Biography
Varun Grover is an Indian stand-up comic, writer and poet. He won the award for Best Lyricist at the 63rd National Film Awards in 2015. He is also the co-creator of Aisi Taisi Democracy.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Homebound
2025
Screenplay
Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch c...

Comedy is Difficult
2025
as Varun Grover
Comedy is Difficult - Standup Comedy by Varun Grover

Superboys of Malegaon
2025
Writer, Executive Producer, Dialogue
The residents of Malegaon look to Bollywood cinema for a much-needed escape from daily drudgery. Amateur filmmaker Nasir Shaikh gets inspired to make ...

Jamoora
2024
Lyricist
Follows Shyam Rangeela, a stand-up comedian infamous for his Narendra Modi impersonation, and his daring pursuit of filing the general election nomina...

Jigra
2024
Lyricist
When Ankur is wrongfully imprisoned and sentenced to death in a foreign country, his steely sister Satya is driven by a lethal resolve to break him fr...

Shaadi aur Election
2024
as Varun Grover
Shaadi aur Election 2024 - Standup Comedy by Varun Grover

Langur
2024
as Varun Grover
Langur | Stand-up Comedy by Varun Grover

All India Rank
2024
Director, Screenplay, Lyricist
Vivek is 17, and as every middle-class family in India would attest, it is high time he was enrolled in coaching classes for the notoriously competiti...

Malaikottai Vaaliban
2024
Lyricist
Malaikottai Vaaliban, an uncontested warrior proves himself to be a reigning hero across time and geographies, defeating every opponent he encounters....

Merry Christmas
2024
Lyricist
A Christmas Eve encounter between two enigmatic strangers sparks a poignant connection - but a dark turn of events threatens to expose their murky pas...

Dunki
2023
Lyricist
Four friends from a sleepy little village in Punjab share a common dream: to go to England. Their problem is that they have neither the visa nor the t...

Three of Us
2023
Dialogue
Shailaja embarks on a confrontational journey with her husband and childhood-love as she finds herself at the cusp of her past, present and future. St...

Four Slippers
2023
Screenplay
Young Rajat, caught fantasising in class, is humiliated by a sadistic teacher. Permanently welding education to a feeling of shame, this primal trauma...

Qala
2022
as Majrooh
Haunted by her past, a talented singer with a rising career copes with the pressure of success, a mother's disdain and the voices of doubt within her.

Qala
2022
Lyricist
Haunted by her past, a talented singer with a rising career copes with the pressure of success, a mother's disdain and the voices of doubt within her.

Monica, O My Darling
2022
Lyricist
A slick robotics expert joins a murderous plot after a passionate affair takes a sudden turn, but nothing — not even death — is what it seems to be.

Chakki
2022
Lyricist
An extremely inflated electricity bill leads a small town flour mill owner to the darkest corners of the government office infested with corruption, i...

Samrat Prithviraj
2022
Lyricist
The true story of legendary Hindu warrior king "Prithviraj Chauhan" including his early military successes, love story with Sanyogita & clashes with M...

Kiss
2022
Director, Writer
At a preview theatre, a young filmmaker waits in the hope of getting his new sci-fi drama certified with ‘no cuts’ by the conservative men of the Indi...

Badhaai Do
2022
Lyricist
A gay cop and a lesbian teacher enter a sham marriage to pacify their families but find that relationships — both real and fake — aren't all that easy...

Haseen Dillruba
2021
Lyricist
Under investigation as a suspect in her husband's murder, a wife reveals details of their thorny marriage that seem to only further blur the truth.

Security Check
2021
as Varun Grover
Standup Comedy by Varun Grover on Security Check and Heckling & Hukum Singh ...

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar
2021
Writer, Lyricist
Sandeep, a bank executive & Pinky, a suspended cop, are marked for a kill. Phones tapped, accounts blocked, they escape but escaping is not freedom.

Cows and Momos of India
2019
as Varun Grover
Stand-up Comedy by Varun Grover on Cows and Momos , How Indians Outrage and 2AB Ki Gajab Kahaani ..

Sonchiriya
2019
Lyricist
In the more or less lawless Chambal Valley in 1975, a gang of bandits led by Maan Singh are up to mischief. The lawless men, who call themselves Bhaag...

Sui Dhaaga - Made in India
2018
Lyricist
Mauji stays in a village near Delhi with his wife Mamta, father and mother. Varun works at a shop that sells sewing machines, owned by Bansal and his ...

Kaala
2018
Lyricist
Karikaalan consistently fights to keep the people of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, safe from the clutches of mighty politicians and the land mafia don, H...

Newton
2017
Lyricist
A government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of ...

Raman Raghav 2.0
2016
Lyricist
A corrupt cop and a serial killer obsessed with a psychopath from the '60s get caught up in a ruthless cat-and-mouse game.

Udta Punjab
2016
Lyricist
Drug abuse and the darker side of Punjab rear their heads in the intense, interwoven tales of a policeman, a doctor, a migrant worker, and a rockstar.

Fan
2016
Lyricist
A man who bears a striking resemblance to a renowned movie star becomes an obsessive fan, but when his fierce love is spurned by the star, he decides ...

Kapoor & Sons
2016
Thanks
Returning home to visit their ill grandfather, two estranged brothers must confront their unresolved rivalry while their parents’ marriage frays.

Zubaan
2016
Lyricist
A young boy wants to become a big shot but after seeing the bad things involved he instead chooses to pursue his passion that is singing, similar to h...

Masaan
2015
Screenplay, Story
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hap...

Bombay Velvet
2015
as Cameo Appearance
An ordinary man, who goes against all odds to forge his own destiny and become a star in the glittering sky of 'Bombay,' thriving on jazz and violence...

Dum Laga Ke Haisha
2015
Lyricist
A slim uneducated guy is pressured into an arranged marriage with an overweight college girl. The mismatched couple is challenged to compete in the an...

I Am Offended
2015
as Self
Documentary on stand-up comedy in India and the larger context of contemporary Indian humour.

Ankhon Dekhi
2014
Lyricist
Bauji resists his daughter's request to let her marry the man she loves as the neighbours incessantly shame him. However, his opinion changes after he...

Prague
2013
Lyricist
A city with a history of heritage, myth and superstition. A passionate architect with strong but delusional ideas about love and life. A Czech gypsy g...

Katiyabaaz
2013
Lyricist
In Kanpur, India, an electricity thief provides Robin Hood style services to the poor in the face of day long power-cuts. Meanwhile the first female c...

Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur
2013
as Self
An extensive, in-depth account of the making of an ultimate revenge saga through the eyes of Anurag Kashyap, the cast and the crew of "Gangs of Wassey...

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2
2012
Lyricist
After the death of his father and brother Danish, Faizal Khan vows to take revenge by destroying Ramadhir Singh's gang.

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
2012
Lyricist
In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.

Peddlers
2012
Lyricist
The lives of a rookie cop, a streetwise orphan and a beautiful young ex-teacher collide explosively in the drug underworld of Mumbai in this edgy, pow...

That Girl in Yellow Boots
2011
Lyricist
An Anglo-Indian woman works in a seedy Mumbai massage parlor while trying to find her long-lost father.

Accident On Hill Road
2009
Dialogue
Accident on Hill Road is a cunning and energetic thriller that takes its premise from the real-life incident of a woman who hit a man, then drove home...

Blind Spot
N/A
Screenplay
An 11-year-old boy with poor vision must confront more than his physical limitations when a school conflict forces him to make a difficult decision. S...
JC
N/A
Lyricist
A caper comedy based in Goa in 1987.