Breathless (Shankar Mahadevan album)

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Breathless
Breathlesscover.jpg
Studio album by
Shankar Mahadevan feat. Javed Akhtar
Released1998
GenreIndi-pop, Indian fusion
Length6:06
LabelSaregama
ProducerShankar Mahadevan

Breathless is the 1998 Indi-pop album by Indian singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan featuring lyricist Javed Akhtar. It was the album that first made Mahadevan famous. The title track, "Breathless," is a steady stream of a song that goes on without a break, stanzas, verse or apparently even a pause for breath. The length of the part of the song which is 'breathless' is about three minutes. Mahadevan made the album in collaboration with Akhtar, a reputed lyricist in the Indian music industry. Renu Desai was a model and appeared in the music video of Shankar Mahadevan's "Breathless". The album won the award for Best Non-film Album at the 1998 Screen Awards.[1]

Track listing[]

# Track Duration
1 Breathless 3:05
2 Tu Pass Hai 6:20
3 Tere Khayalon Se 5:35
4 Mano Yah Na Mano 5:30
5 Jane Kya Hua 6:11
6 Koi Nahin Hai 5:21
7 Ghul Raha Hai Sara Manzar 6:02
8 Breathless reprise 2:58

Reception[]

The music album was a huge success, selling over 300,000 copies and topped all major music charts in India for about 10 straight weeks.[2]

Music video[]

The music video of the title song "Breathless" was directed by Farhan Akhtar and his sister Zoya Akhtar.[3] This was the beginning of a long association, as Shankar, along with Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa (as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy), went on to score music for all of the films directed by Farhan and Zoya Akhtar.

Breathless Reprise[]

Both Shankar and Javed Akhtar later reunited to come out with "Breathless Reprise," a similar song whose story takes off from where "Breathless" ended.

Recreation[]

In 2018, Mahadevan recreated the song to highlight the programmes and initiatives of the Narendra Modi-led government.[4][5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Award Winners". Screen. Archived from the original on 22 October 1999. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ New Straits Times - Google News Archive Search
  3. ^ "Star World 'Cover Story' to grill Farhan Akhtar - Indiantelevision.com's Tube Talk". Indiantelevision.com. 2004-04-15. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  4. ^ Gupta, Kriti (16 August 2018). "Shankar Mahadevan Recreates 'Breathless', Highlights Modi Government's Achievements". Indiatimes. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Shankar Mahadevan recreates 'Breathless' highlighting govt schemes, PM Modi praises his composition". The Indian Express. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
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