Gaurav Solanki (born 7 July, 1986) is an Indian fiction writer, poet, screenwriter and lyricist. [1] 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. [2] He has written much acclaimed film Article 15.
Gaurav Solanki was born in Meerut (U.P.) and grew up in Sangaria (Rajasthan). He graduated from IIT Roorkee. [1] [3]
His first break in films was Anurag Kashyap's Ugly (2014) for which he wrote lyrics. Kashyap also bought the rights to his story "Hisar mein Hahakar". [4] Solanki wrote songs for Daas Dev (2018) and Veere Di Wedding (2018). [3] His screenplay Nisaar was selected for Drishyam Films Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab, 2016. [5] In 2019, he wrote the film Article 15 . He also wrote the web series Tandav in 2021.
Solanki's first short-story collection, Gyrahvin-A ke Ladke, was released at the Jaipur Literature Festival in 2018. [6] It was among the top three Hindi books in the Dainik Jagran Nielsen Bookscan bestseller list in its first quarter. [7]
| Title | Year | Credited as |
|---|---|---|
| Ugly | 2014 | Lyricist [8] |
| Daas Dev | 2018 | Lyricist |
| Veere Di Wedding | 2018 | Lyricist [8] |
| Article 15 | 2019 | Writer [9] |
| Year | Title | Credited as | Platform | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tandav | Writer | Amazon Prime Video | [10] |