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{{short description|Indian screenwriter}}
{{About |the screenwriter/director|the character actor|K. N. Singh|the singer|KK (singer)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = K. K. Singh
| image = K-k-singh.jpg
| caption = Portrait of K. K. Singh
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| death_date = 2011
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
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| occupation = [[Screenwriter]] [[Actor]] [[Film director]] [[Film producer]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
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| education =
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| notable_works=  [[Krantiveer]] [[Veergati]] '''''Sham Ghansham'''''
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| awards = [[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue]] [[Filmfare Award for Best Story]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/filmfare-awards-winners/bollywood/1995/101|title=Filmfare Awards Winners 1995: Complete list of winners of Filmfare Awards 1995|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>
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| years_active = 1982-2011
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'''K. K. Singh'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/K.K.-Singh|title=K.k. Singh: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday | eTimes|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> (died 2011) was an Indian [[screenwriter]] and has film [[Film director|director]]-[[Film producer|producer]] credits for [[Veergati]] and [[actor]] credits for '''''Sham Ghansham'''''. Singh had written scripts primarily for [[Bollywood]] films and has worked in a regional-language [[Bhojpuri cinema|Bhojpuri film]] "''Aulaad''" directed by Aslam Sheikh. He debuted in [[Hindi language|Hindi]]-language films in 1982, with [[Raj Kapoor]]'s film ''[[Prem Rog]]'' as an assistant director, and was honoured with several awards including [[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Story]] writer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/k-k-singh/IEIN010403|title=K. K. Singh - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos|website=BookMyShow}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Famed-film-writer-K-K-Singh-dead/articleshow/10562189.cms|title=Famed film writer K K Singh dead | Mumbai News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

== Life and background ==
Singh was initially working in [[Bollywood|Hindi cinema]] as an additional dialogue writer. His first film as a writer and assistant director was Raj Kapoor's [[Prem Rog]]. After making his debut in Bollywood, he then worked in ''[[Veergati]]'' as a producer and director, starring [[Salman Khan]]. It was 1998 when he worked as an actor in Sham Ghansham film director by Ashok Ghai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/renowned-film-writer-k-k-singh-passes-away/|title=Renowned film writer K. K. Singh passes away : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|date=November 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/K-K-Singh-passes-away/articleshow/10564756.cms|title=K K Singh passes away - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Awards==
He has written over 25 films including Raj Kapoor's last film ''[[Ram Teri Ganga Maili]]''. [[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Story]] were conferred to him during [[40th Filmfare Awards]] held in 1995 for the film ''[[Krantiveer]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip-buzz/film-writer-kk-singh-passes-away-51229/|title=Film writer KK Singh passes away|date=November 1, 2011|website=Bollywood Life}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_dialogue.htm|title=Manikchand Filmfare Awards 2001|date=April 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429203450/http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_dialogue.htm|archive-date=2014-04-29}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
|1982
|''[[Prem Rog]]''
|Asst. director<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/actor.php?actorid=2629&role=31|title=K.K. Singh Filmography|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Insaaf Kaun Karega]]''
| Dialogue
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Ram Teri Ganga Maili]]''
|Dialogue/Screenplay
|-
| 1987
| [[Sansar (1987 film)|''Sansar'']]
| Dialogue
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Paap Ko Jalaa Kar Raakh Kar Doonga]]''
|Dialogue
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Tridev]]''
| Dialogue
|-
| 1989
|''[[Jurrat]]''
| Screenwriter
|-
|1993
|[[Gurudev (film)|''Gurudev'']]
| Dalogue
|-
|1994
|''[[Teesra Kaun]]''
|Screenwriter
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Krantiveer]]''
| Screenwriter
|-
|1996
|''[[Veergati]]''
|Producer/Director
|-
|1998
|''Sham Ghansham''
|Actor
|-
|1999
|''[[Silsila Hai Pyar Ka]]''
|Dialogue
|-
|1999
|[[Jaanwar (1999 film)|''Jaanwar'']]
|Dialogue
|-
|2000
|[[Kurukshetra (2000 film)|''Kurukshetra'']]
|Dialogue
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love]]''
| Screenwriter
|-
|2002
|''[[Pitaah]]''
|Dialogue
|-
|2002
|''[[Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani]]''
|Dialogue
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Talaash: The Hunt Begins]]''
| Screenwriter
|-
|2004
|[[Jaago (2004 film)|''Jaago'']]
|Dialogue/screenplay/story
|-
|2005
|[[Barsaat (2005 film)|''Barsaat: A Sublime Love Story'']]
|Dialogue
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Dosti: Friends Forever]]''
| Screenplay
|-
| 2006
| [[Mere Jeevan Saathi (2006 film)|''Mere Jeevan Saathi'']]
| Dialogue<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodmdb.com/celebrities/filmography/k-k-singh/9674|title=K. K. Singh Complete Movies List from 2004 to 1994|website=www.bollywoodmdb.com}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|''Aulaad''
|Screenwriter
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|id=0802143}}
*[https://www.bollywoodmdb.com/celebrities/filmography/k-k-singh/9674/ K. K. Singh on BollywoodMDB]
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[[Category:Indian screenwriters]]
[[Category:2011 deaths]]
[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]
[[Category:Filmfare Awards winners]]

K. K. Singh - Revision history

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