Gaurav Solanki (writer)


Gaurav Solanki is an Indian fiction writer, poet, screenwriter and lyricist.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. He has written much acclaimed film Article 15. Recently, he wrote a piece for an ad for The Man Company which was performed by Ayushmann Khurrana

Early life and education

Gaurav Solanki was born in Meerut and grew up in Sangaria. He graduated from IIT Roorkee.

Career

His first break in films was Anurag Kashyap's Ugly for which he wrote lyrics. Kashyap has bought the rights of his story 'Hisar mein Hahakar' as well. Solanki has written songs for Daas Dev and Veere Di Wedding too. His screenplay 'Nisaar' was selected for Drishyam Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab, 2016. In 2019, he wrote Article 15 which got him huge acclaim.

Books

Gaurav Solanki's first short-story collection 'Gyrahvin-A ke Ladke' was released in Jaipur Literature Festival, 2018. It was among top 3 Hindi Books in the Dainik Jagran Nielsen Bookscan Bestseller list in its first quarter.

Filmography