Loading AI tools
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaurav Solanki (born 7 July, 1986) is an Indian fiction writer, poet, screenwriter and lyricist.[1] He has written songs for Ugly, Daas Dev and Veere Di Wedding. In 2012, he was awarded Jnanpeeth's Navlekhan Puraskar which he refused to accept.[2] He has written much acclaimed film Article 15.
Gaurav Solanki was born in Meerut (U.P.) and grew up in Sangaria (Rajasthan). He graduated from IIT Roorkee.[1][3]
His first break in films was Anurag Kashyap's Ugly (2014) for which he wrote lyrics. Kashyap also bought the rights to his story "Hisar mein Hahakar".[4] Solanki wrote songs for Daas Dev (2018) and Veere Di Wedding (2018).[3] His screenplay Nisaar was selected for Drishyam Films Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab, 2016.[5] In 2019, he wrote the film Article 15. He also wrote the web series Tandav in 2021.
Solanki's first short-story collection, Gyrahvin-A ke Ladke, was released at the Jaipur Literature Festival in 2018.[6] It was among the top three Hindi books in the Dainik Jagran Nielsen Bookscan bestseller list in its first quarter.[7]
Title | Year | Credited as |
---|---|---|
Ugly | 2014 | Lyricist[8] |
Daas Dev | 2018 | Lyricist |
Veere Di Wedding | 2018 | Lyricist[8] |
Article 15 | 2019 | Writer [9] |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.