Vaibhav Shrivastava, more popularly known as Vayu, is an Indian singer and songwriter, who has been active in the industry for over 10 years. He signed on to

Sony Music India Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. is the record label operated by Sony in Chennai, India. The company began operation in 1997, and it was the first record company in India to be 100% foreign-owned, with Sony being a Japanese corporati ...

as an exclusive artist in 2018.

Early life

Vayu was born in

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

and spent his childhood years in small towns like

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and

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. His mother used to affectionately call him Vayu, and the nickname stuck. His parents moved to Bhopal after he finished his schooling. Vayu moved to

Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is the only city to ...

to study Graphic Designing and later shifted to

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to pursue Masters in Mass Communication from Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication (SIMC).

Career

Vayu moved to

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

in 2009 and worked in advertising by writing for various mediums like print and TV. He finally got his first lyricist break by

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in the 2010 movie, Rann. With Oopar Oopar Renn De (Bro Anthem) in 2014 and Banno from

Tanu Weds Manu Returns ''Tanu Weds Manu Returns'' is a 2015 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Aanand L. Rai which is a sequel to the 2011 film ''Tanu Weds Manu''. R. Madhavan, Kangana Ranaut, Jimmy Sheirgill, Deepak Dobriyal, Swara Bhaskar and Eijaz Khan repris ...

in 2015, he established his credentials as a quirky and hit lyricist, and found a name in the industry. Initially, Vayu started out 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 ...

with his friend

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, but the two have now gone separate solo ways, occasionally collaborating on a song or two. Vayu wrote the lyrics for

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's single Gallan Tipsiyaan and Akasa's single "Thug Ranjha". Vayu has written and co-composed Sanedo from

Mitron ''Mitron'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Nitin Kakkar, written by Sharib Hashmi and produced by Vikram Malhotra under the Abundantia Entertainment banner. An official remake of the 2016 Telugu film ''Pell ...

, 2018 (starring

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and

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). He has written the lyrics for Chad Gayi Hai and Monobina from the Akshay Kumar movie,

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. He has also written the lyrics for 3 songs (Milegi Milegi, Kamariya, Nazar Na Lag Jaaye) in the latest hit movie Stree, starring

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and Shraddha Kapoor with

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, Aparshakti Khurrana, and Abhishek Banerjee appearing in supporting roles. Badhaaiyan Tenu is a track written by Vayu, for the upcoming comedy drama film

Badhaai Ho ''Badhaai Ho'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma and produced by Sharma, Aleya Sen and Hemant Bhandari under Chrome Pictures and Vineet Jain under Junglee Pictures. It stars Ayushman ...

directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma. Vayu wrote the Pepsi Anthem ''Swag Se Solo'' and also composed it along with Tanishk Bagchi. He is a composer, lyricist and singer of a song under label of Sony Music India named as Baatein Karo. It was released in March 2020. Shot in India and Sri Lanka. A soulful track on smartphone life consuming the importance of in person talks.

Discography

Vayu has contributed to several Bollywood movies as lyricist and performer. Following is his discography.

Awards and nominations

References

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