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Swanand Kirkire
Swanand Kirkire | |
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 Kirkire in 2022 | |
| Born | 29 April 1972 |
| Alma mater | National School of Drama |
| Occupation(s) | lyricist, musician, screenwriter, actor, author |
| Years active | 2003–2024 |
| Awards | |
Swanand Kirkire (Marathi: स्वानंद किरकिरे; born 29 April 1972) 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.[8] 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.
- ^ "INTERVIEW – SWANAND KIRKIRE". Screen. 13 October 2006.[dead link]
- ^ "Swanand Kirkire to multi-task for Ram Advani's Talisman". Radioandmusic.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Poetry in motion pictures". Live Mint. 25 December 2009.
- ^ Shailaja Tripathi (5 February 2009). "Vocals Beyond the Verbal". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ Eros Entertainment (29 September 2006). "Official Clip:Bande Mein tha dum". erosentertainment.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ "57th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ awards IMDb.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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