Varun Grover (born 26 January 1980) is an Indian

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and

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. He won the award for Best Lyricist at the 63rd

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in 2015. He is also the co-creator of Aisi Taisi Democracy.

Early life and education

Grover was born in

Sundernagar Sundar Nagar (also spelled as Sundernagar) is a town and a municipal council in Mandi district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Formerly it was a princely state, known as Suket. History Sunder Nagar was formerly the seat of prince ...

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, to a school-teacher mother and army engineer father. His family is Punjabi. He spent his initial years in

and

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, before moving to

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for his adolescent years. He studied civil engineering at

Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi (IIT BHU) is a public technical university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1919 as the Banaras Engineering College, it became the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu Univers ...

, graduating in 2003.

Collaboration in the Independent music space

In 2017 Varun Grover released Beete Dino Ke Geet – a song in collaboration with US-based producer Krishna Chetan.

Filmography

Films

Television

Books

*''Paper Chor'' (2018), Jugnoo Prakashan *''Biksu'' (2019), Ektara India *''Karejwa'' (2020), Bakarmaxindia

Awards and nominations

* Won

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award for ''"Moh Moh Ke Dhaage"'' (''Dum Lagaa Ke Haisa'') at

63rd National Film Awards The 63rd National Film Awards was an award ceremony during which the Directorate of Film Festivals of India presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2015 in Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 28 March 2016 ...

2015–16 * Won Best Lyricist award at Zee Cine Awards 2015 * Won Best Lyricist award at Guild Awards 2015 * Won Lyricist of The Year award at

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 ...

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for "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" from ''

Dum Laga Ke Haisha ''Dum Laga Ke Haisha'' (), released internationally as ''My Big Fat Bride'', is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sharat Katariya, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar, Sanjay Mishra and ...

'' * Nominated for Best Lyricist at 61st Filmfare Awards 2016 * Nominated for Best Raaga-based song for ''Aayi Bahaar'' of '' Ankhon Dekhi'' at the

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* Nominated for Best Lyrics for ''Womaniya'' of ''

Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 ''Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language crime action film directed by Anurag Kashyap, and written by Kashyap and Zeishan Quadri. It is the first installment of the '' Gangs of Wasseypur'' series, centered on the coal ...

'' at the Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award 2013 * Awarded for Best Screenplay and Best Lyrics for song "Tu Kisi rail si" from movie ''Masaan'' at the Stardust Award 2015. * Won Best Dialogue at 67th Filmfare Awards for Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar 2022.

References

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