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