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Revision as of 21:20, 15 February 2008
Prasoon Joshi, born 16 September, 1971 at Almora in Uttaranchal, India,He has done his MBA from Institute of Management Technology, a business school located in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, India. During his MBA education he decided to try for the advertisment world and so he went to Ogilvy & Mather after his MBA. Now he is the regional Creative Director for McCann-Erickson for south and south-east Asia, as well as a lyricist for many popular Bollywood movies; among them Fanaa, Rang De Basanti, Black and Hum Tum, and has also created many advertisements; because of which he has earned the title of "the ad Guru of India".
Career
He has been the lyricist for the following Bollywood films:[1]
- Kajri (2008)
- Taare Zameen Par (2007)
- Fanaa (2006)
- Rang De Basanti (2006)
- Black (2005)
- Rok Sako To Rok Lo (2004)
- Phir Milenge (2004)
- Hum Tum (2004)
- Aankhen (2002)
- Lajja (2001)
He has been the lyricist for several Indipop albums which have been hits:
He has created the advertisements for the following products:[2]
- Coca Cola
- Chlormint
- Asian paints
- Cadbury
- NDTV India
- Pulse Polio Program
- Vacao Scooty
- Close up
- Ponds
- Happydent
He has also created a campaign on women and HIV/AIDS for Breakthrough.
Awards
- He has won the Golden Lion at the Cannes Film Festival.
- He has won the 2002 ABBY for the Best Copywriter and the Best Ad Campaign
- He has won more than 200 advertising awards.
- He has received the Screen Best Lyricst Award for the song Sason ko Sason from the film Hum Tum.
- He has received FilmFare Best Lyricst Award 2006 for the song Chand Sifarish from the film Fanaa.