Rajdweep
Rajdweep is an Indian screenwriter, playwright, lyricist and journalist hails from Dhing, Nagaon, Assam. He has been awarded by Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan for his script 'Ishqlogy' at Cinestaan India's Storyteller's Script Contest in 2018. He is the first lyricist from Assam who writes Assamese songs in Bollywood film. He wrote the songs 'Jiri Jiri' for the film "A Death In The Gunj" and the bihu song for the film "Jagga Jasoos". Again, he becomes the first screenwriter from Assam who signed a Bollywood film. He signed the film on 21 October 2019. Personal life and education . Rajdweep was born on 20 September 1986 in Nagaon, Assam. After doing graduation in Economics from Gauhati University, Rajdweep did Masters in Economics and then completed his Masters in Journalism. Career. After working in many Assamese films, albums and plays, Rajdweep made his Bollywood debut in the Konkona Sen Sharma directed film "A Death in the Gunj" (2016) as a lyricist. His song 'Jiri Jiri' was an Assamese song in the film. He has been credited for writing the first full-length Assamese song in any Bollywood film. After that, he again got the opportunity to write a song for  Anurag Basu directed film "Jagga Jasoos". He wrote the Bihu song 'Lahe Lahe' for this film. Before that, for MTV dewarist show, he penned the widely accepted song called 'Memories' with Papon and Nucleya. His Hindi songs are 'Pakhi Pakhi', 'Aao Kabhi Jo'. As a screenwriter, Rajdweep's first film was "Khel-the Game" (2015). His other film as screenplay writer "Rum Vodka Whisky" has been released across Assam. Rajdweep has written songs in many Assamese films and various albums, theatre plays. As the youngest playwright of Assam's unique mobile theatre industry, Rajdweep has written many full-length plays . Apart from these, Rajdweep has a career in professional journalism and he is working as senior sub-editor of a vernacular daily called 'Assamiya Khabar'. He was conferred with the 2018-19 'Best Play of the Year' award for his play, "Bondookor Kobita" by All Assam Sahitya Sanmilan. Books & Literary Works by Rajdweep. Rajdweep had written his book titled 'Guwahati Dot Com' in the year 2010. It was a compilation of his popular column with the same title, which was published in Asomiya Khabar. Career in Journalism. Rajdweep had started his career in the popular newspaper in Assamese language. He  worked there as Senior Sub-Editor.