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Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy is a musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. Formed in India, they teamed together to provide music for several Indian Films. Some of their famous works includes scores for movies such as
Mission Kashmir (2000), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Bunty Aur Babli (2005) , Taare Zameen Par (2007) Rock on!! (2008), Wake Up Sid (2009) My Name is Khan (2010) Karthik Calling Karthik(2010)and Housefull(2010).
The trio often used Javed Akhtar to write the songs, as well as Gulzar, Sameer, and Prasoon Joshi.
Each member of this trio brings his own unique talents and experiences to the group, combining the Carnatic and Hindustani vocal tradition (Shankar), Western Rock (Ehsaan) and a deep understanding of fusion including a virtual mastery over the Electronic Synthesizer (Loy).
They continue a tradition quite common in Bollywood Music, that of partnerships between music composers contributing and pooling their individual strengths, sometimes combining deep knowledge of Hindustani (North Indian) or Karnatic (South Indian) classical music and technical expertise as composers and orchestral arrangers.
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy probably represent the first 'trio' of music composers to entertain Bollywood audiences with their chart-topping music. They are slowly becoming popular by the title 'Amar-Akbar-Anthony' of Bollywood music.
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It will be really exciting to see this trio come on the stage of Indian Idol. We all love their unique, blended and westernized style of music.
Let's remember all their wonderful songs, and appreciate the excellent music they have given us so far and will continue to do so. 😊
