Gaurav Solanki

Creator Context

Summary

Gaurav Solanki is an Indian fiction writer, poet, lyricist and screenwriter whose public creative identity is closely associated with examining caste and political life. His writing for Article 15 drew on experiences and reports of caste discrimination, campus politics and the changing forms of casteism in cities and villages. In interviews he has described casteism as a central social evil and discussed the difficulty of portraying Dalit suffering, reservation and political parties responsibly without reducing them to a token issue. His broader credits include lyrics for Ugly, Daas Dev and Veere Di Wedding, as well as the political thriller series Tandav, while his Hindi short-story collection and poetry establish a literary career beyond film. He has also discussed trying to make serious social material accessible through genre and popular storytelling rather than presenting it as a conventional lecture. The available public record supports a repeated caste-conscious and socially engaged writing pattern, but not a highly visible partisan or activist public persona.