Shailender Singh Sodhi , commonly known as Shellee, is an Indian poet, film lyricist and writer. He commonly works in

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

. He was born in

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, India.

Early life

His father Himmat Singh Sodhi, is a poet and a writer. Shellee wrote poetry and stories from an early age. After studying at DAV School, Ambala cantonment, he studied theater from

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Cantt and

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, Chandigarh. In 1995 he moved to Mumbai to assist

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. Though he wanted to act, he was not a skilled actor. He was a Censor Board member for four years. In 2008, Anurag Kashyap approached him to write the lyrics for

Dev.D ''Dev.D'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic black comedy film released on 6 February 2009. Written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, it is a modern-day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic Bengali novel ''Devdas'', previously ada ...

. Known for introducing new words in his lyrics, he rose to fame quickly.Words are all he has
/ref> He says he got the name "Shellee", when one of his teachers, who was a fan of English poet PB Shelley, started calling him Shelley. The nickname later became 'Shellee.'

Career

He has worked as lyricist and background music composer for various Bollywood films including the critically acclaimed '' Dev D.'' and ''

Udta Punjab ''Udta Punjab'' () is a 2016 Indian black comedy crime drama film written and directed by Abhishek Chaubey, co-written by Sudip Sharma, and produced by Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Sameer Nair and Aman Gill under Balaji Motion Pictures in assoc ...

''. He is working on a documentary film on the

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community living in

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for many generations.

Filmography

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'' (2009) *''

Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana ''Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language comedy film produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur and Anurag Kashyap and directed by debutante Sameer Sharma. Plot Omi Khurana's London dream has just ended. On the r ...

'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2016) * ''

'' (2016) * '' Phillauri'' (2017) * ''

Lust Stories ''Lust Stories'' is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language anthology film, consisting of four short film segments directed by Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, and Karan Johar and based on the concept of the 2013 anthology film ''Bombay Tal ...

'' (2018), a series on

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* ''

Veere Di Wedding ''Veere Di Wedding'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language female buddy comedy film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and produced by Rhea Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Nikhil Dwivedi. Loosely based on the 2015 film '' The Wedding Ringer'', the film stars ...

'' (2018) * ''

Manmarziyaan ''Manmarziyaan'' (; ), released internationally as ''Husband Material'', is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Anurag Kashyap and written by Kanika Dhillon. Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Vicky Kaushal and Taapsee ...

'' (2018) * '' Jai Mummy Di'' (2020) * ''

Jawaani Jaaneman ''Jawaani Jaaneman'' () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Nitin Kakkar and produced by Saif Ali Khan, Jackky Bhagnani, Deepshikha Deshmukh and Jay Shewakramani under Pooja Entertainment, Black Knight Films and North ...

'' (2020) * ''

Hum Do Hamare Do ''Hum Do Hamare Do'' () is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Abhishek Jain and produced by Dinesh Vijan. The film stars Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Sanon as leads, while Paresh Rawal, Ratna Pathak Shah, Aparshakti Khurana ...

'' (2021) * ''

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'' (2022) * ''Pippa'' (2022) * '' Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat'' (2023)

References

{{authority control Indian lyricists Living people People from Ambala district 1970 births