Prasoon Joshi

What fascinates me about Prasoon Joshi is the rare fusion he embodies: a genuine poet who also rose to the top of the advertising world. Most people who chase commercial success lose their lyric voice, but Joshi seems to have kept the two in conversation. His film lyrics carry both the polish of a marketer and the quiet honesty of someone shaped by the hills of Uttarakhand. The Filmfare wins and the Padma Shri matter, yet I value him more for proving that craft and commerce need not cancel each other out. He is, at heart, a writer who also happened to run boardrooms.

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Name (English)

Prasoon Joshi

Name (Japanese)

プラスーン・ジョーシ

Reading

ぷらすーん・じょーし

Born

September 16, 1971 (age 55)

Origin

Uttarakhand, India

Occupation

screenwriter / lyricist / songwriter / writer / poet

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Boar

Awards & achievements

• Filmfare Awards
• Padma Shri in arts

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasoon%20Joshi
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7238560

Tags

• Uttarakhand
• screenwriter
• lyricist
• songwriter

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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