BIOGRAPHY
Shantanu Mukherjee, known professionally as Shaan, is an Indian playback singer, composer, actor and television host born on 30 September 1972 in Bandra, Mumbai. He comes from a musical family: his grandfather was lyricist Jahar Mukherjee and his father was music director Manas Mukherjee. Shaan sings primarily in Hindi, Bengali, Kannada and Telugu. His career began in 1989 at age 17 with a line in the song 'Kitni Hai Pyari Pyari Dosti Hamari' for the film Parinda. He went on to win the MTV Asia Music Award for Best Solo Album for Tanha Dil in 2002, later hosting the popular talent show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee TV, which won Music Programme of the Year at the Indian Telly Awards in 2003.