Gaurav Solanki (writer)
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Gaurav Solanki (born 7 July, 1986) is an Indian fiction writer, poet, screenwriter and lyricist.{{Cite web|url=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/speaker/gaurav-solanki|title=Gaurav Solanki {{!}} Jaipur Literature Festival|website=Jaipur Literature Festival|date=17 September 2013}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/jnanpeeth-rejects--vulgar--stories-writers-unite-in-protest/953093/|title=Jnanpeeth rejects 'vulgar' stories, writers unite in protest}} He has written much acclaimed film Article 15.
Early life and education
Gaurav Solanki was born in Meerut (U.P.) and grew up in Sangaria (Rajasthan). He graduated from IIT Roorkee.{{Cite web|url=https://satyagrah.scroll.in/article/114562/interview-hindi-writer-daas-dev-lyrics-azad-kar-gaurav-solanki|title='फिल्मों में सिर्फ गाने लिखने से काम चलना मुश्किल है'}}
Career
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".{{Cite web|url=https://archive.mid-day.com/entertainment/2013/aug/290813-for-the-first-time-a-blog-will-be-adapted-into-a-full-fledged-film.htm|title=For the first time a blog will be adapted into a full-fledged film}} Solanki wrote songs for Daas Dev (2018) and Veere Di Wedding (2018). His screenplay Nisaar was selected for Drishyam Films Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab, 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/writers-and-creative-advisors-selected-for-drishyam-sundance-institute-screenwriters-lab-in-udaipur-india-2016-april#/|title=Writers and Creative Advisors Selected for Drishyam {{!}} Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab in Udaipur, India April 4-8}} In 2019, he wrote the film Article 15. He also wrote the web series Tandav in 2021.
Books
Solanki's first short-story collection, Gyrahvin-A ke Ladke, was released at the Jaipur Literature Festival in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/gaurav-solanki-at-jaipur-literature-festival-2290820/|title=Gaurav Solanki's Book Launch|date=29 January 2018}} It was among the top three Hindi books in the Dainik Jagran Nielsen Bookscan bestseller list in its first quarter.{{Cite web|url=http://jagranhindi.in/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B0/|title=Dainik Hindi Bestseller}}
Filmography
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! Year ! Title ! Credited as ! Platform ! Notes | ||||
| 2021 | Tandav | Writer | Amazon Prime Video | {{Cite web|last=Kaushal|first=Sweta|title='Tandav' Writer Gaurav Solanki On How Reality Restricts Creativity, Imagination|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/swetakaushal/2021/01/15/tandav-writer-gaurav-solanki-on-how-reality-restricts-creativity-imagination/|access-date=16 January 2021|website=Forbes}} |
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Category:21st-century Indian writers