From making legendary Lata Mangeshkar sing twice to making cricketer Brett Lee hum to his tunes, music composer Shamir Tandon has followed the most unusual path in music. And now, Shamir has teamed up with singer Shaan for an anthem for a television show that will create awareness of various sports before the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2010.

This is not a part of the CWG, but is an effort to arouse attention amongst youngsters to develop a liking for other sports than just cricket. Model/actor Milind Soman was instrumental in driving this track for the TV show.

This is not the first time that Shamir will be working with Shaan.

After having strategized the non-film music career of Shaan by identifying and marketing globally his albums like Tanha Dil, Bhool Ja and many more, Shamir was instrumental in getting the singer to collaborate with boy band Blue for the song 'One Love' that had Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu grooving.

For a live concert, Shamir also got Shaan to jam with the rock band Michael Learns To Rock.

"Shaan and I go a long way. We had also done the Deccan Charger anthem in 2009 that I got Shaan to sing, turned the fortunes of the team in a way to pushed them up to number one from the last position in the previous year, and now this television show. I found the concept of this show very interesting," says Shamir.

"And I took it as a challenge. In a country like India where cricket is not only a sport but also a religion, something like this is very encouraging for the youth who want to make their career in other sports. Indian sportspersons are doing well in a variety of sporting events. It always feels good to do music for a special cause. I mean as a music director, I always compose songs for movies.

" But this kind of work gives me personal satisfaction, like I composed for a nationwide Polio campaign, which was spearheaded by Mr Amitabh Bachchan," he says.

Shamir adds, "The song is called 'Khel Khel Mein' and is designed to inspire people towards sports before the commonwealth games hit the nation. Shaan was on his way to the airport for a vacation with family, when he sang this song. It has shaped out really well and I can't wait for the country to hear it soon.

"In today's era when marriages don't last a couple of years, just kidding, - Shaan was signed to being managed by me on the non film album music front in a multinational set up for more than a decade."

Shamir has composed for movies like Page 3, Corporate, Jail and many more.