Some singers and composers take you right back in time with their music and lyrics and Shankar Mahadevan is definitely one of them!
There's a reason why most parties in India are incomplete without Bollywood music from the 90's and early 2000's - they make us swing, sing and dance until our legs hurt and you can definitely spot us in a club full of Gen Zs because we'd be sporting the widest smiles while dancing to Koi Kahe Kehta Rahe. That's what this kind of music does to us, it brings up long drives, sobbing buckets while listening to Maa and being glued to the TV when Move Your Body would play on repeat. And this is possible because of music composers and singers like Shankar Mahadevan.
After giving us an iconic song like Breathless, that we still struggle to sing along to, he's given us so many songs that we can't have enough of, even 20+ years later whether that's cute songs like Uff Teri Ada or songs that didn't become too popular but reside in our hearts like Socho Ke Jheelon and Ruki Sukhi Roti. Each time his compositions or songs sung by him play on the radio or at a house party at 2 am, we pretty much lose our minds.
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Oh his birthday today, here are a few of his songs from the 90s and early 2000s that we're jamming to!
Uff Teri Ada - Karthik Calling Karthik
Aaj Kal Zindagi - Wake Up Sid
Desi Girl - Dostana
Maa - Taare Zameen Par
Saiyaan Re - Salaam-e-Ishq
Move Your Body (Phatt Mix) - Johnny Gaddaar
Jhoom - Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Mast Kalandar - Heyy Babyy
Mitwa - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Kajra Re - Bunty Aur Babli
Aao Na - Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...
Lakshya - Lakshya
Pretty Woman - Kal Ho Naa Ho
Ruki Sukhi Roti - Nayak
Dil Chahta Hai - Dil Chahta Hai
Socho Ke Jheelon - Mission Kashmir
Aasmaan Ke Paar - Rockford
Man Mohini - Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Haseena Maan Jayegi - Haseena Maan Jayegi
Ishq Chandi Hai - Biwi No. 1
Breathless
Happy Birthday, sir! Thank you for giving us such classics over and over again!
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