He is part of India's best most popular music trio, who have the beats, the melody and the voice, and on Ehsaan's birthday we brought him a step closer to his fans. Here is a record of the chat.
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indya: Hi all and welcome to the chat with Ehsaan on indya.com! It's his birthday today and here on indya.com you get to chat with him! indya: He will join us shortly, keep those questions posted! indya: Hi Ehsaan. Happy Birthday and welcome to the chat! guest74: Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday, let all the happiness come your way, and that's what I always say, be what it may, I am your fan for life! - Hi Ehsaan, this is Samy and I love you. Ehsaan: Thank you very much, I love you too, that's a very long message! guest69: Love, Life, music, your guitar, your female fans, rate them according to your priority! Ehsaan: My music, my guitar, my female fans and then love guest88: Shankar without Ehsaan and Ehsaan without Loy and Loy without Ehsaan and Shankar would be... Ehsaan: Would be three individual musicians! guest90: Hey Happy Birthday Ehsaan! You rock with your guitar. Can you tell me where you bought it? I love guitar too. Ehsaan: I keep travelling a lot and I have bought them from everywhere! But you have a lot of dealers here in Mumbai now and one of them is FENDER, you can find them there. guest89: I was part of the audience in one of your shows, I really loved you on stage. Many many happy returns of the day. What's with you and your guitar, are they inseparable? Ehsaan: I love my guitar and I love to perform with it on stage! guest91: Oh God! I am excited. Guess what Ehsaan? It's my birthday too! I wish you a rocking day and muah! Ehsaan: Oh that's fantastic! That's nice to hear! Let's party together! guest89: Why don't you guys compose music for South Indian movies? After Kamal Hassan's movie Abhay, there is not much of SEL seen in South. Why Ehsaan why? And why? Ehsaan: Hopefully by the end of the year we will be working on a Tamil movie. I can't reveal more on it but it will definitely happen! guest82: Your spiky hair is kind of good Ehsaan boy! Very stylish. We love your music. Happy B'day. Ehsaan: Thank you very much for liking it! One day I woke up and I really got bored of my old haircut! So I switched to this new spiky hair! Glad that you guys like it! guest93: If a secret admirer comes up to you and says Ehsaan sing for me because I like your voice, would you do it? Can you do it right now? Please. Ehsaan: Well I would love to sing to you but I don't think I have a very good voice! guest73: Mumbai, Bangalore or Delhi chicks? Who do you think is the hottest? Ehsaan: Actually they are all so pretty! guest74: Happy B'day Ehsaan. Please please please say a big hi to me, I am Rajiv and I am in my 10 standard. I love your track Where's the party tonight. I have learnt to dance after watching and listening to that song, almost ... I think I didn't count the nuber of times I played the song. Ehsaan: Hi Rajiv! A big big big hi to you. I am happy that you got to learn dancing through this song. You don't have to couldn't while you are listening to our music! He he! guest63: We are a gang from the SEL fan club. Can you please say a big Hi to Anusha, Neha, Priya, Sneha and Roshni? We love you guys and Ehsaan. You are the cutest! Ehsaan: A big hug to you all! I am very flattered that you guys liked us! I love you all please, do come and meet us in any of our stage shows! guest87: I like your bracelets on your left wrist. Do you always wear them? I think I didn't see them in one of your interviews. Ehsaan: I have always been wearing them since many years! I must have forgotten it once! guest73: As a teenager, share with us one experience that makes you feel funny today, when you look back. Ehsaan: Ok… I guess I will share one such incident with all of you today. I was playing squash wearing my cut off jeans and they almost got torn! guest57: Did you learn music from someone, who was your first teacher? Ehsaan: Bismarc Rodrigues is my first teacher. Then I went to America to learn music. guest74: What's the plan for tonight, Ehsaan? Are you going out for dinner? Happy birthday and my best wishes are always there with you! Ehsaan: I have not yet planned anything right now! guest93: Which are the places you have traveled till date? Ehsaan: Europe, Singapore, Bangkok, Egypt, America and many more places. I plan to travel to many more places in the future! guest87: Can you mention one of Shankar's song that you just love. Ehsaan: We did a song called Chandni for the album Dus, that Shankar sang. I just love it even now. guest87: Purple, pink, blue, white, which is the colour you hate? Ehsaan: I like all colours. It depends on who is wearing it! Ha ha guest71: The worst fan experience that you ever had Ehsaan: We had a very obsessive fan once, he used to follow us everywhere! wajeeha82:Salaam... This is Wajeeha. How are you... I'm so pleased to have this opportunity to wish you a happy birthday. I'm a big admirer of your music. Best of luck for many more birthdays to come! Ehsaan: Hi Wajeeha! Thank you very much for being my fan. And thanks for wishing me. I hope to chat with all you guys every now and then. guest90: How has the past few months been? After KANK and now Don? Ehsaan: It's been a very hectic time for all the three of us! We have been doing a lot of work and we have been doing a lot of traveling for the stage shows. But we are happy that our music is well received! amitbdz24: Hey, I heard Adnan is singing in SEI, what type of song is it? Ehsaan: He has sung one of the title songs for, Salaam-E-Ishq. It a very nice song and I won't tell you guys much about it! Wait and watch! dia: Tell us something about your family. Ehsaan: I have my wife, parents, sisters, Shankar and Loy of course. wajeeha82: I feel that you give more importance to the percussions and accompaniments rather than the melody itself. Do you think listeners these days want the music to be loud with beats, rather than looking out for the melody, the tune. Ehsaan: Melody is very important. The song is the most important to us. Yes the audience would love to have loud beats. wajeeha82: Ehssan... Salaam-e-Ishq This is Wajeeha... Can you give out some personal details like where were you born, what have you studied? I hope you don't mind! amitbdz24: What are your future projects after Salaam-E-Ishq and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom? Ehsaan: We have quiet a few projects lined up, we have Sajid Khan's Hey baby, then there is Aamir Khan's Taarein Zameen Par and then there is a Anil Kapoor movie. ghu1993: Hey Ehsaan...Wish you a very very happy birthday! May this new year bring you all the happiness of life... Can you give me your email id? Ehsaan: Hey thanks a lot! You can email me at info@shankarEhsaanloy.com dia: Thanks for chatting with your fans on the special occasion of your B'day. Thank you so much for taking out some time. Once again happy birthday. Ehsaan: We create music for you. So I am happy to be part of this chat. guest92: The best stage show that you have ever had? Ehsaan: There are two very rocking shows that we really enjoyed, one is for IIT Chennai and the other was for Qutub festival in Delhi guest93: Would you cut a solo album someday? Ehsaan: That's a good question but I would really need to think in which direction I need to make the album! It will definitely be the Blues because that's one form of music I love! guest88: When is the first time you traveled and how was the experience? Ehsaan: Madagascar, I am a big fan of aviation and I got freaked by the whole experience! guest73: Money without E would be pronounced as? Ehsaan: That would be pronounced as 'Mony', right! guest74: Your favourite past time? Ehsaan: I love playing my guitar and surfing the net! guest87: Have men hit on you? Has a girl hit on you Ehsaan: Girls have hit on me! guest92: Please tell us on how your career began? Ehsaan: Well I started playing guitar at a very young age. When I was in college I realised I need to pursue my dream, then decided to study music in America. When I came back I worked with Loy for jingles and Shankar used to sing for the jingles. That's when we all got together and composed music. Dus was the first movie we composed together. indya: Ok Ehsaan... Questions are coming in... But we hope we do not keep you online for too long on your birthday! Thanks for being with us on the chat. indya: But, before you go... Any messages for your fans? Ehsaan: I would like to thank indya.com and all my fans and I really enjoyed this special chat with you guys! I love you all! Keep smiling! indya: Thanks Ehsaan! indya: That was Ehsaan on chat on his birthday! indya: Hope you guys enjoyed it as well! indya: Be sure you are on indya.com to hear all his special messages... indya: And be back on time for the next chat! indya: Till then, take care, bye!
Ehsaan on his Birthday!
Ehsaan: I keep travelling a lot and I have bought them from everywhere! But you have a lot of dealers here in Mumbai now and one of them is FENDER, you can find them there.
guest73: Mumbai, Bangalore or Delhi chicks? Who do you think is the hottest? 
guest93: Which are the places you have traveled till date?
wajeeha82: I feel that you give more importance to the percussions and accompaniments rather than the melody itself. Do you think listeners these days want the music to be loud with beats, rather than looking out for the melody, the tune.