Rashmi Virag
| Rashmi Virag | |
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| Occupation | Lyricist, Writer, Director. |
Rashmi Virag is the screen name of Rashmi Singh and Virag Mishra is an Indian lyricist-duo active in Bollywood cinema. At first Rashmi Singh and Virag Mishra used to write lyrics themselves, in 2015 they become a duo and after that they started writing lyrics as a duo named Rashmi Virag. Rashmi Singh won Best Lyricist award at 60th Filmfare Awards for the song Muskurane from the film CityLights.[1]
Early Life
Rashmi Virag is the stage name of Virag Mishra, born on 21st April 1976 a multidisciplinary man from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. A commerce graduate from Allahabad University,Virag has an additional Diploma in Hotel Management from the prestigious IHM Lucknow too.In his initial days he has worked in the tandoor section of the tallest hotel in Delhi "Kanishka(now known as Shangrilla)". Later he joined "Times School of Marketing" for masters and joined an advertising agency as a copywriter after successfully finishing his MBA. Since then he had been associated with globally acclaimed agencies like "Publicis Capital","Leo Burnett","Euro RSCG" and has handled many renowned corporate clients like "HDFC","Honda","India tv","Dabur","Maruti", etc. He has been the national creative head for Red FM also.
Academics
He is a Visiting Lecturer at many management colleges and deals with the topics like the business of creativity, breaking the clutter.
Career
Virag Mishra started writing lyrics for the songs of films which includes "Dus Kahaniya","Alibagh","Wood Stock Villa","Tere Sang","Sunday","Zinda". He has risen to prominence with his contributions to the industry and won "The Stardust Awards" in the best lyrics category for the song "Zinda Hoon Main". The lyrics of the latest remix of the Qawwali song " Ye jo halka halka" by Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was also penned down by Virag. He wrote dialogues for the film "Wajah Tum Ho."Some of the most successful songs has been penned by Rashmi Virag including “Main Rahoon Yan a Rahoon”,”Bol Do Na Zara”,”Mujhko Barsaat Bana Lo”,”Raaz Ankhein Teri” ,”Teri Khusboo”.Most of his songs have ruled the charts and airwaves.He has won the Best Lyricist award at the 60th Filmfare Awards for the song Muskarane from the film Citylights.
Individual Discography
Rashmi Singh
| Year | Film | Song | Composer | Singer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Gang of Ghosts | "Rimco" | Dharam Sandeep | Malini Banerjee, Jonita Gandhi, Aishwarya Nigam, Sandeep Patil |
| "Sheeshe Ka Dil" | Rupmatii Jolly | |||
| CityLights | "Muskurane" | Jeet Gannguli | Arijit Singh | |
| "Darbadar" | Neeti Mohan | |||
| "Citylights" (Title Song) |
Ustad Rashid Khan | |||
| "Ek Charraiya" | Arijit Singh | |||
| "Soney Do" | ||||
| "Muskurane" (Unplugged) |
Mohammad Irfan | |||
| "Ek Charraiya" (Unplugged) |
Jeet Gannguli | |||
| 2015 | Khamoshiyan | "Khamoshiyan" | Arijit Singh | |
| "Khamoshiyan" (Unplugged) | ||||
| "Kya Khoya" | Naved Jafar | |||
| Mr. X | "Teri Khushboo" (Male Version) |
Jeet Gannguli | Arijit Singh | |
| "Teri Khushboo" (Female Version) |
Palak Muchhal | |||
| "Mr. X" (Title Song) |
Mahesh Bhatt, Mili Nair | |||
Virag Mishra
| Year | Film | Song | Composer | Singer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Zinda | Zinda Hoon Main | Nikhil Chinnappa, Dj Nawed | Shibani Kashyap |
| 2007 | Dus Kahaniyaan | Aaja Soniye | Gourov Dasgupta | Shweta Vijay, Sudhanshu Pandey |
| Dus | Gourov Dasgupta | Aanchal, KK | ||
| Jaaniye | Gourov Dasgupta | Aanchal, Sunidhi Chauhan | ||
| Kaala Peela | Shafqat Ali Khan | Shafqat Ali Khan | ||
| Nach Le Soniye | Gourov Dasgupta | Mika Singh | ||
| 2008 | Woodstock Villa | Saawan Mein Lag Gayee Aag | Anu Malik | Mika Singh |
| Yeh Pyaar Hai | Anu Malik | Anchal Bhatia | ||
| Dhoka | Anu Malik | Shibani Kashyap | ||
| 2008 | Sunday | Kashmakash | Shibani Kashyap | Shibani Kashyap |
| 2009 | Teree Sang | Miss Baabloo | Bappi Lahiri | Bappi Lahiri |
| Tere Bin | Bappi Lahiri | Raja Hasan, Bappi Lahiri, Sumedha Karmahe | ||
| 2010 | Apartment | "Candy Man" | Bappi Lahiri | Sunidhi Chauhan, Bid Lo |
| "Candy Man" (Remix) | ||||
| 2014 | Mr Joe B. Carvalho | "Ring Ring" | Amartya Rahut | Subhajit Mukherjee |
| "Ae Ji Suniye" | Hamsika Iyer, Amartya Rahut | |||
| Gollu Aur Pappu | "Hum Dono" | Raptilez 1O1 | Shaan, Shamir Tandon, Madhuri Pandey, Virag Mishra, Ahan Shah | |
Duo Discography
Film Songs
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Denotes songs from unreleased/upcoming films |
| Year | Film | Song | Composer | Singer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Hamari Adhuri Kahani | "Hamari Adhuri Kahani" | Jeet Gannguli | Arijit Singh |
| "Yeh Kaisi Jagah" | Deepali Sathe | |||
| "Hamari Adhuri Kahani" (Encore Version) |
Jeet Gannguli | |||
| Hate Story 3 | "Tumhe Apna Banane Ka" | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik, Neeti Mohan | |
| 2016 | Sanam Re | "Tum Bin"[2] | Jeet Gannguli (Originally composed by Nikhil-Vinay) |
Shreya Ghoshal |
| Azhar | "Bol Do Na Zara" | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik | |
| Sarbjit | "Salamat" | Arijit Singh, Tulsi Kumar | ||
| "Dard"[3] | Jeet Gannguli | Sonu Nigam | ||
| Junooniyat | "Mujhko Barsaat Bana Lo" | Armaan Malik | ||
| Raaz Reboot | "The Sound Of Raaz" | Jubin Nautiyal | ||
| "Raaz Aankhein Teri" | Arijit Singh | |||
| "Hummein Tummein Jo Tha" | Papon, Palak Muchhal | |||
Non-film Songs
| Year | Album | Song | Composer | Singer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Chal Wahan Jaate Hain | "Chal Wahan Jaate Hain" | Amaal Mallik | Arijit Singh |
| Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon | "Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon" | Armaan Malik | ||
| 2016 | Tum Ho Toh Lagta Hain | "Tum Ho Toh Lagta Hain" | Shaan | |
| 2016 | Halka Halka | "Halka Halka" | Abhijit Vaghani | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan |
| 2017 | Phir Se | "Phir Se" | Jeet Gannguli | Amruta Fadnavis |
Other Contributions
- Virag Mishra is the man to pen down the quirky slogan "Bajatey Raho" for Red FM and "Padhega India tabhi to badhega India" for a social responsibility program by P & G Shiksha.
- Virag Mishra has written the dialogues of the film Wajah Tum Ho
Personal Life
Well, there is a story behind his stage name: Rashmi is his better half and his constant inspiration & support. She keeps on telling him that he is the reason for her smile and nonetheless that is the hook of the song "Muskurane ki wajah" which propelled him to win the "60th Filmfare Awards" in the best lyricist category.
References
- ↑ "60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winners". The Times of India. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ "Tum Bin" was originally penned by Pushpa Patel for the 2001 Bollywood movie, Tum Bin. The track was voiced by K. S. Chithra.
- ↑ "Dard" lyrics were penned by Rashmi Virag and Jaani together.
External links
- Rashmi Singh on IMDb
- Virag Mishra on IMDb