# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shankar-mahadevan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:40:08.569Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shankar-mahadevan"
name: "Shankar Mahadevan"
slug: "shankar-mahadevan"
description: "Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that makes music for Indian films. In 2023, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Birmingham City University."
tagline: "Indian singer and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shankar_Mahadevan_at_Idea_Rocks_India_5%2C_Bangalore%2C_India_(photo_-_Jim_Ankan_Deka).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1967-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.03069333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "shankar_live"
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    handle:    "shankar.mahadevan"
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    handle:    "shankarlive"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://shankarmahadevan.com"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump