Irshad Kamil


Irshad Kamil is an Indian poet and lyricist. His songs appear in Bollywood films including Jab We Met, Chameli, Love Aaj Kal, Rockstar, Aashiqui 2, Raanjhanaa, Highway, Tamasha, and Jab Harry Met Sejal.

Personal life

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

YearFilmMusic composerFilm directorNotes
2004ChameliSandesh ShandilyaSudhir Mishra
Anant Balani
2005ShabdVishal-ShekharLeena Yadav
2005Socha Na ThaSandesh ShandilyaImtiaz Ali
2005KaramVishal-ShekharLeena Yadav
2005Neal 'N' NikkiSalim SulaimanArjun Sablok
2006Ahista AhistaHimesh ReshammiyaShivam Nair
2006GaflaKartik ShahSameer Hanchate
2007Kaisay KaheinPritamMohit Hussein
2007DholPritamPriyadarshan
2007Jab We MetPritamImtiaz Ali
2008TulsiNikhil-VinayAjay Kumar
2008BhramPritamPavan S. Kaul
2008Thodi Life Thoda MagicVinay TiwariAnand L Rai
2008A Wednesday!Sanjoy ChowdhuryNeeraj Pandey
2009Kutti Chetan and FriendsPritamDeepak Subhash Jadhav
2009Aa Dekhen ZaraPritam
Gourav Dasgupta
Jehangir Surti
2009Tera Mera Ki RishtaJaidev KumarNavaniat Singh
2009Hum Phirr Mileinge...Sandesh ShandilyaManish Goel
2009Love Aaj KalPritamImtiaz Ali
2009TossSandesh ShandilyaRamesh Khatkar
2009Fast ForwardAkbar SamiZaigham Ali Sayed
2009Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab KahaniPritamRajkumar Santoshi
2009De Dana DanPritamPriyadarshan
2010Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?PritamAshwni Dhir
2010Tum Milo Toh SahiPritamKabir Sadanand
2010RaajneetiPritamPrakash Jha
2010Khatta MeethaPritam
Shehzad Roy
Priyadarshan
2010Once Upon a Time in MumbaaiPritamMilan Luthria
2010HelpAshutosh PhatakRajeev Virani
2010AashayeinPritamNagesh Kukunoor
2010We Are FamilyShankar-Ehsaan-LoySiddharth P. Malhotra
2010Anjaana AnjaaniVishal-ShekharSiddharth Anand
2010AakroshPritamPriyadarshan
2010Action ReplayyPritamVipul Shah
2011Yamla Pagla DeewanaSandesh ShandilyaSamir Karnik
2011Kucch Luv JaisaaPritamBarnali Ray Shukla
2011Mere Brother Ki DulhanSohail SenAli Abbas Zafar
2011MausamPritamPankaj Kapoor
2011RascalsVishal-ShekharDavid Dhawan
2011RockstarA. R. RahmanImtiaz Ali
2011Desi BoyzPritamRohit Dhawan
2012Jodi BreakersSalim-SulaimanAshwini Chaudhary
2012CocktailPritamHomi Adajania
2012ChakravyuhSalim-Sulaiman
Shantanu Moitra
Prakash Jha
2012Son of SardaarHimesh Reshammiya
Sajid-Wajid
Ashwni Dhir
2013'Ismail Darbar
Salim-Sulaiman
Subhash Ghai
2013Special 26M. M. Keeravani
Himesh Reshammiya
Neeraj Pandey
2013Aashiqui 2Jeet GannguliMohit Suri
2013RaanjhanaaA. R. RahmanAnand L Rai
2013Phata Poster Nikhla HeroPritamRajkumar Santoshi
2014GundaySohail SenAli Abbas Zafar
2014HighwayA. R. RahmanImtiaz Ali
2014Kochadaiiyaan A. R. RahmanSoundarya Rajinikanth
2014'PritamAR Murugadoss
2014Humpty Sharma Ki DulhaniaSachin-JigarShashank Khaitan
2014Raja NatwarlalYuvan Shankar RajaKunal Deshmukh
2014Happy New YearVishal-ShekharFarah Khan
2015I A. R. RahmanShankar
2015Prem Ratan Dhan PayoHimesh ReshammiyaSooraj Barjatya
2015Guddu RangeelaAmit TrivediSubhash Kapoor
2015TamashaA. R. RahmanImtiaz Ali
2016SultanVishal-ShekharAli Abbas Zafar
2016PinkAnupam RoyAniruddha Roy Chowdhury
2016MadaariVishal Bhardwaj
Sunny Bawra-Inder Bawra
Nishikant Kamat
2017A. R. RahmanJames Erskine
2017Dear MayaSunaina BhatnagarAnupam Roy
2017RaabtaPritam
JAM8
Dinesh VijanWrote three songs
2017MomA. R. RahmanRavi Udyawar
2017Jab Harry Met SejalPritam, DiploImtiaz Ali
2017NewtonRachita AroraAmit V Masurkar
2017Tiger Zinda HaiVishal-ShekharAli Abbas Zafar
2018SanjuA.R.RahmanRajkumar HiraniGuest lyricist
2018Fanney KhanAmit Trivedi, Tanishk BagchiAtul ManjrekarFive Songs
2018ZeroAjay-Atul, Tanishk BagchiAnand L. RaiFive Songs
2018Laila MajnuNiladri Kumar, Joi BaruaSajid AliNine Songs
2019BharatVishal-ShekharAli Abbas Zafar
2019Kabir SinghAmaal Mallik, Vishal Mishra, Sachet-ParamparaSandeep VangaFour songs
2020Love Aaj KalPritamImtiaz AliAll songs

Awards and nominations