Indian lyricists

Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894)

National poet of Bangladesh (1899-1976)

Indian director and actor

Indian writer, poet and lyricist

Indian writer (1898–1971)

Indian poet

Indian film director, screenwriter and composer

Silambarasan Tesingu Rajendar (born 3 February 1983), popularly known as Simbu or by his initials as STR, is an Indian actor, producer,director and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He is a recipient of two Edison Awards and three SIIMA Awards.

Indian film score composer, music director, singer and lyricist

Indian rapper, singer and composer (1993–2022)

Indian Urdu and Hindi poet (1921–1980)

Indian poet and songwriter (1919–2002)

Indian poet and lyricist (1930–2002)

Indian Urdu poet and Hindi language lyricist (1919-2000)

actor, director, writer and politician

Urdu writer from India (1913-2000)

Jnanpith awardee and renowned Telugu poet

Indian lyricist, screenwriter and advertising copywriter

Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he first worked as a translator, while also being a published poet. He entered the Tamil film industry in the year 1980, with the film Nizhalgal, an Ilaiyaraaja musical, directed by Bharathiraja. During the course of his 40-year film career, he has written over 7,500 songs and poems which have won him seven National Awards, the most for any Indian lyricist. He ha

Indian academic and writer (1936–2012)

Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (27 February 1912 – 10 March 1999), popularly known by his pen name, Kusumāgraj, was a Marathi poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer, who wrote of freedom, justice and emancipation of the deprived.

Indian writer

Indian singer (1915-1998)

Indian writer (1916-1970)

Arudra (born Bhagavatula Sadasiva Sankara Sastry; 31 August 1925 – 4 June 1998) was an Indian author, poet, lyricist, translator, publisher, dramatist, playwright, and an expert on Telugu literature. He is also known for his works in Telugu cinema as a lyricist, dialogue writer, and story writer. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1987.

Indian lyricist

Urdu author (1914–1976)

Punjabi poet (1936–1973)

Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar, better known as Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981), was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. With over 5,000 lyrics, 6,000 poems, and 232 books, Kannadasan is widely known by the sobriquet "Kaviarasu" ("king of poets") and he is also considered to be the greatest modern Tamil poet after Subramania Bharati. including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious book on Hinduism, Arthamulla Indhu Mat

Lyricist and singer who works in Bollywood films

Telugu poet and lyricist (1910–1983)

Indian songwriter

Indian writer

Indian composer and singer

Bengali poet, playwright, and musician

Indian film lyricist (1923–1966)

Dasarathi Krishnamacharya (22 July 1925 – 5 November 1987), popularly known as Dasarathi, was an Indian Telugu poet and writer. He held the titles Abhyudhaya Kavi and Kalaprapurna. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetic work Timiramto Samaram () in 1974. Dasarathi also served as the Aasthana Kavi () of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

poet, author (1924–2018)

Poet, lyricist

Indian writer and lyricist

Indian film director (1924-2007)

Indian actress

Bengali poet and composer (1865-1910)

Indian poet and lyricist (1922–1999)

Hindi-Urdu poet (1928-2017)

Indian lyricist

Indian songwriter and actor (1937–2009)

Indian writer and producer

Indian actor (1925–1979)

Indian writer and lyricist

Indian film actor, producer and writer

Indian lyricist

Indian film director, producer, and lyricist

screenwriter

Indian Hindi-Urdu poet and lyricist

Indian musician

Indian lyricist

poet

Thamarai (born 10 November 1975) is an Indian poet and lyricist who writes in Tamil. She is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world and has worked in Tamil cinema.

Indian lyricist