He began his career with songs like Musu Musu from Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, the songs rung in everyone's ears but the films failed to do quite well at the box office. Things however changed with Dil Chahta Hai and Kaantein. But the problem seems to be chronic and apparently idiopathic too.
"It is something singers have to live with, though my songs in the Salman starrer Marigold did well, the movie still didn't garner much audience. Thankfully the well-received songs from Partner worked in the movie's favour," he laughs at the incongruity.
He recently collected a much-coveted Filmfare award for the song jab se tere naina in Saawariya. Ask him the hackneyed question of how he feels after his second Filmfare award and the celebrity-singer is all smiles. "It feels wonderful. Such awards give you renewed energy and a hope in oneself," he replies.
He is currently sweating it out in the recording studio working on his next album which he hopes to call Is baar (This time). Well, if fortune permits, this time it will work out better than it did for his last album Tishnagi.
"Is Baar," he informs, "won't feature any foreign collaboration and is set to be frothier and inclusive of more fun music."
But the album that is closest to his heart is the one in which he intends to make a reprise of his father's compositions. Joining him on the emotional venture will be sister Sagarika. Too caught up in current affairs, he says he will begin the work on the album this monsoon and says that the album will probably function as their comeback together.
Singing since when he was four-years-old and from singing jingles along with his sister, Shaan's wheel of fortune has scaled steep heights. Destiny seems to have made Shaan its favourite child, pampering him with gifts of fame and fortune.
Shaan says that he is thankful for all his success and his prime focus currently is to develop a wider audience along with retaining his core audience.
"Everyone these days seems to be on the television," Shaan complains out of the blue. He feels that it is not the best time to be on TV. The impish songster attributes his stepping out of his show on ZEE TV - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, to paving of paths for the success of Aditya Narayan, the current anchor of the show.
Impressing everyone with his Marathi, Shaan recalls the time when he used to play snooker here in Pune and hang out at German Bakery and Clover Village. He is in Pune to perform his recent popular songs at the concert IDEA Rocks India III, alongside megastars like Salman Khan, Lara Dutta, Malaika Arora Khan and Sameera Reddy at SRPF Grounds.
