International recognition for film on Shankar Mahadevan
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Decoding Shankar, a documentary on Shankar Mahadevan, wins Toronto award
Shankar Mahadevan of the successful composer-trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and the voice behind many super-hit songs actually trained to be a veena artiste in childhood. While teaching him to play a kriti, his veena guru told him to also sing it in order to execute it well on the veena, thereby setting his singing career in motion. Hitherto unknown facets, such as this, of Shankar's life are what make Decoding Shankar interesting. The documentary, directed by Kochi-based Deepti Pillay Sivan, won Best Biographical Film Award at the Toronto International Women Film Festival, 2021.More Related News