Singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan celebrates his birthday on March 3. He turns 57 this year. He commenced his career with Indiepop and rose to fame with `Breathless` which topped the charts in 1998. Shankar made headlines this year after his and tabla maestro Zakir Hussain`s fusion band `Shakti` won the Best Global Music Album award at the Grammys 2024. That being said, fame doesn`t get to him and he maintains that even the smallest achievements give him joy. 

Shankar told mid-day.com in an interview, “I am someone who is overjoyed with the smallest achievement and likes to share it with people. This is one of the biggest awards that a musician can get, and to get it in the presence of such an august gathering felt surreal. The feeling of being from India grew deeper. This win signifies that Indian music is reaching out globally, and is being loved and appreciated by a global audience.”