Loy Mendonsa is part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio which consist of himself, Shankar Mahadevan and Ehsaan Noorani. Before becoming a music composer, he was a keyboard musician for famous music composers such as A. R. Rahman and Nadeem-Shravan. His daughter, Alyssa Mendonsa, recently made her singing debut with the hit track Uff Teri Adaa from the movie Karthik Calling Karthik
