Swanand Kirkire Explained

Swanand Kirkire (born 29 April 1969) is an Indian lyricist, playback singer, writer, assistant director, actor and dialogue writer, who works in Marathi and Hindi film and television.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Kirkire won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics twice: first in 2006^[4] for the song "Bande Me Tha Dum...Vande Mataram"^[5] from the film Lage Raho Munna Bhai, and then in 2009,^[6] for the song "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" from the film 3 Idiots. He received Filmfare Award nomination for Best Lyrics for the song "Piyu Bole" in Parineeta (2005).^[7] In 2018, at the 66th National Film Awards he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Marathi film Chumbak. He made a cameo appearance as Sansad ji in Panchayat 3 and as Mansoor Khan Sahab in Qala to whose soundtrack he also contributed as a lyricist and singer.

Early life and education

Swanand Kirkire was born and brought up at Rambagh in Indore-based Marathi speaking family to Chintamani (father) and Neelambari (mother), both of whom are classical singers. However, Swanand had no formal training in singing.^[8]

He moved to Delhi after graduating in commerce.^[9] In 1996, Swanand graduated from National School of Drama and started doing theatre. During His National School of Delhi Days his batchmates were Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Subrat Dutta and Chittaranjan Tripathy.^[10]

Filmography

As lyricist

As playback singer

As music director

As actor

Web series

As dialogue writer

As associate director

Awards

External links

• • Swanand Kirkire filmography Bollywood Hungama

Notes and References

1. Web site: INTERVIEW – SWANAND KIRKIRE. 13 October 2006. Screen.
2. Web site: Swanand Kirkire to multi-task for Ram Advani's Talisman . Radioandmusic.com . 13 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090108083706/http://www.radioandmusic.com/headlines/y2k8/jan/29jan/kirkire.php . 8 January 2009 .
3. News: Poetry in motion pictures. Live Mint. 25 December 2009.
4. News: Shailaja Tripathi. Vocals Beyond the Verbal. The Hindu. 5 February 2009. 21 May 2009.
5. News: Eros Entertainment. Official Clip:Bande Mein tha dum. https://web.archive.org/web/20140605173931/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew9aY7tWdfA&feature=channel_page . 2014-06-05 . dead. erosentertainment.com. 29 September 2006. 21 May 2009.
6. Web site: 57th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR 2009. 13 August 2012.
7. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1618886/awards awards
8. News: 18 February 2014 . Nawazuddin and I used to fight a lot: Swanand Kirkire . 27 February 2014 . The Times of India.
9. News: Nawazuddin and I used to fight a lot: Swanand Kirkire. The Times of India . 18 February 2014 .
10. News: Layered Lives . . 5 November 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121003153414/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Layered-Lives/236054/ . 3 October 2012 . dmy .
11. Web site: Swanand Kirkire, Shantanu Moitra's music lessons. Screen. The Indian Express. 13 August 2012.
12. https://archive.today/20071019223234/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/music/reviews/khoya-khoya-chand-music-review-141107.html Music Reviews | Khoya Khoya Chand | Composer Shantanu Moitra | Swanand Kirkire
13. News: Kirkire. Swanand. Bobby Jasoos. The Times of India. 4 July 2014 . 8 July 2014.
14. News: 2022-11-14 . Varun Grover's short film 'Kiss' heading to Beijing Queer Film Festival . The Economic Times . 2023-07-05 . 0013-0389.
15. Web site: Swanand Kirkire - Parchayee, Zee5. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415060050/https://www.thedigitalhash.com/nomination/swanand-kirkire-parchayee-zee5/. usurped. 15 April 2021. The Digital Hash. en-US. 2019-06-28.
16. Web site: Ruskin Bond's 'The Wind On Haunted Hill' on ZEE5: Here's what this ghost story is all about!. 2019-01-22. DNA India. en. 2019-06-28.
17. Web site: Zee5's Mystery Thriller Web Series 'Table No 5' Is Perfect To Binge-Watch. Vaid. Kritika. 2018-05-21. India.com. en. 2019-06-28.
18. Web site: Table No. 5 The Thriller Web series on Zee 5 Revolving around a restaurant's is Worth Watching. Jain. Ganesh. 2019-06-22. Cine Talkers. en-US. 2019-06-28.
19. Web site: 66th National Film Awards. 9 August 2019. Directorate of Film Festivals.
20. Web site: Nominations - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2012. www.radiomirchi.com. 2018-04-27.