Niranjan Iyengar born in

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, Maharashtra,

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, is a screenwriter and

lyricist A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's incom ...

particularly known for his work with director Karan Johar. He is also author of the book, ''The Making of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...''. Niranjan also hosts the talk show ''Look Who's Talking with Niranjan'', which is aired on

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Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

Star Screen Awards The Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony held in India honouring professional excellence in Bollywood. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professionals from the industry. The awards were introduced by t ...

*Nominated: Best Dialogue – ''

Kal Ho Naa Ho ''Kal Ho Naa Ho'' (, ), also abbreviated as ''KHNH'', is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Nikhil Advani, written by Karan Johar with dialogue by Niranjan Iyengar, and produced by Yash Johar. The film stars ...

'' (2004)

Zee Cine Awards The Zee Cine Award (ZCA) is an Indian awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. They were instituted in November 1997 to award "Excellence in cinema - the democratic way". They were first held in Mumbai until 2004, when the ZCA went internat ...

*Nominated: Best Dialogue – ''

'' (2004) Filmfare Awards *Nominated: Best Lyricist – "Sajda" and "Noor-e-Khuda" from '' My Name Is Khan'' (2011)

Mirchi Music Awards ''Mirchi Music Awards'' are presented annually by ''Radio Mirchi'' to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film music industry of India. The awards, given in seventeen different categories, were in ...

*Nominated: Album of The Year – '' My Name is Khan'' ( 2010) *Nominated: Lyricist of The Year – "Sajdaa" from ''My Name is Khan'' (2010) *Nominated: Lyricist of The Year – "Tere Naina" from ''My Name is Khan'' (2010)

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* {{India-film-bio-stub Indian male screenwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Hindi screenwriters