Monday, November 26, 2012
Shankar Mahadevan's two sons Siddharth (age 18) and Shivam (age 11) are prepared to follow of their father's footstep. And that incorporates their reverence for and emulation of Lataji's singing style.
In fact 11-year old Shivam is a diehard fan of the Nightingale. He have been studying her voice and singing style for several years now.
Says Shankar proudly, `Shivam spends a substantial a part of the day studying Lataji's singing in both Hindi and Marathi very carefully. It is my sons' biggest dream to fulfill her. She has gifted them a specially signed picture, and that is the reason their most beneficial possession. `
Shankar's elder son has already released a Bhajan album Gajaraj Adhiraj while the more youthful is ready to be heard singing in Nikhil Advani's animation film Delhi Safari. Just like the father, son Shivam is a diehard Lata Mangeshkar fan and is currently studying the Niightingale's singing style within the minutest detail so that you can grasp the nuances of classical Hindustani sangeet.
Shankar's boy has taken Lataji's advice to aspiring singers to be told the classical sort of music very seriously.
Says the proud father, `As Lataji's advised presently it's just learn learn and learn for my boys. I just want them to take a position within the most important thing called knowledge and musicality. And by God's grace my sons have the wisdom to know the significance of proper grounding in music.
