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Swanand Kirkire

Swanand Kirkire is a lyricist-singer-writer. He was born and brought up in Indore, then moved to Delhi after doing his graduation in commerce. In 1996, Swanand graduated from National School of Drama and started doing theatre, he went on to become a television serial writer, chief assistant director, dialogue writer, lyricist,singer.

Kirkire won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics in 2007 for the song Bande Mein tha Dum from the 2006 film, Lage Raho Munna Bhai.

Biography
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