Swanand Kirkire ( Marathi: स्वानंद किरकिरे) (born 29 April 1972) is an Indian lyricist, playback singer, writer, assistant director, actor and dialogue writer, both in television with Marathi and

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s. Kirkire won the

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twice: first in 2006 for the song "Bande Me Tha Dum...Vande Mataram" from the film ''

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'', and then in 2009, for the song "Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh" from the film ''

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''. He received

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nomination for Best Lyrics for the song "Piyu Bole" in '' Parineeta'' (2005). In 2018, at the

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he won the

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for the Marathi film '' Chumbak''.

Early life and education

Swanand Kirkire was born and brought up at Rambagh in

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-based Marathi speaking family to Chintamani (father) and Neelambari (mother), both of whom are classical singers. However, Swanand had no formal training in singing. He moved to

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after doing his graduation in commerce. In 1996, Swanand graduated from

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and started doing theatre.

Filmography

As Lyricist

As Playback Singer

As Music Director

As Actor

Web Series

As Dialogue Writer

As Associate Director

Awards

References

External links

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