Girish Kohli

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Girish Kohli
Born (1983-11-29) November 29, 1983 (age 39)
Mumbai, India
OccupationAuthor, screenwriter

Girish Kohli (born 29 November 1983 in Mumbai) is an Indian author and screenwriter. He is the writer of the thrillers Mom (2017) and HIT: The First Case (2022) and historical war drama Kesari (2019). His book Marathon Baba was one of the best-selling books of 2012 in India (No. 13 on the Nielsen's Top 50 Bestseller charts in India). [1] [2] [3] Kohli was educated as a software engineer from Thadomal Shahani Engineering College in Mumbai and could not get any job so became a full-time writer. [4]

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