Shirish Kunder

Background

Shirish Kunder was born on 24 May 1973 in Mangalore, Karnataka and brought up in Bombay, Maharashtra.

Education

He studied electronic engineering at the Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Engineering and Technology in Dharwad. He then studied Advanced Screenwriting at the University of Southern California"s School of Cinematic Arts in Los Los Angeles

Career

He worked for Motorola. The editing of Farah Khan"s Main Hoon Na in 2004 brought him fame. Shirish has officially edited over 20 movies and helped in the final cut of many more.

Shirish then turned to directing.

His directorial debut was titled Jaan-East-Mann. Apart from editing and composing the film score, he also wrote the film.

The film starred Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta, and was released on 20 October 2006. The film was commercially an average fare but was critically acclaimed for its innovative directorial style.

He then produced Tees Maar Khan, which he also wrote, edited and composed the film score.

The film starred Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Akshaye Khanna, and was released on 24 December 2010. The film was declared a semi-hit at the box office. Shirish"s second directorial venture was Joker, which he wrote, produced, directed, edited and composed the film score.

The film starred Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and Shreyas Talpade, and was released on 31 August 2012.

Achievements

• After working as editor on over a dozen films starting with Champion (2000), Kunder made his screenwriting and directorial debut with Jaan-East-Mann (2006). He later entered the film industry as an editor, debuting with the movie Champion.