Indian songwriters

Srimanta Sankardev (, ; 1449–1568) was a 15th–16th century Assamese polymath; a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of the Bhakti movement in Assam. He is credited with building on past cultural relics and devising new forms of music (Borgeet), theatrical performance (Ankia Naat, Bhaona), dance (Sattriya), literary language (Brajavali). Besides, he has left a literary oeuvre of trans-created scriptures (Bhagavat of Sankardev), poetry and theological works written in Sanskrit,

Ajey Nagar (; born 12 June 1999), better known as CarryMinati, is an Indian YouTuber, streamer and rapper. He is known for his roasting videos, comedic skits and reactions to various online topics on his channel CarryMinati. His other channel CarryisLive is dedicated to gaming and live streams. With over 45 million subscribers as of January 2026, he is one of the most-subscribed individual YouTubers in India. In May 2020, his roast video titled YouTube vs TikTok: The End caused controversy on YouTube. The video was removed by YouTube for violations against the platform's terms of service, citi

Indian singer (1913-2009)

Indian actor and singer

Indian singer-songwriter, record producer, voice-over, performer, dancer and actor

South Indian actress, singer and writer

Indian film director, screenwriter and composer

Indian poet and lyricist (1930–2002)

Indian writer (1931–2016)

Indian composer (1944–2015)

Indian director, actor, politician (1942–2017)

Indian singer

Indian musician (1922–1974)

Indian Telugu lyricist

Indian songwriter

film director from India (1933-2014)

Bhavatharini Raja (23 July 1976 – 25 January 2024) was an Indian playback singer and composer. She was the only daughter of noted composer Ilaiyaraaja and sister of Yuvan Shankar Raja and Karthik Raja. Starting her career in the 1990s, she mostly sang songs under the direction of her father and brothers. She was awarded the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2000 for her rendition of the song "Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu" from the film Bharathi, composed by her father.

singer

Arunagirinathar ('', ) was a Tamil Shaiva saint-poet who lived during the 14th century in Tamil Nadu, India. In his treatise A History of Indian Literature'' (1974), Czech Indologist Kamil Zvelebil places Arunagirinathar's period between circa 1370 CE and circa 1450 CE. He was the creator of Tiruppugazh ('''', , meaning "Holy Praise" or "Divine Glory"), a book of poems in Tamil in praise of Murugan.

poet, author (1924–2018)

actor, director, producer, music director, stunt director, editor and lyricist

Hindi-Urdu poet (1928-2017)

Bengali poet and composer (1865-1910)

Indian songwriter and actor (1937–2009)

Indian Lyricist

Indian actor, film director, producer

Indian recording artist, songwriter, and actor based in New York

Indian singer

Indian musician

Indian actress and model

Indian Kannada filmmaker

Indian lyricist

Indian lyricist

Indian lyricist

poet

Award winning journalist, author, lyricist, script-writer, storyteller

Anwesshaa (born Anwesha Mita Dattagupta, 15 December 1993) is an Indian singer and composer who performs in several Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, and Marathi.

lyricist

Indian lyricist, journalist, film actor

Indian Hindustani poet and lyricist

Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, dialogue writer, instrumentalist and conductor, having composed and written over 500 albums.

Indian songwriter and poet

musical artist

Indian songwriter (1935–2008)

Indian songwriter

Indian (Telugu) poet

Indian lyricist (1948–2021)