song Tanha Dil in 2000. After that, there has been no looking back for him. The singer made his debut in Bollywood with the film Parinda at the age of seventeen. From bagging many awards for his talent to becoming a judge for singing reality shows and preparing many young talents of the country, Shaan surely has come a long way. On the occasion of his 50th birthday, check out some of the lesser-known facts about him.
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Shaans early life
Shaan is originally named Shantanu Mukherjee. He was born on 30 September 1972 in Bombay in a Bengali family that was already established in the music industry. His grandfather Jahar Mukherjee was a well-known lyricist and his father Manas Mukherjee was a music director. He has a sister named Sagarika, who is a singer as well.
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Early career
Shaan began his career singing jingles for advertisements. Though he gave it up for a brief period, he returned with jingles and also sang remixes and cover versions. Shaan’s big breakthrough in his career came along with his sister, Sagarika, when they were signed on by the Megasound recording company. The brother-sister duo recorded a few successful covers, including Naujawan and Q-funk.
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First taste of success
Shaan, along with his sister, entered the limelight by recording some of R.D. Burman’s remix songs, and eventually launched Love-Ology. His 2000 song Tanha Dil Tanha Safar became a superhit and was on the hit charts within a few weeks of its release. He even won the MTV Asia Awards for Favorite Artist India for the Best Solo Album for Tanha Dil in 2002.
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Playback singer
He made his debut as a playback singer when he sang a single line song "Kitni Hai Pyari Pyari" along with his sister in the film Parinda when he was only seventeen.
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Entry into television
Shaan hosted the television show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee TV between the years 2000–2006. He made his entry into television again in 2015 as one of the judges on the singing reality show, The Voice.
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International collaborations
Shaan made his international debut by collaborating with the English boy band Blue for a rendition of their iconic track 'One Love'. He also sang the theme song Shuruaat for the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He later collaborated with Michael Learns To Rock, a Danish rock band for their album Tishnagi.