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His father, the late Dr. Arun Kumar Sen, who was the Vice-Chancellor at Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh, and mother late Dr. Aneeta Sen, were both renowned classical singers of Gwalior Gharana and Musicologists. He learned music from his parents, moved to Mumbai in 1979 to become music composer, and began singing in 1984. He started doing research oriented musical programs, such as Dushywant Ne Kaha Tha 1984 (ghazals of Dushyant Kumar), Madhya Yugeen Kaavya 1985 (sang medieval poets like Raskhan, Raheem, Lalitkishori, Bhooshan, Bihari, Kabir, Tulsidas, Sur Pakistan ka Hindi Kavya1986 (Hindi Geet, Dohe written in Pakistan), Meera Se Mahadevi Tak 1987 (Hindi songs by Poetesses) & many more innovative programmes.  Shekhar Sen performing as KabirSen started his career in Mumbai in 1979, with the objective of becoming a music composer.[6] He was contracted by HMV as a ghazal singer. He soon realized that his true talent lay in composing bhajans so he shifted to that, rendering more than 200 Bhajan Albums since 1983 as singer, a lyricist, and a composer. He sang and composed for many TV serials and films. He has performed more than 1200 concerts, singing all over the world.Since 1998, as a playwright, actor, singer, director and composer, Sen has created one man musical plays and performed more than 1000 shows of his Mono Act Musical Plays, “Tulsi”, “Kabeer”  “Vivekananda” “Sanmati”,  “Saahab” & “Soordas”.[7] His performances received great acclaim in India as well as abroad such as US, England, Belgium, Suriname, Singapore, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Sharjah, Mauritius, and Trinidad.[8]Sen’s play, a mono-act “Soordas”, premiered at NCPA Mumbai on 14 June 2013.[9] Sen told Timeout Mumbai, “Initially, I was very apprehensive about whether to portray a blind person for two hours \u2013 a very tough task. But when I started writing [the play] I realised that people with sight can only see the world [in a 180-degree view], while those without sight are able to see the world [in] 360 degrees”.[10] In 2015, he received the Padma Shri Award, and was appointed to be the Chairperson for Sangit Natya Academy by Indian Government.[11]Awards and accolades[edit]Discs and albums[edit]AlbumLanguageRoleOther notesSingerComposerSamnarpanHindiNoYesShekhar Sen,Amrit WaniHindiNoYesShekhar Sen,Durga Sapt Shati (edited)HindiNoYesAnuradha Paudwal,Sangeet SandhyaHindiNoYesShekhar Sen,Aaj Tera Jagraata MaaHindiNoYesSonu Nigam, Alka YagnikBhajanodayaHindiNoYesUdit NarayanBhajan VatikaHindiNoYesUdit NarayanChalisa SangrahHindiNoYesAnuradha PaudwalGayatri Maha MantramKannada\/Tamil\/TeluguNoYesHariharanHey Mahavir (Dhun)HindiNoYesShalini ShrivastavaJay Sai Ram Jay Sai ShyamHindiNoYesRavinder BijurMaago AnandomoyeeBanglaNoYesAnuradha PaudwalAami Ek ProbashiBanglaYesYesMaha Mrityunjaya MantramTeluguNoYesHariharanMahima Mahakal KiHindiNoYesAnuradha PaudwalMahima Mata Chhinnmasta KiHindiNoYesPriya Bhattacharya & SohamNamanHindiNoYesNitin MukeshNehanjaliHindiNoYesNitin MukeshPaawan Haridwar MahakumbhHindiNoYesAnuradha Paudwal, Babla MehtaRam Shyam GungaanHindiNoYesRonu MajumdarSamarpanHindiYesYesShakti-Maa Kaali BhajansHindiNoYesAnuradha PaudwalShirdi Wale Saibaba Ki Kahani(2 Volumes)HindiNoYesNitin Mukesh, Anuradha PaudwalShiv AaradhanaHindiNoYesAnuradha PaudwalShivgangaHindiNoYesAnuradha PaudwalShree Durga Stuti Vol. 1 To 4HindiNoYesAnuradha PaudwalShree Ram Charit MalaHindiNoYesAnuradha PaudwalShreemad Bhagavad Geeta (Vol. 1 To 4)SanskritNoYesAnuradha PaudwalShri Ganapati SahastranamavaliHindiNoYesAnuradha PaudwalShubh DeepavaliHindiNoYesAnuradha Paudwal, Hari Om Sharan, Sukhwinder Singh, Kavita PaudwalTulsi Ramayan Vol. 1 To 8HindiNoYesAnuradha Paudwal, Babla MehtaReferences[edit]External links[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/shekhar-sen-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Shekhar Sen – Wikipedia"}}]}]