Mannan Shaah

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Mannan Shaah
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Background information
Born (1987-09-20) 20 September 1987 (age 34)
Mumbai, India
OriginNangalpur, Kutch, Gujarat, India
Occupation(s)Music director, composer, singer
Years active2011–present
Labels T-Series, Sony Music India

Mannan Shaah is an Indian film music director, singer and music composer, who predominantly works in Hindi films. [1] [2] He composed music for the 2018 film Namaste England, [3] [4] [5] the 2017 film Commando 2: The Black Money Trail [6] [7] and the 2013 film Commando: A One Man Army. [8] [9] He also given his voice for the film Kucch Luv Jaisaa (2011). [8]

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He is known for using Indian musical instruments and recording live musical instruments for his compositions. [10]

Early life

He went to Shree Chandulal Nanavati Vinay Mandir and completed his bachelor's degree from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He learnt music from late Pandit Vinayak Vora and started his training in classical music at the age of five. [2] He assisted music director Pritam for two years. [11] He is a disciple of Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. [11]

Career

In 2011, Mannan started his career as a singer with Vipul Amrutlal Shah's Kucch Luv Jaisaa and lent his voice for two songs, Thoda Sa Pyaar and Baadlon Pe Paon. [8] In 2013, he debuted in Bollywood as music composer with Commando: A One Man Army. [8] Later, Mannan composed music for films such as Commando 2: The Black Money Trail (2017) and Namaste England (2018). [12] Shaah has composed the hit song Tere Dil Mein from Commando 2: The Black Money Trail, sung by Armaan Malik, was well received by audience. [11] [6]

Discography

As a playback singer

YearFilmSong(s)Composer(s)Lyrics
2011 Kucch Luv Jaisaa "Badal Pe Paaon" [8] Pritam Irshad Kamil
"Thoda Sa Pyaar (Raghav's Search for Love)" [8]
2018 Namaste England "Ziddi Hai Dil"Mannan ShahJaved Akhtar

As a music composer

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YearFilmSongSinger(s)Lyrics
2013 Commando: A One Man Army "Lutt Jawaan" Dhruv Sangari Mayur Puri
"Saawan Bairi" Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
"Mungda" Sunidhi Chauhan
"Lena Dena" Daler Mehndi
2017 Commando 2: The Black Money Trail "Commando (Title Track)" Aditi Singh Sharma Kumaar
"Commando (English Version)"
"Seedha Saadha" Amit Mishra
"Seedha Saadha (Reprise Version)" Jubin Nautiyal
"Tere Dil Mein" Armaan Malik Aatish Kapadia
"Tere Dil Mein (Club Mix)"
2018 Namaste England "Tere Liye" Atif Aslam, Akanksha Bhandari Javed Akhtar
"Tu Meri Main Tera"Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shadab Faridi, Altamash Faridi, Mannan Shaah
"Ziddi Hai Dil"Mannan Shah
"Dhoom Dhadaka" Shahid Mallya, Antara Mitra
"Kya Kahoon Janeman" Shashaa Tirupati, Mannan Shaah
2019 Commando 3 "Akhiyaan Milavanga" Arijit Singh, Sruthy Sasidharan Sahil Sultanpuri
"Main Woh Raat Hoon Ankit Tiwari Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay

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