The singer feels “you’ll remember the songs because of some connection, maybe memories of your first love or someone special. “Jab Se Tere Naina” from Saawariya (2007) even went on to become Ranbir Kapoor‘s sparkling entry into Bollywood. Today, Shaan’s discography boasts of dozens of chartbusters like “Jab Se Tere Naina”, “Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh”, “Chaar Kadam” and more. He, however, confessed that things started getting “stagnant with same type of fun party songs until ‘Chand Sifarish’ happened that pushed me onto another pedestal of ‘award winning singer Shaan!'” he said with a smile.
Soon the singer was playback singing for Shah Rukh Khan in Asoka (2001). Things just changed overnight because of these two songs,” Shaan said. Then ‘Musu Musu’ from a small film became a hit and pushed me into the next phase of my life. “One of my landmark songs that redefined my image is ‘Tanha Dil’. Shaan also got his two back-to-back chartbuster songs in the same year 1999 – “Tanha Dil” and “Musu Musu Hasi”. The 90s Indie pop was when Shaan, along with his contemporaries like Sonu Nigam, Shweta Shetty and Alisha Chinai featured in their music videos too. Initially I was very scared to shoot it but then I just gave in.” Shaan claimed he would overact but his screen presence improved eventually.Īlso read | Alisha Chinai on Made in India: ‘I said I want Milind Soman, the snakes and the elephants’ I realised if I wish to do pop music, I can’t try to be sober. I tried to convince him that I was a singer and can’t do these things. Recalling how Ken Ghosh presented him in a very different avatar in his first ever music video “Q Funk” where he sang “Aaj Hum Jaise Jigarwale”, Shaan shared, “Ken told me to unbutton my shirt. Basically music chose me.”īy the time Shaan hit his 20s, he started getting traction. People realised we were a package deal who managed to pull off the entire show. I accompanied her to her shows where she introduced me and asked if I could sing one or two songs too. “That time, if you ask me, I’d say Sagarika was the singer. A sense of responsibility came in early.”Īlongside doing small jobs and completing his education, Shaan started performing in live shows with his sister Sagarika.
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I lost him at a young age, so running the house was also a concern.
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“The kind of success my father deserved, he never got. That’s because he had seen his father Manas Mukherjee struggle to get recognition. Shaan majorly stuck to remixing Kishore Kumar’s classic numbers, also including “Roop Tera Mastana”, “Hum Bewafa”, “Pyaar Maanga Hai Tumhi Se” and others.ĭespite coming from a family of musicians, Shaan never aspired to become a singer. Shaan began his singing career alongside sister Sagarika.