Niranjan Iyengar is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist and author. He is famous for his work with Karan Johar.
Wiki/Biography
Niranjan Iyengar was born on Wednesday, April 9, 1969, in Anand, Gujarat (age 51 in 2020). His zodiac sign is Aries. He attended Adarsh High School in Dombivali, Mumbai. He attended Williamson College in Franklin, Tennessee, USA. While studying at Williamson, he made many friends, but later decided that college was not for him and withdrew his name from the college. He then transferred to Ruhia College, where he studied science for two years before dropping out.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′10″
Eye color: black
Hair color: black
family and caste
He belongs to a Tamil-speaking Hindu Brahmin family. Little is known about his family.
Niranjan Iyengar’s father
Niranjan Iyengar’s mother
Profession
Niranjan Iyengar started his career as a film journalist, working for G Magazine. Since then, he has developed connections in the film industry. After six years in journalism, he began assisting Manish Malhotra and started designing costumes and ramps for films. He worked for Manish for three and a half years.
Old photos of Niranjan Iyengar and Manish Malhotra
Soon, he decided to start writing again. He suggested that Karan Johar publish a book on the making of the film Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… (2001). Karan Johar was fascinated 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 in 2003 with the film Jism.
He has written dialogues for the most famous Bollywood movies like Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), Fashion (2008), Wake Up Sid (2009), My Name Is Khan (2010), Ra .No.1 (2012), Student of the Year (2012) and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016). He made his debut as a lyricist with the film “Kurban” (2009).
He has written many songs in Bollywood films; “Tere Naina” in My Name is Khan (2010), “Sajda” in My Name is Khan (2010), “I “Noor-E-Khuda”, “Chammak Challo” in “The Name Is Khan” (2010) “from “Ra. One” (2012) and “Dama Dam Mast Qalandar” in “D-Day” (2013) are some of the most famous. Niranjan founded the production company Electric Apples Entertainment with Ryan Evan Stephan. He is best known for his 2020 short film “Devi” Become a Producer. He is the host of the celebrity talk show “Look Who’s Talking with Niranjan” aired on Zee Café.
Niranjan Iyengar interviews Abhishek Bachchan on his show Look Who’s Talking to Niranjan
favorite thing
- Album: Kabir by Abida Parveen
- Filmmakers: Coen brothers, Woody Allen, Hrishikesh Mukherjee
- Screenwriter: David Hare, Alan Ball
- TV Show: Criminal Minds (2005)
- Movies: Mughal-E-Azam (1960), Hours (2002), American Beauty (1999)
- Books: Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh, Wonder Woman by Sukanya Venkatraghavan
Facts/Trivia
- He enjoys singing and photography.
- He is very interested in music and owns instruments such as tanpura, tabla, guitar, organ, etc.
Niranjan Iyengar’s Instagram post talking about his instrument
- When he was in school, he had the habit of writing letters to others. He wrote letters to Thai Airways, Queen Elizabeth, his relatives and many others.
- In 2000, he heard a song by Abida Parveen, which led him to start studying music. He even got himself a mentor and, according to Niranjan, after 15 years of practice, he was finally able to perform himself.
- He is best friends with Manish Malhotra and Karan Johar.
Niranjan Iyengar and Karan Johar
- Mahesh Bhatt had a huge influence on him, talking about Mahesh Bhatt in an interview he said,
Mahesh Bhatt once told me that I keep coming back to Bhatt-Saab because he was a big influence on me.
- He is a huge fan of Rekha and became interested in Bollywood after watching Rekha’s movies. According to Niranjan, it was Rekha who sparked his interest in films. When he started gathering information about stars and got attracted to Bollywood. One day, he wrote a letter to the editor of G magazine, asking them to accept him as an intern.
- After working as a reporter, he felt tired and decided to go to the United States to work at the Boston Globe, where one of his aunts worked. In America, he met Manish Malhotra, who later came to his aid.
- He has known Shruti Hassan since she was seven years old and now they are best friends.
Niranjan Iyengar and Shruti Haasan
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