Bollywood's versatile playback singer Shaan has voiced numerous hits for stars like Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.In an exclusive interview with Lehren, Shaan shares insights into his struggles and rise from album singer to Bollywood fame. Watch the latest Lehren podcast to discover how he made his mark in the industry.
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00:00My father, Mr. Manas Mukherjee, his uncle was a goldsmith.
00:05And in this album, my mother and my sister-in-law were also there.
00:09So it was a family-like album.
00:11For me, it's a very lucky thing that the car came on the track from the first song of the film.
00:20And after that, whatever songs I got, they all did quite well.
00:24Manzil nahi hai, anjana hai karwa, chalna akele hai yahaan.
00:31Tanha dil, tanha safar, dhoondi tujhe, phir kyu nazar.
00:41Tanha Dil was released about 2000.
00:43And you can say that it's a landmark album for me.
00:49I can actually now see my career in two distinct halves.
00:52Ek tanha din se pehle aur ek tanha din ke baad.
00:55Ki aapka naam Shaan kaise padha?
00:57Waise mera naam toh hai Shantanu Mukherjee.
01:00Aur Shaan jo mera naam padha hai, ye abhi isse 5 saal jaise ho gaye.
01:06Hum log jab album kiye naujuwaan, toh naujuwaan album ka naam bhi kaafi lamba.
01:12Aapkar Sagarika, aapkar Shantanu.
01:14Kuch jagah hi nahi raha hai.
01:15Phir aapki dono ke chehre bhi aapne me daalne cover phir.
01:18Toh ye sab bila ki kahi na kahi kuch kate hoti hi kuch karna padega.
01:22Toh phir aapkar Sagarika se saag ho jaye, toh phir wo shan-e-saag.
01:25Magaya koi Mughlai dish hai.
01:27Toh wo nahi kar paya.
01:29Toh phir soche zara Shantanu se shaant kar dete.
01:32Lekin aise ek kisa joda hua hai.
01:36Mujhe laga ye naam jo suggest kiye thi, Biddu.
01:38Kut bhole the ke, why don't we do your name and change your name and make it Shaan.
01:43It's got a nice ring to it.
01:46Mujhe itna theek hai, kya farah pata hai.
01:48Chal jaye toh Shantanu se bhi chalega, nahi chale toh Shaan se bhi koi farah pata hai.
01:52Ho jaye Shaan, koi baar.
01:53Phir ek, derd, shahar, doh saal baad phone aaya.
01:58Ye bada, pata hai tumhare, you know that's the meaning to your name.
02:02Mujhe toh pata tha, lekin main aap shocked hunke, aapko nahi pata tha ki it means pride or it means something.
02:08I said, no, no, no, I just thought Shaantanu, Tanu nikal dete, so Shaan hote hain.
02:13So, it was quite sweet.
02:14He was very thrilled, keh rahe hoon ka, main toh yoon hi keh diya, lekin ek accha naam ban diya aapka.
02:19So, Paul, matlab iska jo shrey jaata hai, woh Bidu ko hi jaata hai.
02:24Shaantanu se Shaan hone ka jo alteration hai, woh hunne hi kiya hai.
02:30Aapke gaayne ki shurvaat kahan se hoi?
02:33Waise toh batpan se hi gaate gaya raha hoon, professionally.
02:35Rekha jaye toh mara sabse pehla aagein tha.
02:37Hamaa keh rahe hoon toh, sahib ka aur main saath mein kriye.
02:41Yeh ek Bengali nursery rhyme ka album tha.
02:44Aur humaar pita ji, Shri Manas Mukherjee, unke tarz, unke gold the.
02:53Aur is album mein akshli, saadhi kab hain aur mummy bhi gaye.
02:57Toh ek family isa album tha.
02:58Usli hi shayad mujhe mauka mila hai, mein album mein participate karne ka.
03:03Tab main kuch 4 saal ka tha.
03:07Tab se jingles, matlab bachon ke liye jo jingles bade the tab, 80s ke jingles the.
03:12Uh, Trevi Ferry, Molto Vom, Bonavita, Viva.
03:19Matlab bahot saale bachon ke tabhi jingles bade the.
03:21Kuch saalon mein hum log gaate the.
03:24Aisi dheere dheere sunda shuru ho gaye.
03:27Ke kuch filmon mein bhi gaaya, Parinda aur Sister.
03:32Sajid ka kaafi filmon mein bachon ki abaas mein gaye thi.
03:35Maine itne filmon mein gaaya.
03:36Uske baad dheere dheere wo adolescent ka waqt aata hai, toh voice bhi badalta gaya.
03:42Aur kaafi waqt laga abaas ko phirse normal phone mein aane mein.
03:47Aur us kuch waqt mein, us doraon main bhi socha ke kuch aur kare.
03:53Matlab family mein music hai hi.
03:56Toh aisa rata hai, aur kuch karne ko aata hai, toh wohi kare.
03:59Backup toh tha hi, saati saath searching pe draut hai.
04:02Tab kuch odd jobs kiya, boutiques mein kaam kiya.
04:05Phir ek apna business shuru kiya, jahan mein printing ka kaam karta tha.
04:13Phir usmein bohot mainat, bohot pareshani thi.
04:17Dheere dheere phirse gaane ke office milte ki, achanak abaas bhi kul gaya,
04:21theek se gaana hai, phirse aagaya bashe.
04:24Toh sab chod sakte, I came back into music again.
04:27So it's been a very long and slow and steady journey all the way.
04:31Phir jaa ke album ki contract mile, toh kuch albums ki bahut ache chale mein.
04:36Phir film ke gaane mile, aur aa jaa ke kuch acha hi jaga hai,
04:39I think it's been more than that.
04:41Toh aapki first album ke baad mein, I'm interested to know.
04:44Sabse pehle jo album ya video nikla tha,
04:48Q-Funk, Kawali Funk aisa naam tha uska.
04:51Kuch kawali, matlab purane filmon ke kawaliyon ko,
04:53ek nahi funky style mein,
04:56kuch logon mein bata hai,
04:58Phil and Jerry brother ka group tha, unhone kiya.
05:01Aur isme ek hi gaana tha mere,
05:03jis gaana ka video bana,
05:06toh wohi se log, matlab chehre ko baichan diye hain,
05:10ya aawaaz ko baichan paayi.
05:12Uske baad, sach maane jo sahi taur mein,
05:15first album hoga, Nau Jawan,
05:18jo ke brother and sister duo aajin,
05:21Shant, Sabrika, Melke ki hote hain.
05:23Toh music video ka tha,
05:25aur lyrics the, Mr. Rajesh Jehri pe,
05:29aur usme aisa hota hai, disco bhi baane hoon,
05:32aur doosre kuch gaani tha, jo kaafi popular hoon.
05:35Album acha hi chala,
05:36woh tha pehla album, uske baad mera pehla solo album,
05:39jo bhi ek pehla aap bol sakte hoon ki,
05:40toh solo album pehla mera tha,
05:43woh tha, Labology,
05:44Labology ka woh ek gaana kaafi mashiv properly work.
05:48Tab mujhe pata nahi tha, ki mujhe number lagi hain,
05:52power hai, chashme ki zarur paayi,
05:54mazaak kiya chashme pehla tha us video mein,
05:56toh shayad wohi kuch asar kar gaya,
05:59uske kuch saal baad pata laga,
06:02ki mera kaafi number waise hi hain,
06:04toh phir chashme pehle padhe,
06:06jo yeh bhi woh toh wala kisa hai,
06:08toh yeh the shilwaad ke album,
06:09uske baad pehle chalun baati se hai.
06:13So aur mein first album mein se kuch line kaafi hai?
06:17First album jaise aisa hota hai,
06:22Labology thoda tha kya hai,
06:24yeh ek doosra yeh gaana gata hoon,
06:26jo Labology album mein tha,
06:28Lekhen aapko singh sab naan,
06:32lehron ka safar,
06:35kinaon se malte hain,
06:38vichad nahin wohi be asar,
06:42tootte hain, jurte hain,
06:46talaash hai us paar ki,
06:50jahaan par sama chana ho,
06:53talaash hai us paar ki,
06:57jahaan milkar vichad na na ho.
07:02Pata nahin kaise gaana gaya,
07:03tabhi kaafi pop ka nasha chhaya hua tha mera pe,
07:06toh yeh ek matlab waise hi,
07:07openly power ballad jiso kehte hai,
07:08is type pe gaana tha,
07:10main khud lekhaana toh press kiya tha,
07:12aur yeh matlab relations pe aur,
07:15matlab jaise,
07:18samandar ke kinaare jaise lehre aankhe,
07:20khud ko patakte hain,
07:21phir tootte hain,
07:22phir jute hain,
07:22phir aankhe patakte hain,
07:24ussi tarah se baar baar kisi relation mein aate hain,
07:26then tootta hai,
07:26phir jute hain,
07:27phir wohi jalti pe aate hain,
07:29yeh similarity leke yeh gaana lekha tha,
07:33toh yeh matlab mujhe personally bahut pasand tha,
07:36theeseh gaana ek aaj,
07:38that's how the songs involve me.
07:42About your Tanha Dil, Tanha Safar,
07:45you can tell us a little bit about it.
07:46Phir after Labology,
07:49kuch few singles yaar,
07:52you know,
07:54misro ke album mein kuch gaana bhi thi hai,
07:56jaise,
07:5850-50 yeh gaana bana tha,
08:00during India's Independence,
08:01woh Satyajit Ambedkar kiya thi,
08:04aur phir kuch remixes hui,
08:06jaise Dil Chahta Hai,
08:07us beach 1980,
08:09woh pehli baar,
08:10woh gaane ke bhi popular bhi hai,
08:12aur karte karate,
08:13Tanha Dil jab tak release hua,
08:15aur phir,
08:17Tanha Dil was released about 2000,
08:19aur,
08:20aap aise keh sakte ki,
08:21ek matlab,
08:22ek adhiai,
08:23aur ek,
08:25now this is like a landmark album for me,
08:26because,
08:27I can actually now see my career in two distinct halves,
08:30ek matlab,
08:31Tanha Dil se pehle,
08:32aur ek Tanha Dil ke baad,
08:34Tanha Dil ke baad kaafi,
08:35gaane,
08:36bahut saare gaane mile,
08:37bahut saara,
08:38naam,
08:39shorat,
08:40hase hui,
08:41toh Tanha Dil mere zindagi ka,
08:42bahut hi,
08:44ahem album hai,
08:45isme saare gaane maine khud,
08:48dikhiye hain,
08:49aur Ram Sampat,
08:51jo ki bahut hi,
08:52young toh hai,
08:53very hunan,
08:54bahut hi,
08:54talented,
08:55bahut hi,
08:56mehnati,
08:57composer,
08:58producer hai,
08:59unke chaar gaane the,
09:00Tanha Dil,
09:00Bahut Ho Songs,
09:02aur mere chaar gaane,
09:03As In Tunes,
09:03woh pe,
09:04aur matlab hum dono ke beech,
09:06pura album complete ho raha hai,
09:07phir baaki ka hi,
09:08mixing,
09:08engineering,
09:09baaki ki saare kaam,
09:11Ram Sampat ke liye hain,
09:13toh,
09:15kaafi waqt laga,
09:16took about,
09:17year and a half,
09:18almost two years,
09:18mukhiyan bhi jaata,
09:20lekin,
09:21it was all worth it,
09:21kyuki logon mein pasand kiya,
09:22logon,
09:23toh bahut achha bhai ka gaane,
09:25aur,
09:25ab tak,
09:27Tanha Dil ke gaane,
09:27ab tak popular hai,
09:29which is a good thing,
09:30ek behar saal ho gaya,
09:31aap log isme,
09:32so I'm very happy that Tanha Dil,
09:33worked out so well for me.
09:35Can you sing a few lines,
09:36on that?
09:38Aankhon mein sapne liye,
09:40phir se hum chal toh diye,
09:42jaane yeh rahe,
09:44ab le jayenge kahaan,
09:47mitti ki khushbu aaye,
09:49palkon pe aasu laaye,
09:52palkon pe reh jayega,
09:54yaadon ka chaan,
09:56manzil nahi hai,
09:58anjana hai karwaan,
10:01chalna akele hai yahaan,
10:04Tanha Dil,
10:06Tanha Safar,
10:09roondi tujhe,
10:11phir kyu nazar?
10:14How did you get into films,
10:16basically?
10:17Waise,
10:19Tanha Dil ke pehle hi bhi mujhe,
10:21kuch offers mil chuke the,
10:23jo ki shayad,
10:24Musu Musu Haasi aur,
10:25woh pehli baar ke popular hua,
10:27ke baad bhi hua,
10:28aur,
10:29lekin jo,
10:30matta momentum really pick up hua,
10:31woh,
10:32I think from about 2000,
10:34early 2000s,
10:35I started doing those offers,
10:36Musu Musu Haasi mera sabse pehle,
10:38sabse pehla film ka gaana tha,
10:40aur,
10:41is gaane ke baad,
10:42aur woh pehli baar,
10:43duno gaanein bahut popular hua yeh film mein,
10:45aur,
10:46yeh,
10:46I'm very fortunate ki,
10:48kahi baad aisa hota hai,
10:49bahut achchi singles hain,
10:50bahut saare gaanein gaye hain,
10:51lekin,
10:51woh hit gaana nahi mil raha hua,
10:53jisliye,
10:54woh career jo,
10:55mattab ek,
10:56ek,
10:58take off point se,
10:59take off nahi ho paata hai,
11:00ho paata hai,
11:01lekin,
11:02milne bahut hi lucky baat hai,
11:04film ki pehle gaanein se hi,
11:06matlab,
11:08patri pe aagayi yeh gaani,
11:10aur iske baad,
11:11jo bhi gaanein mile,
11:12they all did quite well,
11:14Raju chacha ka ek gaana tha,
11:16woh bhi bahut popular hua,
11:17phir,
11:19Masjid Nasa Khaab hai,
11:20lekin yeh picture,
11:22Masjid Nasa Khaab yeh picture bahut achchi mani thi,
11:24lekin,
11:24jis hum log ki,
11:25bahut saare logon ki khaab usmein,
11:27jude hua the,
11:28woh khaab kuch,
11:29sakaar nahi ho paaye ki,
11:30film itni achchi chaliye,
11:31lekin gaanein bahut appreciate ki yeh,
11:33gaanein bahut popular hua,
11:35uske baad,
11:37Pyar Ishq Mohabat ka ek gaana tha,
11:39woh bhi bahut popular hua,
11:41indian ka ek gaana tha,
11:43deewana main ho gaya,
11:45sing it first,
11:47deewana main ho gaya,
11:49deewana main ho gaya,
11:51deewana main ho gaya,
11:53deewana main ho gaya,
11:55ab kaise aur kya,
11:57ab kaise aur kya,
11:59afsaana ban gaya,
12:01matlab,
12:02super dupu dupu to nahi hua,
12:03lekin logon ko yaad hai gaanein,
12:05kya jab tak picture bahut acchi,
12:07popular hit na ho jati hai,
12:08gaanein us tarah se aage nahi aata hai,
12:10toh us tarah se,
12:12khush khush kismati hai ki,
12:14dil chahta hai film bahut popular hua,
12:16usmein mere do gaanein the,
12:17jo bahut abhi,
12:18log piya hai,
12:19bahut popular hai,
12:20ek gaanein toh,
12:22sign karne se bhi pata lag jaata hai,
12:23kaun sign,
12:24usra jo popular hua,
12:25uska bhi koi dance step hai,
12:27koi kahi kehta hai aur,
12:29woh lagti hai,
12:30toh yeh doro gaanein bahut popular hua hai,
12:32toh ek,
12:33acha,
12:34ki abhi live shows karta hua toh usmein,
12:36log chahta hai ki,
12:37ek din hit gaanein se gaya jaata hai,
12:38usmein,
12:39hit gaanein aapke khud ke gaya hua hai,
12:41toh,
12:42even better,
12:42sohne pe swaad wala hai,
12:44so,
12:45film karne aise hi,
12:46chal raha hai,
12:47acha hi chal raha hai,
12:48aur,
12:49luckily ab tak mera jo ratio hai,
12:50acha hi raha hai,
12:51matlab for the number of songs released,
12:53and the number of songs that have been hits,
12:54has been quite good,
12:56so,
12:58hoping in touch with everything goes well,
13:01and,
13:01aage ke future,
13:03films mein,
13:05ek gaana bhi,
13:06haali mein,
13:07promos mein kaafi aa raha hai,
13:08hamesha,
13:09hamesha,
13:09firmeri din se piche kya gaana hai,
13:11I hope to write this,
13:12extra soothing song,
13:13Ashoka ka gaana bhi kaafi acha kya hai,
13:15Aur Ek Aachi Kaachi,
13:17aur future films mein,
13:18pata nahi kaunse film,
13:19baile aate hain,
13:20kaunse baad mein aate hain,
13:20so you really can't tell,
13:22Aapke Baras ek film hai,
13:24phir,
13:26Om Jai Jagdish,
13:27Pagal Awara,
13:28Diwana,
13:30bohot sa hai,
13:31Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon,
13:32jo Suraj Bajaj Tehji ka film hai,
13:34phir,
13:36yeh toh yaad nahi aa raha hai,
13:38Bhasil,
13:40films hai,
13:41daane hit ho jayenge,
13:42toh automatically sab jaane jayenge,
13:43ek bhaasi film hai,
13:44Aur ke nahi chale toh,
13:45kab aaye kab gaye,
13:46kisi ko kabho nahi chalta hai,
13:47Abhi Diwanapan mein bhi,
13:48mere kaafi daane,
13:49chaar daane hain,
13:50woh bohot achche bane hain,
13:52hoping that the songs,
13:53tape off and do well,