Amit khanna

Amit Khanna is a poet, altruist thinker, and media expert.

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Presently retired from all film activities and organisational responsibilities, Amit Khanna devotes all his time solely to writing.

Year	Title	Book /newspaper /mag	Notes
1969-1971	Editor	Tempus	Monthly magazine
1982	Editor & features writer	Take 2	Entertainment weekly
1987-1989	Editorial Advisor	Probe India
1990-1992		Business Plus	Video news magazine
1990-1992		People Plus	Video news magazine
1990-1992		Bollywood Plus	Video news magazine
1990-2000	Syndicate features writer	Plus Newsbank
1995-1997	Online Singapore
1998-2015	Features writer	Outlook
1993–1997	Syndicated columnist	(various national dailies)	Column name: Media Musing
1997-2000	Editorial Adviser	The Economic Times
1999-2000	Columnist	The Economic Times	Column name: Enterprise
2002-2010	Columnist	Business Standard	Column name: Freeze Frame
Jan 2013	Author	Anant Raag (Infinite Verse)	Anthology of poetry, published by HarperCollins
Dec 2019	Author	Words Sounds Images: History of Media and Entertainment in India	Publisher: HarperCollins
2017–present	Columnist	The Wire
2018–present	Columnist	Open
2018–present	Columnist	Bloomberg Quint
	Co-author	Encyclopedia of Bollywood	Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Times of India
		Hindustan Times
		DNA
	Features writer	The Illustrated Weekly of India
	Features writer	India Today
	Features writer	Filmfare
	Features writer	Show Time
	Features writer	Super Cinema

As a lyricist he has penned over 200 Hindi film songs, working mainly with music directors like Bappi Lahiri, Rajesh Roshan and Laxmikant–Pyarelal. He also composed lyrics for around 200 songs released in music albums by singers Nazia and Zoheb Hassan, Sharon Prabhakar, Salma Agha, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mahendra Kapoor and Shafqat Ali Khan. In 1984 he directed three music videos for Nazia Hassan's music album Young Tarang. He was the lyricist for the opening theme song of ten Indian television series, including Buniyaad (1986), Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993) and Swabhimaan (1995).

Awards and honours[edit]

Time, Newsweek, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter have mentioned him as one of the global leaders of film and television. He has been a guest lecturer at New York University and the University of Southern California. He was on the selection panel of the Indian Panorama (Western region) thrice (1985, 1989, and 1993). and was the first Indian to serve on the International Emmy Award|International Emmys jury.

Year	Award	Organiser /festival	Notes
1976	Uttar Pradesh Film Journalist Association Award	UP Film Journalist Association
1979	Cinegoers Award
1980	Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award	Bengal Film Journalists Association
1981	Uttar Pradesh Film Journalist Association Award	UP Film Journalist Association
1986	Lions Club Award	Lions Club
1987	Lifetime Achievement Award for Television	Uptron
1995	Leadership Award	Indian Film Festival of Houston
1996	National Film Award - Best Lyrics	Govt. of India	For Bhairavi
1996	National Film Award - Best Hindi Film	Govt. of India	For Gudia
1997	National Film Award - Best Urdu Film	Govt. of India	For Sardari Begum
1997	TV Personality of the Year Award	Time magazine
2010	Leadership Award	Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA)
2010	Masterbrand Lifetime Achievement Award	CMO Council
2015	Lifetime Achievement award for contribution to film and television	Norway Bollywood Festival
2017	Lifetime Achievement Award	Film Critics Council
2017	Lifetime Achievement Award	PR Council of India

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