Shantanu Mukherjee (born 30 September 1972), better known as Shaan, is an Indian playback singer, live performer, composer, actor and television host. He has recorded numerous songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and has established himself as one of the best and highest paid playback singers of Indian Cinema.
Personal life
Shaan with wife Radhika
Shaan was born on 30 September 1972 in Bombay (now Mumbai) in a Bengali family. His grandfather was Jahar Mukherjee, a well known lyricist, his late father Manas Mukherjee, was a music director and his sister Sagarika is a singer as well. He grew up in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Early years in musical career
Shaan began his career singing jingles for advertisements. Along with jingles, began to sing remixes and cover versions.
Shaan and his sister signed up with Magnasound recording company and recorded a few successful albums, including the hit album Naujawan followed by Q-Funk. Later, Shaan launched Love-Ology after this. In 2000, he sang a superhit song “Tanha Dil Tanha Safar” from his album Tanha Dil.
In 2002, he won the MTV Asia Award for Favorite Artist India for best solo album for his album Tanha Dil. One year later, Shaan launched his album Aksar, which was successful and contained songs featuring international stars such as Blue, Melanie C and Samira Said. For both the albums Tanha Dil and Aksar, Shaan sang, composed and wrote the lyrics of all the songs, except the title track “Tanha Dil”, which was composed by Ram Sampath.
He released Tomar Aakash in 2004, a Bengali album, along with his sister and featuring his father’s unreleased songs. In 2006, he released a song with MLTR, “Take me to your heart”. The song appears on his album Tishnagi, which is produced by Ranjit Barot and engineered by Ashish Manchanda.
Career in playback singing
Shaan made his playback singing debut in 1999 in the movie Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi where he sung two songs in the film. The song “Musu Musu Hasi” instantly struck a chord among the viewers and was very relatable to the youth.
He has recently recorded a playback for an upcoming Bengali feature film Network which is composed by Dabbu.
In 2023, Shaan recorded a romantic song composed by Pritam for Shah Rukh Khan in Dunki.
Working as host and judge
Shaan hosted the television show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee TV between the years 2000–2006.
Shaan has been a judge on many talent shows. Shaan is a team captain, judge and mentor on STAR Plus’s Music Ka Maha Muqqabla for the team Shaan’s Strikers.[16] Shaan appeared as a judge in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs 2014–2015 and The Voice India Kids 2016. In 2015 and 2016, Shaan was the winning coach in each of the first two seasons of The Voice. He appeared as a judge in Bengali reality show ‘Super Singer Season 2’ (2020) and ‘Super Singer Season 4’ (2023).
Awards
Year Category Song Result
MTV Asia Music Awards
2002 Best Solo Album “Tanha Dil”
Zee Cine Award
2004 Best Playback Singer – Male “Suno Na” from Jhankaar Beats
2007 Best Playback Singer – Male “Chand Sifarish” from Fanaa
2008 Best Playback Singer – Male “Jab Se Tere Naina” from Saawariya
Bollywood Movie Awards
2007 Best Male Playback “Chand Sifarish” from Fanaa
Star Screen Awards
2007 Best Male Playback “Chand Sifarish” from Fanaa
Filmfare
2002 Best Playback Singer – Male “Koi Kahein Kehta Raahein” from Dil Chahta Hai Nominated
2003 Best Male Playback Award “Nikamma” from Kya Dil Ne Kahan Nominated
2006 Best Male Playback Award “Dus Bahane” from Dus Nominated
2007 Best Male Playback Award “Chand Sifarish” from Fanaa
2008 Best Male Playback Award “Jab Se Tere Naina” from Saawariya
Filmfare – South
2014 Kannada cinema: Best Playback Singer – Male “Kannalle Kannittu” from Shravani Subramanya Nominated
IIFA
2007 Best Male Playback Award “Chand Sifarish” from Fanaa
2008 Best Male Playback Award “Jab Se Tere Naina” from Saawariya
2010 Best Male Playback Award “Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh” from 3 Idiots
GIMA
2010 Best Male Playback Singer Award “Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh” from 3 Idiots
Annual Central European Bollywood Awards
2008 Best Song Award “Dastaan-E-Om Shanti Om” from Om Shanti Om
Indian Television Academy Awards
2018 Best Title Music Song Award “Tu Kahe Toh” from Haasil
Producers Guild Film Awards
2006 Best Male Playback Singer Award “Main Aisa Kyon Hoon” from Lakshya Nominated
2008 Best Male Playback Singer Award “Jab Se Tere Naina” from Saawariya
2015 Best Male Playback Singer Award “Chaar Kadam” from PK Nominated
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