Varun Grover

Writing

Varun Grover

Born

1980-01-26 (46)

Place of birth

Sundernagar, Himachal Pradesh, India

Known for

Writing

Credits

30 titles

Varun Grover is an Indian lyricist, writer, stand-up comedian and filmmaker. He won the award for Best Lyricist at the 63rd National Film Awards in 2015. He co-created the political satire group Aisi Taisi Democracy, and his debut film, All India Rank, closed the 52nd Rotterdam International Film Festival, in 2023.

Known for

The Kapil Sharma Show poster
7.0

Kapil Sharma is back with his gang - Bindu, Chandan and 'mohalle ki dhoban' Gudiya. In tow is a new character, Maski, along with Goli, Roopmati and more! Enjoy guaranteed laughter with Kapil and his antics as different celebrities join in.

The Kapil Sharma Show

2016

Kaun Banega Crorepati poster
6.6

Hosted by India's biggest superstar, Amitabh Bachchan, one of the biggest shows is here to entertain millions, change lives and make dreams come true.

Kaun Banega Crorepati

2000

Superboys of Malegaon poster
7.6

The residents of Malegaon look to Bollywood cinema for a much-needed escape from daily drudgery. Amateur filmmaker Nasir Shaikh gets inspired to make a film for the people of Malegaon, by the people of Malegaon. He bands together his ragtag group of friends to bring his vision to life, thereby bringing a fresh lease of life into the town.

Superboys of Malegaon

2025

Son of Abish poster
6.8

Son Of Abish is a variety comedy talk show with host Abish Mathew.

Son of Abish

2014

Homebound poster
7.8

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 closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.

Homebound

2025

Angry Young Men poster
8.2

Angry Young Men is the story of Salim-Javed, legendary screenwriters of 1970s Hindi cinema. Together, they created the archetype of the Angry Young Man - a brooding anti-hero who captured the imagination of an entire nation with his rage, defiance, and quest for social justice. Like the character they created, Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, two outsiders to the Hindi film industry, defied all odds, questioning the position of writers and demanding recognition as much as the reigning stars of that time. Their break-up made headlines for many years and Indian cinema never saw a cultural collaboration as powerful again. This is a personal and candid account of their lives, their writing and their legacy.

Angry Young Men

2024

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Superboys of Malegaon poster
7.6

The residents of Malegaon look to Bollywood cinema for a much-needed escape from daily drudgery. Amateur filmmaker Nasir Shaikh gets inspired to make a film for the people of Malegaon, by the people of Malegaon. He bands together his ragtag group of friends to bring his vision to life, thereby bringing a fresh lease of life into the town.

Superboys of Malegaon

2025

Masaan poster
7.1

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 hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.

Masaan

2015

Blind Spot poster
NR

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. Set against the backdrop of 1992 amidst India's rising sociopolitical tensions, Supriyo's journey boldly explores the emotional and societal blind spots around him.

Blind Spot

2024

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar poster
6.5

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

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar

2021

Varun Grover: Nothing Makes Sense poster
9.0

Varun Grover in his first-ever stand-up special, can't make sense about African Cheetahs landing in India, growing up as a Punjabi, nostalgia for the 90s, increasing intolerance, intergenerational trauma, IRCTC website and it's obsession with captcha and threats to free speech in the biggest democracy in the world.

Varun Grover: Nothing Makes Sense

2026

Varun Grover: Nothing Makes Sense poster
9.0

Varun Grover in his first-ever stand-up special, can't make sense about African Cheetahs landing in India, growing up as a Punjabi, nostalgia for the 90s, increasing intolerance, intergenerational trauma, IRCTC website and it's obsession with captcha and threats to free speech in the biggest democracy in the world.

Varun Grover: Nothing Makes Sense

2026

All India Rank poster
6.8

Set in the 90s, seventeen-year-old Vivek is sent away from home to attend a rigorous program to prepare for the highly competitive IIT entrance exams. Over two years, Vivek goes through the motions of Indian adolescence, but it is his parents who do the growing up.

All India Rank

2024

All India Rank poster
6.8

Set in the 90s, seventeen-year-old Vivek is sent away from home to attend a rigorous program to prepare for the highly competitive IIT entrance exams. Over two years, Vivek goes through the motions of Indian adolescence, but it is his parents who do the growing up.

All India Rank

2024

Kiss. poster
3.8

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 Indian Censor Board. The board finds a kissing scene in the film beyond the duration stipulated by official, orthodox rules. The filmmaker and board members argue, but when they enter the movie theatre to review the film, the laws of physics begin to disintegrate, sending these men into a world of chaos.

Kiss.

2022

Kiss. poster
3.8

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 Indian Censor Board. The board finds a kissing scene in the film beyond the duration stipulated by official, orthodox rules. The filmmaker and board members argue, but when they enter the movie theatre to review the film, the laws of physics begin to disintegrate, sending these men into a world of chaos.

Kiss.

2022

No artwork available
7.0

The film is a spoof of the 2004 film Dhoom. A super cop, wanting to get back at a gang of five biker thieves, enlists the help of a mechanic. The mechanic is revealed to be of lesser intelligence than that of the cop. A robbery takes place at a well-known dance bar, resulting in a riot of idiotic incidents.

Ghoom

2006

Four Slippers poster
NR

Young Rajat, caught fantasising in class, is humiliated by a sadistic teacher. Permanently welding education to a feeling of shame, this primal trauma hurls Rajat into a life of progressive social isolation and emotional corruption.

Four Slippers

2023

Damned poster
NR

A social-media influencer goes in search of an old, forgotten folk singer Naseem Bano, whose claim to fame was an off-hand compliment from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in 1988. He wants her to sing for his Instagram feed but she has forgotten herself. Late at night, when the whole hospital sleeps, she has a flash of memory.

Damned

2026