Quotes by Shankar Mahadevan - Page 2

I feel music-making is more like a psychological game; each film has its own colour that needs to be identified and addressed.
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Colour
Psychological
Game Feel More
Identified
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I don't mind travelling to and fro from Navi Mumbai for work because the calm and serene atmosphere I enjoy here is unparalleled.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Atmosphere
Mumbai
Serene
Unparalleled
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Folk music has been our popular music... There is a myth that youngsters only like heavy metal or rock music, but that's not true.
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Folk Music
Heavy
Heavy Metal
Myth
Popular Music
Rock Music
Youngsters
Folk
Metal
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It is the responsibility of music composers to add some classical music elements into their songs to make the music genre popular.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Classical Music
Elements
Classical
Composers
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We cannot blame globalisation for diluting our cultural heritage and music, as our music is respected more outside India than here.
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Blame
Globalisation
Heritage
Our Music
We Cannot
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I'm a proud mainstream musician, but having said that, I do firmly believe there's more to musical talent in India than just Bollywood.
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Bollywood
Musical Talent
Firmly
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I can't escape crooning the 'Mitwa... Kahe Dhadkan Tujhse Kya' number wherever I perform. Basically, I am a classically rooted musician.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Rooted
Escape
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Why English music is being taught in some schools? The government should make arrangements to promote Indian classical music among students.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Arrangements
Classical Music
Indian
Taught
Among
Classical
Promote
Schools
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My sons are my friends, too, and they have introduced me to new technology and new sounds from around the world. I have learnt a lot from them.
Shankar Mahadevan /
New Technology
Technology World Me
Introduced
Learnt
Sons
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In any musician's career, a film like 'Manikarnika' becomes a landmark dream project, which is challenging and musically enriching at the same time.
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Enriching
Landmark
Musically
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The song 'Bolo Naa' from the film 'Chittagong,' which got me the National Award, wasn't even promoted in India, whereas the film won laurels all over the world.
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Laurels
World Me Song
Award
World Me Award
Promoted
Whereas
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When you are busy with all the live shows and bands, world music and jazz music, it takes time to come back and do a pop album. It needs its own length of time.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Busy
Jazz
Jazz Music
Length
Needs
World Music
Time Music World
Album
Live Shows
Takes
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When you do a pop album, the canvas is completely yours. There is no story situation forced on to your songs - you have the freedom to develop it right from the concept.
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Canvas
Forced
Yours
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With 'Mirzya,' we went deep into folk music. The film, unfortunately, did not do well because it was not marketed well. But we got freedom to do the music the way we want.
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Folk Music
Folk
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Music in our schools is considered to be an extra-curricular activity in which you teach your students a few patriotic songs and bhajans that children are not interested in.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Activity
Not Interested
Patriotic
Teach
Considered
Interested
Schools
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Lots of musicians from non-filmi backgrounds and from independent bands are making it to mainstream cinema. Even the music directors are experimenting with different genres.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Backgrounds
Different Genres
Experimenting
Genres
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There is nothing else is India which is as popular as Bollywood. Look at Indian classical music, how big and how respected it is in the West, but here in India, no one is interested.
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Bollywood
Classical Music
Classical
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There are so many factors that one needs to keep in mind while composing for a film. Every movie is different and demands a separate approach. Originality also plays an important role.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Composing
Factors
Originality
Important Role
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To sustain and become a musician of a certain calibre, you need to know and understand music completely. You need to have a good taste in music and should know your good music from mediocre ones.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Mediocre
Good Music Your
Good Music
Sustain
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You will see nowadays TV's Top 20 and Radio's Top 20 tend to be the same. And then there are films that never reach to mass audience, and because of that, their soundtrack also dies a silent death.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Mass
Silent
Mass Audience
Nowadays
Soundtrack
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There is so much talent in the country, and not all of that necessarily is confined to Bollywood. There are some great musicians from the independent music scenario in India making some great music.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Bollywood
Confined
Great Music
Great Music Talent
Music Great Talent
Scenario
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There have been many music reality shows on Indian television, but 'Om Shanti Om' is fresh and unique in all aspects. The show is going to bring the young generation closer to our heritage and culture.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Heritage
Reality Shows
Aspects
Closer
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If you are teaching a kid about seasons, you can put it in a song. He will definitely take interest. I wish to put every physics formula into a song, and it will become very easy for the student to learn.
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Physics
Seasons
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Who are critics? Do they know about music? Have they proved themselves in the field? I remember, when we came up with the music of 'Dil Chahta Hai,' some of the critics said that the songs sounded like jingles.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Critics
Jingles
Remember When
Proved
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While the concert is instant communication with the audience, composing is a creative process where a song comes up out of nowhere and then transmits happiness to many, translates into money, fame, or whatever.
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Communication
Composing
Creative Process
Instant
Nowhere
Concert
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We have harmonies, folk songs, and compositions attached to each occasion - ranging from birth, harvest, to our festivals. Our country thrives on culture, music, and arts. Musically, ours is a very rich country.
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Festivals
Folk Songs
Thrive
Attached
Folk
Harmonies
Musically
Occasion
Ours
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Fundamentally, if there is any secret, it is about the need to find that peace and calm in our personal space with music, as most of 'learning music' is about listening to music and practicing over and over again.
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Fundamentally
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Our sons are the next generation who are more clued into the new trends of music. So if I want to understand the vibe of the new generation, and if I want to stay relevant with time, they are my source of learning.
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New Generation
Relevant
Generation
Sons
Vibe
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Chinmaya Mission has been a very strong part of my life since childhood. I have been associated with Chinmaya Mission since primary school days, where I was part of group singing and bhajans in the Bal Vihar classes.
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Childhood
Primary School
School Days
Singing
Life My Life Singing
Associated
Life Childhood My Life
Days
Classes
Group
Mission
Primary
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My basic grammar is in Indian classical music, Carnatic music, and Hindustani music, but I don't believe that that is the only form of music I will learn. I don't believe in that, because I am a very open minded person.
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Classical Music
Grammar
Classical
Minded
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I believe that classical music comes through listening and practice, and it can be fun both for the singer or performer and the listener or audience, as long as the performer is taught to recognise the pulse of the audience.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Classical Music
Pulse
Recognise
Music Believe I Believe
Classical
Listener
Performer
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Music festivals are coming up everywhere in India, and that is the only way to go ahead. People are exposed to a wide variety of music, and the experience of being at a music festival itself is unique. It is an experience unlike any other.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Exposed
Variety
Wide
Experience Music People
Festival
Unlike
Wide Variety
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'My Country, My Music' is about bringing music in languages like Tamil, Telegu, Kannada, Malyalam, and Marathi together. It's about bringing musical genres together, different scenarios in which music is displayed in our country in one show.
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Scenarios
Languages
Music Together Country
Displayed
Genres
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In movies, the composers and decision makers are different, so we don't come across classical songs often in films due to lack of interest. The decision makers are non-musical people, so one doesn't get to hear more classical songs in films.
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Makers
Classical
Composers
Due
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I always told my children that if they want to be pilot, go ahead and do it, or if they wanted to get into agriculture, I told them that I will support them. But when they chose music, you feel as if those birds have come back home to the nest.
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Home Music Always
Chose
Nest
Pilot
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It's hectic at times, but this is what any artiste wants: a hectic life with lot of travelling, performances, lots of love from fans, the opportunity to compose songs back-to-back, and a chance to share the stage with maestros like Zakir Hussain.
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Hectic
Life Love Chance
Artiste
Compose
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Before the heart attack, I used to do a lot of work - what's needed and what's not needed. I used to sing songs that leave an impact and those that didn't. I could never say 'No.' Now, I have learnt to say it, though, and believe me, it has not been easy to do so.
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Work Heart Believe
Learnt
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If some independent artists are using film as a medium to reach out to an audience, it should be promoted. Cinema is a popular medium and has a broad reach. There have been films with ghazals, classical and folk songs sung by local artists, which gave them popularity.
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Folk Songs
Popularity
Broad
Classical
Folk
Medium
Promoted
Sung
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I quit my software engineer job, decided that I would be a singer, and got married. Those days, there were no platforms like the 'Indian Idol.' It was like, you decide to become a singer, and then what do you do? It must have been tough for my wife getting married to a man without a job.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Decided
Getting Married
Indian
Married
Platforms
Software
Tough
Wife
Job
Days
Getting
Engineer
Singer
Idol
Quit
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