Neelesh Misra

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Neelesh Misra
Neelesh Misra
Neelesh Misra during a recording of his poems Purane Khat
Born (1973-05-05) 5 May 1973 (age 51)[1]
Nainital, India
Residence Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Indian Institute of Mass Communication
Occupation Writer, lyricist (Bollywood), Script-writer (Bollywood), Storyteller, photographer, journalist, entrepreneur
Known for Yaadon Ka IdiotBox,
Gaon Connection
Spouse(s) Yamini Misra (Present)
Nidhi Razdan (Divorced)
Children Vaidehi Misra
Awards Ram Nath Goenka Award, K. C. Kulish Memorial Award
Website www.neeleshmisra.in

Neelesh Misra (Hindi: नीलेश मिश्रा) (born 1973) is an Indian journalist, author, radio storyteller, Bollywood director, scriptwriter, lyricist and photographer.[2] He is most known for his radio show, Yaadon Ka IdiotBox with Neelesh Misra on BIG FM 92.7.[3] He is co-founder-editor of Gaon Connection, India's rural newspaper. He has also founded a content creation company called Content Project Pvt. Ltd.[4]

Early life and education

Born and brought up in Nainital,[5][6] His father belonged to a village, Kunaura 160 km from Lucknow.[7]

Neelesh Misra did his schooling from boarding school, St. Joseph's College, Nainital (1988) and Mahanagar Boys' Inter College, Lucknow (1990). He did his graduation from DSB Government Degree College, Nainital (1993),[8] and later studied at Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi.

Career

As a journalist, he has covered conflict and insurgency over the past two decades in South Asia, travelling deep into the hinterland. His travels have taken him from the rebel heartlands of Kashmir to Naxalite-dominated areas of central and eastern India, to the faraway north-east which is home to some of the world's longest running insurgencies. He has closely studied the Maoist insurgency in Nepal. For his reportage from India's insurgency lands, he received the Ramnath Goenka Award For Excellence in Journalism[9] and the K.C. Kulish Memorial Award in the year 2009. Presently he is the Editorial Director of his rural newspaper Gaon Connection.

He has written five books, including the well received The Absent State (2010), which he co-wrote with Rahul Pandita[10]

Neelesh started his career as a Bollywood lyricist, when while researching for a book in Mumbai, he met director Mahesh Bhatt, which led to his debut song Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai for Jism (2003),[5] this was followed by hit songs like Kya Mujhe Pyaar Hai for Woh Lamhe (2006), and went on write over 20 songs in over 15 films.[11][12][13] In 2012, he co-wrote the screenplay for Salman Khan starrer, Ek Tha Tiger, along with film's director Kabir Khan.[6]

He was the creative director, singer and songwriter in the India's first writer-led band, Band Called Nine, with singer Shilpa Rao and composer Amartya Rahut, working with traditional Indian craft of Qissa Goi (storytelling).[14][15] The band was launched in 2010, at the launched at the annual Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in Mumbai.[11] In 2011, the band released its debut album, Rewind, consisting of songs and storytelling, put together with narrative recited by Misra.[6][15]

He is also a blogger.,.[16] His blog contains his experiences during his days as senior roving editor, his thoughts on various issues, and the poems he has written. He hosts a radio show, Yadoon Ka Idiotbox on BIG FM 92.7, set in fictitious small town, Yaad Sheher, and which started its second season in 2012.[3][6] In late 2012, he along with Karan Dalal, started a rural newspaper, Goan Connection, based in Kunaura, a village near Lucknow.[7][17]

Books

Non-fiction

Fiction

As Editor

  • India Yatra (Harper Collins, 2009, with a foreword by Nandan Nilekani)[24]
  • Inspired India: Ideas to Transform a Nation, Harper Collins, 2010, with a foreword by APJ Abdul Kalam. ISBN 978-81-7223-782-0
  • Dream Chasing ,One Man's Remarkable True Life Story, a book by his father, Dr. S.B.Misra.(Roli Books, 2011,with a foreword by Sam Pitroda. ISBN 8174368191.[25]

Awards

  • Ram Nath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism (under the category "Covering India Invisible", for a nine-part series on insurgency, titled "India Besieged")[citation needed]
  • K. C. Kulish Memorial Award (jointly with Pakistan's Dawn newspaper, for the series "The New Muslim")
  • K. C. Kulish Memorial Merit Award (for a nine-part series on insurgency, titled "India Besieged")

Personal life

Misra married Nidhi Razdan, a news anchor and editor, in 2005.[26][27] The couple divorced a few years later.

He is currently married to Yamini Misra.[28]

Filmography

Screenwriter
Lyricist

See also

References

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External links

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