Shirish Kunder

Shirish Kunder (born 24 May 1973) is an Indian filmmaker. After working as an editor on 21 films starting with Champion (2000), Kunder made his screenwriting and directorial debut with Jaan-E-Mann (2006). He is married to choreographer and film director Farah Khan whom he met while working on her 2004 film Main Hoon Na.

Shirish Kunder
Shirish Kunder in 2016
Born (1973-05-24) 24 May 1973[1]
Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada, India
Occupation(s)Film writer, producer, director, editor and composer
Spouse
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(m. 2004)​
Children3

Early life

Kunder was born on 24 May 1973[1] in Mangalore,[2] Karnataka and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He studied Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering at the SDM College of Engineering and Technology in Dharwad.[3]

Career

Kunder worked as an electronics engineer in Motorola for four years before changing profession [4] and in 2004 he married Farah Khan, while working as an editor on one of her films—who was eight years older than him. Kunder then turned to direction in his debut film, Jaan-E-Mann. Apart from editing and composing the film score, he also wrote the film. The film starred Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta, and was released on 20 October 2006. The film was critically acclaimed for its innovative visual narrative style. .[5][6]

He was a co-producer of Tees Maar Khan, along with Twinkle Khanna and Ronnie Screwvala which he also co-wrote with his brother Ashmith Kunder. Kunder edited the film and composed its title track.[7] The film starred Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Akshaye Khanna, and was released on 24 December 2010. .[8]

Kunder's second directorial venture was Joker, which he wrote, produced, directed, edited and composed the film score. The film starred Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and Shreyas Talpade, and was released on 31 August 2012.

Kunder's third directorial venture was an 18-minute short film titled Kriti, a psychological thriller, featuring Manoj Bajpayee, Radhika Apte and Neha Sharma. It was released to YouTube on 22 June 2016.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

Kunder is on social media and has 1.5 million Twitter followers.[15][16][17]

Kunder also wrote the humour column "Shirishly Speaking" for the Indian national daily newspaper DNA between 2016 and 2017.[18]

Kunder's fourth directorial venture is a Netflix Original Film titled Mrs Serial Killer, a crime thriller, featuring Jacqueline Fernandez, Manoj Bajpayee and Mohit Raina in the main lead roles, while Aamir Khan's niece Zayn Marie Khan makes her acting debut in the film. It released on 1 May all over the world and is one of the most watched Netflix Original Films from India. Manoj Bajpayee also bagged the best actor in a supporting role award for his brilliant portrayal of Dr Mrityunjoy Mukerjee at the ET Brand Equity SPOTT Awards. Kunder wrote, produced, edited, and composed the original music score for the film.[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]

Personal life
Shirish Kunder and Farah Khan in 2015

On 9 December 2004, Kunder married director and choreographer Farah Khan. She gave birth to their triplets (following an in vitro procedure) son Czar and daughters Diva and Anya, on 11 February 2008 at Mumbai's Jaslok hospital.[31][32][33]

Filmography
Year Film Director Writer Producer Note
2006Jaan-E-MannYesYesNo
2010Tees Maar KhanNoYesYes
2012JokerYesYesYes
2016KritiYesYesNoShort film
2020Mrs. Serial KillerYesYesYes

Background music score

Music director

Lyrics

Editor

Sound editor

Promos designer

References
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  4. Joshi, Namrata (2 December 2017). "An outsider will remain an outsider: Shirish Kunder". thehindu.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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  6. "Movies Ahead of Their Time: Jaan-E-Mann". 18 February 2020.
  7. Naval-Shetye, Aakanksha (12 November 2010). "Sonu Nigam sings in 54 voices for one 'Tees Maar Khan' song". DNA. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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  26. "Ulasan Filem: MRS. Serial Killer (2020)".
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  28. "Индийская Кайли Дженнер ❤️ в роли убийцы. Очень много интриг. Напряженный триллер, который хочется досмотреть".
  29. "A propósito de: MRS. Serial Killer (Película 2020)". 7 February 2021.
  30. "Under the SPOTTlight: Netflix bags OTT Platform of the Year - ET BrandEquity".
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