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Irshad Kamil

Indian songwriter

Field	Value
name	Irshad Kamil
image	irshadkamildpf.png
caption	Kamil at the Delhi Poetry Festival in 2013
birth_date
birth_place	Malerkotla, Punjab, India
nationality	Indian
occupation	Lyricist, poet
years active	2004–present
website

Irshad Kamil (born 5 September 1971) is an Indian poet and lyricist. His songs appeared in Bollywood films including Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, Jab We Met, Chameli, Love Aaj Kal, Rockstar, Laila Majnu, Aashiqui 2, Raanjhanaa, Highway, Tamasha, Jab Harry Met Sejal, Kabir Singh, Dunki and Love Aaj Kal.

Irshad has been nominated and won numerous prestigious awards for his lyrics in song-writing. He has won dozens of awards of Best Lyricist, the Film Fare Award, IIFA and Zee Cine Awards to name a few. Favorite Lyricist,Writer:Hemant Khatiwada

Early life and education

Kamil was born as the seventh child to his parents in Malerkotla, and belongs to a Punjabi Muslim family.

He studied journalism at the Panjab University, followed by postgraduate and PhD degrees in Hindi.

Filmography

	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Composer(s)	Director	Notes	Ref.
2004	Chameli	Sandesh Shandilya	Sudhir Mishra
Anant Balani	One of the lyricists
2005	Shabd	Vishal–Shekhar	Leena Yadav
Socha Na Tha	Sandesh Shandilya	Imtiaz Ali	Five songs
Karam	Vishal–Shekhar	Leena Yadav	One song
Neal 'N' Nikki	Salim–Sulaiman	Arjun Sablok
2006	Ahista Ahista	Himesh Reshammiya	Shivam Nair	One of the lyricists
Gafla	Kartik Shah	Sameer Hanchate
2007	Dhol	Pritam	Priyadarshan	Five songs
Jab We Met	Imtiaz Ali
2008	Tulsi	Nikhil-Vinay	Ajay Kumar
Bhram	Pritam	Pavan S. Kaul	One of the lyricists
Thodi Life Thoda Magic	Vinay Tiwari	Anand L Rai	Three songs
A Wednesday!	Sanjoy Chowdhury	Neeraj Pandey	One of the lyricists
2009	Aa Dekhen Zara	Pritam	Jehangir Surti	Three songs
Tera Mera Ki Rishta	Jaidev Kumar	Navaniat Singh	One of the lyricists
Love Aaj Kal	Pritam	Imtiaz Ali
Toss	Sandesh Shandilya	Ramesh Khatkar	One of the lyricists
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani	Pritam	Rajkumar Santoshi
De Dana Dan	Priyadarshan	Three songs
2010	Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?	Ashwni Dhir	One song
Tum Milo Toh Sahi	Sandesh Shandilya	Kabir Sadanand
Raajneeti	Pritam	Prakash Jha	One song
Khatta Meetha	Priyadarshan	Three songs (one along with U. R. L.)
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai	Milan Luthria	Six songs
Help	Ashutosh Phatak	Rajeev Virani
Aashayein	Pritam	Nagesh Kukunoor	One song
We Are Family	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy	Siddharth P. Malhotra	One of the lyricists
Anjaana Anjaani	Vishal–Shekhar	Siddharth Anand	One song (Along with Kausar Munir)
Aakrosh	Pritam	Priyadarshan
Action Replayy	Vipul Shah
2011	Yamla Pagla Deewana	Sandesh Shandilya	Samir Karnik	One song
Kucch Luv Jaisaa	Pritam	Barnali Ray Shukla
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan	Sohail Sen	Ali Abbas Zafar
Mausam	Pritam	Pankaj Kapoor
Rascals	Vishal–Shekhar	David Dhawan
Rockstar	A. R. Rahman	Imtiaz Ali
Desi Boyz	Pritam	Rohit Dhawan	Two songs
2012	Jodi Breakers	Salim–Sulaiman	Ashwini Chaudhary	One of the lyricists
Cocktail	Pritam
Yo Yo Honey Singh	Homi Adajania	Eight songs
Chakravyuh	Salim–Sulaiman
Shantanu Moitra	Prakash Jha	One of the lyricists
Son of Sardaar	Himesh Reshammiya
Sajid–Wajid	Ashwni Dhir
2013	Special 26	M. M. Keeravani	Neeraj Pandey	Eight songs
Aashiqui 2	Jeet Gannguli	Mohit Suri	Six songs
Raanjhanaa	A. R. Rahman	Anand L Rai
Phata Poster Nikhla Hero	Pritam	Rajkumar Santoshi	One of the lyricists
2014	Gunday	Sohail Sen	Ali Abbas Zafar	Eight songs
Highway	A. R. Rahman	Imtiaz Ali	Seven songs
Kochadaiiyaan (Dubbed version)	Soundarya Rajinikanth	Five songs
Kaanchi	Ismail Darbar
Salim–Sulaiman	Subhash Ghai
Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty	Pritam	AR Murugadoss	Five songs
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania	Sachin–Jigar	Shashank Khaitan	Two songs
Raja Natwarlal	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Kunal Deshmukh
Happy New Year	Vishal–Shekhar	Farah Khan
2015	I (Dubbed version)	A. R. Rahman	Shankar
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo	Himesh Reshammiya	Sooraj Barjatya
Guddu Rangeela	Amit Trivedi	Subhash Kapoor
Tamasha	A. R. Rahman	Imtiaz Ali
2016	Sultan	Vishal–Shekhar	Ali Abbas Zafar
Pink	Anupam Roy	Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury	One song
Madaari	Vishal Bhardwaj
Sunny Bawra-Inder Bawra	Nishikant Kamat
2017	Sachin: A Billion Dreams	A. R. Rahman	James Erskine
Dear Maya	Anupam Roy
SandMan	Sunaina Bhatnagar
Raabta	Pritam
JAM8	Dinesh Vijan	Wrote three songs (Two with Amitabh Bhattacharya)
Mom	A. R. Rahman	Ravi Udyawar	All songs (Two with Rianjali)
Jab Harry Met Sejal	Pritam, Diplo	Imtiaz Ali
Newton	Rachita Arora	Amit V Masurkar	Two songs
Tiger Zinda Hai	Vishal–Shekhar	Ali Abbas Zafar
2018	Sanju	A. R. Rahman	Rajkumar Hirani	Guest lyricist; Two Songs
Fanney Khan	Amit Trivedi
Tanishk Bagchi	Atul Manjrekar	Five Songs
Rajma Chawal	Hitesh Sonik	Leena Yadav
Zero	Ajay-Atul
Tanishk Bagchi	Anand L. Rai
Laila Majnu	Niladri Kumar
Joi Barua	Sajid Ali	Nine Songs
2019	Bharat	Vishal–Shekhar	Ali Abbas Zafar
Kabir Singh	Amaal Mallik
Vishal Mishra
Sachet–Parampara	Sandeep Vanga	Four songs
2020	Love Aaj Kal	Pritam	Imtiaz Ali
Shikara	Sandesh Shandilya	Vidhu Vinod Chopra	Five Songs
2021	Tadap	Pritam	Milan Luthria		url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/tadap/LiUPUh2JIdE_	title=Tadap – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	date=3 December 2021	publisher=Jiosaavn}}
Atrangi Re	A. R. Rahman	Aanand L. Rai
2022	Raksha Bandhan	Himesh Reshammiya
Freddy	Pritam	Shashanka Ghosh
2023	Bholaa	Ravi Basrur	Ajay Devgn
Jawan	Anirudh Ravichander	Atlee	Guest lyricist; Two songs (one with Wasim Balrevi)
Tiger 3	Pritam	Maneesh Sharma	One song
Dunki	Rajkumar Hirani	Two songs
2024	Woh Bhi Din The	Joi Barua	Sajid Ali	Eight songs
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan	Vishal Mishra	Ali Abbas Zafar	Five songs
Amar Singh Chamkila	A. R. Rahman	Imtiaz Ali
Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video	White Noise Collectives	Raaj Shaandilyaa
Baby John	Thaman S	Kalees
2025	Sky Force	Tanishk Bagchi	Sandeep Kewlani and Abhishek Anil Kapur	Two songs
Chhaava	A. R. Rahman	Laxman Utekar	Five songs
Kesari Chapter 2	Shashwat Sachdev, Kanishk Seth-Kavita Seth	Karan Singh Tyagi
Ground Zero	Rohan-Rohan	Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar	One song
Bhool Chuk Maaf	Tanishk Bagchi	Karan Sharma	Five songs
Saiyaara	Tanishk Bagchi
Faheem Abdullah
Arslan Nizami
Sachet-Parampara	Mohit Suri	Three songs (One with Prashant Pandey)
Tehran	Tanishk Bagchi	Arun Gopalan
Tere Ishk Mein	A.R Rahman	Anand L.Rai	Eight songs
Dhurandhar	Shashwat Sachdev	Aditya Dhar	Two songs

Awards and Nominations

Filmfare Awards

Year	Category	Film	Song
2010	Best Lyricist	Love Aaj Kal	"Aaj Din Chadheya"
2012	Best Lyricist	Rockstar	"Nadaan Parinde"
2015	Best Lyricist	Tamasha	"Agar Tum Sath Ho"

Mirchi Music Awards

Year	Category	Film	Song	Result
2010	Album of the Year	Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai	-
2011	Lyricist of the Year	Rockstar	"Nadaan Parinde"
Listeners' Choice Album of the Year	-	rowspan=2
Album of the Year	-
2012	Cocktail	-
2013	Aashiqui 2	-
2014	Gunday	-
Lyricist of the Year	Happy New Year	"Manwa Laage"
2015	Tamasha	"Agar Tum Saath Ho"
2016	Album of the Year	Sultan	-	rowspan=2
Lyricist of the Year	"Jag Ghoomeya"
2017	Album of the Year	Raabta	-	rowspan=2
Tiger Zinda Hai	-
Jab Harry Met Sejal	-	rowspan=2
Lyricist of the Year	"Hawayein"
"Safar"

Other Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Song	Result	Note
2019	Bazm-E-Urdu Dubai's Mehfil-E-Urdu	Kaifi Azmi Award for Urdu Lyricist

References

http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/nov/09/meet-lyricist-irshad-kamil.htm

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