Shirish Kunder
Indian filmmaker (born 1973)
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Shirish Kunder (born 24 May 1973) is an Indian filmmaker and film editor. After working as an editor for several films, Kunder made his 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.
Early and personal life
Kunder was born on 24 May 1973 in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. He was brought up in Mumbai. He studied Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering at the SDM College of Engineering and Technology in Dharwad.
Career
Kunder worked as an electronics engineer for Motorola for four years before changing profession. He worked as an editor for several films beginning with Champion (2000), before turning to direction with Jaan-E-Mann. 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.
He co-produced his wife's directorial Tees Maar Khan, alongside Twinkle Khanna and Ronnie Screwvala. Kunder had also co-written the film with his brother Ashmith Kunder and composed the title track and film score. The film starred Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Akshaye Khanna, and was released on 24 December 2010.
Kunder's second directorial venture was the sci-fi comedy Joker, which he wrote, produced, directed, edited, and 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 on YouTube on 22 June 2016.
Kunder also wrote the humour column "Shirishly Speaking" for the Indian national daily newspaper DNA between 2016 and 2017.
Kunder's fourth directorial was the Netflix Original Mrs. Serial Killer, starring Jacqueline Fernandez, Manoj Bajpayee and Mohit Raina in the main lead roles. It was released on 1 May 2020.
Personal life
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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.
Filmography
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| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Producer | Note |
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| 2006 | Jaan-E-Mann | ||||
| 2010 | Tees Maar Khan | ||||
| 2012 | Joker | ||||
| 2016 | Kriti | Short film | |||
| 2020 | Mrs. Serial Killer | ||||
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Composer
- Jaan-E-Mann (2006)
- Tees Maar Khan (2010) - Also lyricist
- Joker (2012) - Also lyricist
- Kriti (2016)
- Mrs Serial Killer (2020)
Editor
- Champion (2000)
- Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke (2001)
- Aankhen (2002)
- Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe (2002)
- Na Tum Jaano Na Hum (2002)
- Armaan (2003)
- Calcutta Mail (2003)
- Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne (2003)
- Matrubhoomi (2003)
- Sandhya (2003)
- Main Hoon Na (2004)
- Uuf Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai (2004)
- Paisa Vasool (2004)
- Socha Na Tha (2005)
- Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005)
- Benaam (2006)
- Jaan-E-Mann (2006)
- Om Shanti Om (2007)
- Tees Maar Khan (2010)
- Joker (2012)
- Kriti (2016)
- Mrs Serial Killer (2020)
Sound editor
- Split Wide Open (1999)
References
References
- (24 May 2016). "16 times birthday boy Shirish Kunder rocked it on Twitter". The Indian Express.
- Kanetkar, Riddhima. "Meet director who gave super flop films with Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, has no theatrical releases since 2012, married 8 years older woman, he is Farhan Akhtar's..., name is..".
- (2025-06-26). "When Farah Khan spoke about marrying Shirish Kunder, who gave her an ‘ultimatum’: ‘Karan Johar did my tarot card reading and said..’".
- Joshi, Namrata. (2 December 2017). "An outsider will remain an outsider: Shirish Kunder". [[The Hindu]].
- (20 October 2006). "Jaan-E-Mann Review 3.5/5 | Jaan-E-Mann Movie Review | Jaan-E-Mann 2006 Public Review | Film Review".
- (18 February 2020). "Movies Ahead of Their Time: Jaan-E-Mann".
- Naval-Shetye, Aakanksha. (Nov 12, 2010). "Sonu Nigam sings in 54 voices for one 'Tees Maar Khan' song". DNA.
- (2010-12-23). "From Bollywood: Making a Movie to Cover Up a Crime (Published 2010)".
- Tuteja, Joginder. (2012-08-17). "“A good story can be a mass entertainer” - Shirish Kunder in conversation with Koimoi on ‘Joker’".
- (18 July 2016). "Shirish Kunder's short film 'Kriti' garners three million views on YouTube". Firstpost.
- (8 July 2017). "DNA Celebrity Column: Shirishly Speaking - Shirish Kunder is the agony uncle you never saw coming".
- (2020-04-15). "Mrs Serial Killer: Shirish Kunder introduces first look of Jacqueline Fernandez, Manoj Bajpayee from upcoming Netflix thriller-Entertainment News , Firstpost". Firstpost.
- (2019-04-24). "Jacqueline to star in Netflix’s Mrs Serial Killer, produced by Farah Khan".
- (11 February 2008). "Farah Khan gives birth to triplets". [[Hindustan Times]].
- (10 February 2008). "Farah Khan gives birth to bonny triplets". [[Zee News]].
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