Varun Grover

Varun Grover

1980-01-26 Sundernagar, Himachal Pradesh, India 48 Credits

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.

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Homebound

Homebound

2025

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

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

Comedy is Difficult

2025

as Varun Grover

7.0
Acting

Comedy is Difficult - Standup Comedy by Varun Grover

Superboys of Malegaon

Superboys of Malegaon

2025

Writer, Executive Producer, Dialogue

7.5
Writing Producing

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

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

Jigra

2024

Lyricist

6.3

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

Shaadi aur Election

2024

as Varun Grover

8.0
Acting

Shaadi aur Election 2024 - Standup Comedy by Varun Grover

Langur

Langur

2024

as Varun Grover

8.0
Acting

Langur | Stand-up Comedy by Varun Grover

All India Rank

All India Rank

2024

Director, Screenplay, Lyricist

6.4
Directing Writing

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

Malaikottai Vaaliban

2024

Lyricist

6.2

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

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

2024

Lyricist

6.7

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

Dunki

2023

Lyricist

6.2

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

Three of Us

2023

Dialogue

7.5

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

Four Slippers

2023

Screenplay

Writing

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

Qala

Qala

2022

as Majrooh

6.6
Acting

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

Qala

2022

Lyricist

6.6

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

Monica, O My Darling

2022

Lyricist

7.1

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

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

Samrat Prithviraj

2022

Lyricist

6.8

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

Kiss

Kiss

2022

Director, Writer

2.5
Directing Writing

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

Badhaai Do

2022

Lyricist

6.9

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

Haseen Dillruba

2021

Lyricist

6.8

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

Security Check

2021

as Varun Grover

9.0
Acting

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

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar

2021

Writer, Lyricist

6.6
Writing

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

Cows and Momos of India

2019

as Varun Grover

9.0
Acting

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

Sonchiriya

Sonchiriya

2019

Lyricist

8.2

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

Sui Dhaaga - Made in India

2018

Lyricist

7.2

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

Kaala

2018

Lyricist

6.6

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

Newton

2017

Lyricist

7.1

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

Raman Raghav 2.0

2016

Lyricist

7.0

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

Udta Punjab

2016

Lyricist

7.2

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

Fan

2016

Lyricist

6.3

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

Kapoor & Sons

2016

Thanks

7.0

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

Zubaan

Zubaan

2016

Lyricist

7.0

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

Masaan

2015

Screenplay, Story

7.0
Writing

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

Bombay Velvet

2015

as Cameo Appearance

5.5
Acting

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

Dum Laga Ke Haisha

2015

Lyricist

7.2

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

I Am Offended

2015

as Self

8.0
Acting

Documentary on stand-up comedy in India and the larger context of contemporary Indian humour.

Ankhon Dekhi

Ankhon Dekhi

2014

Lyricist

6.9

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

Prague

2013

Lyricist

4.8

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

Katiyabaaz

2013

Lyricist

7.1

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

Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur

2013

as Self

8.8
Acting

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

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2

2012

Lyricist

7.8

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

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1

2012

Lyricist

7.1

In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.

Peddlers

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

That Girl in Yellow Boots

2011

Lyricist

5.7

An Anglo-Indian woman works in a seedy Mumbai massage parlor while trying to find her long-lost father.

Accident On Hill Road

Accident On Hill Road

2009

Dialogue

2.0

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

Blind Spot

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

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.