Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

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Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy is an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. They have composed music for over 50 soundtracks across five languages - Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, and English. Amongst the most critically acclaimed Indian musicians, the trio have won numerous awards, including National Film Award (India), Filmfare Awards, IIFA Awards. Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy came up from the ranks of the non-film music scene, performing rock, blues, jazz, and pop before entering the film music industry. Shankar Mahadevan, a software engineer, worked on Oracle Version Six and studied Western, Hindustani and Carnatic classical music. He made his debut with the 1985 Marathi film Vahinichi Maya. A leading playback singer with Pukar, Sapnay and Biwi No.1 to his credit, he also composed "Breathless". Ehsaan Noorani studied music at the Musicians' Institute in Los Angeles and worked with the like of Ronnie Desai, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Kalyanji-Anandji and Louis Banks. He composed Alien Desire, did several jingles and like Loy, was part of a blues-and-acid jazz band. Loy Mendonsa is trained in Western classical and also learned the rudiments of Indian classical music. He performed with several group bands, plays (Godspell, West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar) and composed jingles and signature tunes (Fauji, The World This Week). Ehsaan was doing jingles and Loy was in Delhi before the union. Loy was writing for television then. The show Quiz Time wa

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Kal Ho Naa Ho (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2 States

Bunty Aur Babli

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Karthik Calling Karthik

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

Dil Dhadakne Do

My Name Is Khan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Dil Chahta Hai

Wake Up Sid (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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