Loy Mendonsa
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. Rahman and Nadeem-Shravan. His daughter, Alyssa Mendonsa, made her singing debut with the song Uff Teri Adaa from the movie Karthik Calling Karthik.
Also recorded as Aloyius Peter Mendonsa
Loy Mendonsa
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- Loy Mendonsa
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- * Musician
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- India
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Mendonsa started his career by composing the signature tune for The World This Week show on Doordarshan.
Loy Mendonsa at Raymond Weil Store launch in Mumbai
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• Name — Loy Mendonsa • Children — Alyssa Mendonsa • Occupation — * Musician • pianist • singer
Filmography as music composers
Filmography as music composers
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy#Filmography as composers
Hindi
Hindi
• Year — Movie — Song(s) — Co-singer(s) — Composer — Lyricist • 2004 — Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... — "No No!" — Chetan Shashital, Dominique Cerejo, Kunal Ganjawala, Shankar Mahadevan — Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy — Javed Akhtar
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Loy Mendonsa
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q14145518: Loy Mendonsa
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- Interview—Loy Mendonsa (Composer, Musician), Dil Chahta Hai Soundtrack, 2025
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- “Loy Mendonsa”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards and nominations
• National Film Awards 2004: Best Music Direction win for Kal Ho Naa Ho • IIFA Awards 2004: Best Music Direction win for Kal Ho Naa Ho 2006: Best Music Direction win for Bunty aur Babli • Filmfare Awards 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 • Star Screen Awards 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 • Zee Cine Awards 2006: Best Music Director win for Bunty aur Babli
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