Swanand Kirkire

D O B January 1,1970
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Known For Singer, Story, Song Writer
Married Yes
Biography Swanand Kirkire born is an Indian lyricist playback singer writer also a television serial writer assistant director dialogue writer both in television and Hindi films Kirkire won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics twice First in for the song Bande Me Tha Dum Vande Mataram from the film Lage Raho Munna Bhai second time in for the song Behti Hawaa Sa Tha Woh from the film Idiots He also received Filmfare Award nomination for Best Lyrics for the song Piyu Bole in Parineeta Swanand Kirkire was born and brought up at Rambagh in Indore-based Marathi speaking family to Chintamani father and Neelambari mother both of who are classical singers However he has no formal training in singing He moved to Delhi after doing his graduation in commerce In Swanand graduated from National School of Drama and started doing theatre The first try came with direction when Swanand wrote and directed a play on freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in New Delhi During his theatre days he learnt that Manju Singh a television serial producer was looking for a writer for his serial Swaraj also on Bhagat Singh He went to Mumbai and had an apartment in Warden Road When the More serial ended he gave up his apartment and settled down in Goregaon a Mumbai suburb Swanand was later introduced to filmmaker Pankaj Parashar who in turn introduced him to director Sudhir Mishra Mishra was doing a serial called Talash with his assistant Ruchi Narain He started assisting Sudhir while he was making Calcutta Mail and then it continued with Chameli and Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi Swanand had written a song during his theatre days Bawra mann dekhne chala ek sapna Sudhir Mishra heard the song and decided to use it in his film Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi Music composer Shantanu Moitra decided to record it in Swanand's voice Music was out and it became instant hit Though the film's release got delayed but music was sold out It became popular and the music company decided to re-release it again during the film's release
Movies
- Ferrari Ki Sawari (2012) Starring Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Nilesh Diwakar, Vidya Balan
- Vicky Donor (2012) Starring Annu Kapooor, Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam
- Gali Gali Chor Hai (2012) Starring Satish Kaushik, Akshaye Khanna, Mugdha Godse, Shriya Saran
- Singham (2011) Starring Ajay Devgn, Prakash Raj, Sachin Khedekar, Sonali Kulkarni, Kajal Aggarwal
- Bbudda Hoga Terra Baap (2011) Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Prakash Raj, Sonu Sood, Hema Malini, Sonal Chauhan
- Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011) Starring Irrfan Khan, Arunoday Singh, Chitrangada Singh
- Robot (2010) Starring Danny Denzongpa, Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
- Lafangey Parindey (2010) Starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, Kay Kay Menon, Javed Jaffrey, Deepika Padukone, Juhi Chawla
- Peepli Live (2010) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Raghuvir Yadav, Omkar Das Manikpuri
- Rajneeti (2010) Starring Ajay Devgn, Manoj Vajpai, Ranveer Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Katrina Kaif
- Well Done Abba (2010) Starring Boman Irani, Ravi Kishan, Minissha Lamba
- Striker (2010) Starring Anupam Kher, Siddharth Anand, Aditya Pancholi, Seema Biswas, Padmapriya
- Dulha Mil Gaya (2010) Starring Shahrukh Khan, Fardeen Khan, Randhir Kapoor, Tara Sharma, Sushmita Sen
- 3 Idiots (2009) Starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Kareena Kapoor
- Paa (2009) Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Paresh Rawal, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Arundathi Nag
- Gulaal (2009) Starring Piyush Mishra, Deepak Dobriyal, Kay Kay Menon, Mahi Gill, Jesse Randhawa
- Welcome To Sajjanpur (2008) Starring Shreyas Talpade, Ravi Kishan, Amrita Rao
- Phir Kabhi (2008) Starring Mithun Chakraborty, Sanjay Dutt, Gulshan Grover, Dimple Kapadia, Rati Agnihotri
- Khoya Khoya Chand (2007) Starring Shiney Ahuja, Rajat Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan, Sushmita Mukherjee
- Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007) Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rani Mukherjee
- Go (2007) Starring Kay Kay Menon, Gautam Gupta, Nisha Kothari
- Eklavya (2007) Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Jackie Shroff, Sanjay Dutt, Vidya Balan
- Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) Starring Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan
- Jai Santoshi Maa (2006) Starring Rakesh Bapat, Nushrat Bharucha, Fahim Khan
- Sehar (2005) Starring Arshad Warsi, Mahima Chaudhry
- Parineeta (2005) Starring Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Vidya Balan, Diya Mirza, Raima Sen
- Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005) Starring Shiney Ahuja, Kay Kay Menon, Saurabh Shukla, Chitrangada Singh
- Prem Tapasya (1983) Starring Kader Khan, Jeetendra, Prem Chopra, Rekha, Reena Roy
Some Popular Songs
- Gali Gali Chor Hai From:- Gali Gali Chor Hai (2012) , Starring Akshaye Khanna, Shriya Saran, Satish Kaushik, Mugdha Godse
- Maula Maula From:- Singham (2011) , Starring Ajay Devgn, Kajal Aggarwal
- Singham From:- Singham (2011) , Starring Ajay Devgn, Kajal Aggarwal
- Saathiyaa From:- Singham (2011) , Starring Ajay Devgn, Kajal Aggarwal
- Lafangey Prindey From:- Lafangey Parindey (2010) , Starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, Deepika Padukone
- Nain Parindey From:- Lafangey Parindey (2010) , Starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, Deepika Padukone
- Rang Daalein From:- Lafangey Parindey (2010) , Starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, Deepika Padukone
- Dhatad Tatad From:- Lafangey Parindey (2010) , Starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, Deepika Padukone
- Ajab teri karni maula From:- Striker (2010) , Starring Siddharth Narayan
- Aal Izz Well From:- 3 Idiots (2009) , Starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi
- Give Me Some Sunshine From:- 3 Idiots (2009) , Starring R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Omi Vaidya
- Zoobi Doobi Param Pa From:- 3 Idiots (2009) , Starring Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor
- Jaane Nahin Denge Tujhe From:- 3 Idiots (2009) , Starring Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi
- Behati Hawa Sa Tha Wo From:- 3 Idiots (2009) , Starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi
- Bheeni Bheeni Mehki Mehki From:- Welcome To Sajjanpur (2008) , Starring Amrita Rao, Shreyas Talpade
- Khoya Khoya Chand From:- Khoya Khoya Chand (2007) , Starring Shiney Ahuja, Soha Ali Khan
- Khushboo Sa From:- Khoya Khoya Chand (2007) , Starring Shiney Ahuja, Soha Ali Khan
- Ik Teekhi Teekhi Si Ladki From:- Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007) , Starring Konkona Sen Sharma
- Hum Toh Aise Hai Bhaiya From:- Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007) , Starring Konkona Sen Sharma, Rani Mukherjee
- Kachchi Kaliyaan From:- Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007) , Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee
