The Musical Maverick: The Authorized Biography of Shankar Mahadevan

<b>This is the first and only definitive authorized biography of a talent that emerges once a century— Shankar Mahadevan.</b><br><br>Extensively researched and packed with endearing incidents and enduring accounts from the life ofan artist who has been hailed as one of the greatest of all time. This biography captures Shankar athis most multifaceted: singer musician composer friend family man guru and ultimately iconicartist and man beloved by millions. <br><br>Drawing on many hundred hours of interviews with Shankar this authorized biography paints thecomplete picture of a man who effortlessly glides into each of his facets with the same amount ofpassion and energy. Despite the fame and accolades Shankar Mahadevan still identifies as a regularboy from Mumbai’s Chembur. His is a heartwarming tale of down-to-earth humanity so typical ofMumbai. <br><br>The candour and honesty with which Shankar narrates his journey is extremely rare for a man ofhis stardom. In <i>The Musical Maverick</i> Shankar reveals that he trained to become a veena artiste in his childhood. While teaching him to play a kriti his veena guru told him to also sing it in order to execute it well thereby setting off his interest in singing. This eventually led to the formation of the legendary composer-trio: Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy. His singing career was no less spectacular with songs like ‘Suno Gaur Sey Duniya Walo’ still a must at almost every event of national importance— sporting cultural or otherwise. <br><br>With a raga of everlasting friendship; sweet notes of an adorable childhood romance; and thedrumroll for the success story of the boy who won the world with his music this saga will leaveyou breathless.