This is the first and only definitive authorized biography of a talent that emerges once a century— Shankar Mahadevan.\n\nExtensively researched and packed with endearing incidents and enduring accounts from the life of\nan artist who has been hailed as one of the greatest of all time. This biography captures Shankar at\nhis most multifaceted: singer, musician, composer, friend, family man, guru and, ultimately, iconic\nartist and man beloved by millions.\nDrawing on many hundred hours of interviews with Shankar, this authorized biography paints the\ncomplete picture of a man who effortlessly glides into each of his facets with the same amount of\npassion and energy. Despite the fame and accolades, Shankar Mahadevan still identifies as a regular\nboy from Mumbai’s Chembur. His is a heartwarming tale of down-to-earth humanity, so typical of\nMumbai.\nThe candour and honesty with which Shankar narrates his journey is extremely rare for a man of\nhis stardom. In The Musical Maverick, Shankar reveals that he trained to become a veena artiste in\nhis childhood. While teaching him to play a kriti, his veena guru told him to also sing it in order to execute it well, thereby setting off his interest in singing. This eventually led to the formation of\nthe legendary composer-trio: Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy. His singing career was no less spectacular, with\nsongs like ‘Suno Gaur Sey Duniya Walo’, still a must at almost every event of national importance—\nsporting, cultural or otherwise.\nWith a raga of everlasting friendship; sweet notes of an adorable childhood romance; and the\ndrumroll for the success story of the boy who won the world with his music, this saga will leave\nyou breathless.