Singer, composer, actor and television personality Shantanu Mukherjee, better known as Shaan, is considered one of the most versatile singers in Indian cinema. After starting his career singing jingles for advertisements, Shaan has become one of the highest-paid and most well-known playback singers in Bollywood.
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Over the past four decades, Shaan has released multiple studio albums, including his 2000 album Tanha Dil, which won the MTV Asia Award for Best Solo Album and launched his career as a singer. Today, Shaan has 6,000,000 monthly listeners on Spotify with 34 albums in his discography, amongst multiple singles and compilation albums.
However, Shaan is perhaps best known for his work as a playback singer. A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose vocals are pre-recorded to be mimed by actors in films. Playback singers are frequently used in South Asian films and sometimes used in Hollywood films and musicals. Throughout his career, Shaan has recorded more than 3,000 songs as a playback singer and has provided the voice for several leading Bollywood actors. Key films Shaan has worked on as a playback singer include Fanaa (2006), Om Shanti Om (2007) and 3 Idiots (2009).
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Shaan has hosted multiple television shows, including Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and STAR Voice of India 2. He was also the winning coach on the first two seasons of the singing-based reality competition show The Voice India and the runner-up coach on the first season of The Voice India Kids.
A sign of his versatility, Shaan sings in multiple languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam and Urdu. He is also one of only a few Indian singers who have collaborated with international artists, including English boy band Blue and Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock.
To the delight of his Perth fans, Shaan will bring his spectacular international tour Love In Concert to Perth Concert Hall next month! This musical extravaganza will be the perfect family show, bringing together audiences from all generations.
Don’t miss Shaan: Love In Concert on Sunday 20 November, 6pm. Find tickets and more information.
Follow Shaan on Facebook and listen to his music on Spotify.
