Loy Mendonsa
Indian musician
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Loy Mendonsa is an Indian music director and part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio which consists of himself, Shankar Mahadevan and Ehsaan Noorani. Before becoming a music composer, he played piano and keyboards for famous Indian music composers such as A. R. Rahman and Nadeem-Shravan. His daughter, Alyssa Mendonsa, made her singing debut with the song Uff Teri Adaa from the movie Karthik Calling Karthik.[1][2][3]
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- Musician
- pianist
- singer
- Piano
- electric guitar
- bass guitar
Loy Mendonsa | |
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Mendonsa at Idea Rocks India in Bangalore, India. (April 2013) | |
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| Children | Alyssa Mendonsa |
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| Genres | Bollywood |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
Loy Mendonsa started his career by composing the signature tune[4] for The World This Week show on Doordarshan.
Awards and nominations
2004: Best Music Direction win for Kal Ho Naa Ho
2004: Best Music Direction win for Kal Ho Naa Ho
2006: Best Music Direction win for Bunty aur Babli
2001: RD Burman Award for New Music Talent win for Dil Chahta Hai
2001: Best Music Direction nomination for Dil Chahta Hai
2003: Best Music Direction win for Kal Ho Naa Ho
2005: Best Music Direction win for Bunty Aur Babli
2000: Best Background Music nomination for Mission Kashmir
2001: Best Music Direction win for Dil Chahta Hai
2005: Best Music Direction win for Bunty aur Babli
2006: Best Music Director win for Bunty aur Babli
Filmography as music composers
Discography
Hindi
| Year | Movie | Song(s) | Co-singer(s) | Composer | Lyricist |
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| 2004 | Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... | "No No!" | Chetan Shashital, Dominique Cerejo, Kunal Ganjawala, Shankar Mahadevan | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | Javed Akhtar |
