Swanand Kirkire (born 29 April 1972) is an Indian lyricist, playback singer, writer, assistant director, actor and dialogue writer, who works in

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and

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film and television. Kirkire won the

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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 ''

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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 66th National Film Awards he won the

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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

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he also contributed as a lyricist and singer.

Early life and education

Swanand Kirkire was born and brought up at Rambagh in

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-based

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 graduating in commerce. In 1996, Swanand graduated from

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and started doing theatre. During His National School of Delhi Days his batchmates were

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and Chittaranjan Tripathi.

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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Swanand Kirkire filmography
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