Breathless (Shankar Mahadevan album)

Breathless is the 1998 Indi-pop album by Indian singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan featuring lyricist Javed Akhtar. It was the album that first made Shankar 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]

Breathless
Studio album by
Shankar Mahadevan feat. Javed Akhtar
Released15 October 1998 (1998-10-15)
GenreIndi-pop, Indian fusion
Length41:04
LabelSaregama
ProducerShankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan feat. Javed Akhtar chronology
Breathless
(1998)		 Nine
(2003)

Track listing
#TrackDuration
1Breathless3:05
2Tu Pass Hai6:20
3Tere Khayalon Se5:35
4Mano Yah Na Mano5:30
5Jane Kya Hua6:11
6Koi Nahin Hai5:21
7Ghul Raha Hai Sara Manzar6:02
8Breathless reprise2:58

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.

  • The song appears in the 2002 Indian Assamese-language film Tumiye Mor Kalpanar.[4]
  • An adaptation of the song appears as the jingle in a series of advertisements for Pakistani biscuit brand Sooper.

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.[5][6]

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. "Shankar Mahadevan's song Breathless appears on "Tumiye Mur Kalpanar"".
  5. Gupta, Kriti (16 August 2018). "Shankar Mahadevan Recreates 'Breathless', Highlights Modi Government's Achievements". Indiatimes. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. "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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