Swanand Kirkire

Swanand Kirkire (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.

Kirkire won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics twice: first in 2006 for the song "Bande Me Tha Dum...Vande Mataram" from the film Lage Raho Munna Bhai, and then in 2009, 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). In 2018, at the 66th National Film Awards he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Marathi film Chumbak.

He moved to Delhi after graduating in commerce. 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.

Filmography

As lyricist 1) Shukriya 2) Dheeme Dheeme

2) Chann Pardesi

3) Maaye

4) Kanni re Kanni

5) Happy Birthday

2) Roshni 3) Mon Re 4) Zara Hat Ke Ghoomer Two songs 1) Taqdeer Se 2) Purnaviram Ganapath One song 1) Lafda Kar Le 12th Fail 1) Restart 2) Restart (Rap 'N' Folk)Laapataa Ladies One song1) Dheeme Dheeme Dunki One Song 1) Lutt Putt Gaya Along with IP Singh Trial PeriodOne Song 1) Papa SuperheroPinky Beauty ParlourOne Song 2) Darr ki Cycle (Side A)

3) Machhri ko Pankh Laga Karr (Side A)

4) New Modern Band Anthem (Side A)

5) Train Stop (Side B)

6) Knock Knock (Side B)

7) Rebo Proposal Rap (Side B)

8) Tu mere Dil Mein Bus Ja

As playback singer 2) Roshni 3) Mon Re 2) Darr ki Cycle (Side A)

3) Machhri ko Pankh Laga Karr (Side A)

4) New Modern Band Anthem (Side A)

5) Train Stop (Side B)

6) Knock Knock (Side B)

7) Gubbare (Side B)

8) Rebo Proposal Rap (Side B)

9) Jiye to Jiye

10) Jiye to Jiye (Rishi Rich Mix)

11) Tu mere Dil Mein Bus Ja

Singles

As music director

As actor

Web series

As dialogue writer

As associate director

Awards