Niranjan Iyengar is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist and author. He is particularly known for his work with Karan Johar.
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Wiki/Biography
Niranjan Iyengar was born on Wednesday, 9 April 1969 (age 51 years; as in 2020) in Anand, Gujarat. His zodiac sign is Aries. He did his schooling from Adarsh High School in Dombivali, Mumbai. He went to Williamson College in Franklin, Tennessee, United States. He made many friends while studying at Williamson but later he felt that the college was not right for him and he withdrew from the college. Then, he moved to Ruhiya College, where he studied science for two years and later left it.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 10″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Black
family and caste
He belongs to a Tamil speaking Hindu Brahmin family. There is not much information about his family.
Niranjan Iyengar’s father
Niranjan Iyengar’s mother
livelihood
Niranjan Iyengar started his career as a film journalist and worked for ‘Zee’ magazine. From there he made connections in the film industry. After spending six years in journalism, she started assisting Manish Malhotra and designing costumes for films and the ramp. He worked for Manish for three and a half years.
An old picture of Niranjan Iyengar and Manish Malhotra
Soon, he decided to get back to writing. He suggested Karan Johar to publish a book on the making of the film “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…” (2001). Karan Johar was impressed by the idea and asked Niranjan to write the book. His book ‘The Making of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’ was published in 2001.
He made his debut as a dialogue writer with the 2003 film “Jism”.
He has written dialogues for the most famous Bollywood films like Kal Ho Na Ho (2003), Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (2006), Fashion (2008), Wake Up Sid (2009), My Name Is Khan (2010), Ra. One (2012), Student of the Year (2012), and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016). He made his debut as a lyricist with the film “Kurbaan” (2009).
He has written many songs in Bollywood films; ‘Tere Naina’ from “My Name Is Khan” (2010), ‘Sajda’ from “My Name Is Khan” (2010), ‘Noor-e-Khuda’ from “My Name Is Khan” (2010), ‘Chammak Challo’ ”From “Ra”. One” (2012), and ‘Dama Dam Mast Qalandar’ from ”D-Day” (2013), are some of the most famous. Niranjan along with Ryan Evan Stephan founded the production house, Electric Apples Entertainment. He turned producer with the 2020 short film “Devi”. He is the host of the celebrity talk show ‘Look Who’s Talking with Niranjan’ aired on Zee Café.
Niranjan Iyengar is interviewing Abhishek Bachchan on his show ‘Dekho Niranjan Saath Kaun Baat Raha Raha’
Favourite Things
- Album: ‘Kabir’ by Abida Parveen
- Filmmaker: Coen Brothers, Woody Allen, Hrishikesh Mukherjee
- Screenwriter: David Hare, Alan Ball
- Television show: Criminal Minds (2005)
- Films: Mughal-e-Azam (1960), Hours (2002), American Beauty (1999)
- Books: ‘Gun Island’ by Amitav Ghosh, ‘Magical Woman’ by Sukanya Venkataraghavan
Facts/General Knowledge
- He likes singing and photography.
- He has interest in music and owns musical instruments like Tanpura, Tabla, Guitar and Harmonium.
Niranjan Iyengar’s Instagram post talking about his musical instruments
- When he was in school he had the habit of writing letters to people. He wrote a letter to Thai Airways, Queen Elizabeth, his relatives and many others.
- In 2000, he heard a song by Abida Parveen, which inclined him towards learning music. He even got himself a guru and finally, after 15 years of practice, according to Niranjan, he can perform himself.
- He is best friends with Manish Malhotra and Karan Johar.
Niranjan Iyengar with Karan Johar
- Mahesh Bhatt had a huge influence on him, in an interview while talking about Mahesh Bhatt he said,
Mahesh Bhatt once told me, and I keep coming back to Bhatt-saab again and again because he had a huge influence on me.
- He is a big fan of Rekha and became interested in Bollywood after watching Rekha’s films. According to Niranjan, Rekha is the person who sparked his interest in cinema; As soon as he started collecting information about the stars and became famous in Bollywood. One day he wrote a letter to the editor of ‘Zee’ magazine asking him to take him on as an intern.
- After working as a journalist, he became tired and decided to work for The Boston Globe, US, where one of his aunts worked. In America he met Manish Malhotra, whom he later helped.
- He has known Shruti Haasan since she was seven years old and they both are best friends now.
Niranjan Iyengar with Shruti Haasan
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