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Ved Rahi is an Indian author predominantly writing in Dogri language. He is also credited for screenplay and dialogues of various Hindi Bollywood films and TV serials. He directed the Hindi film Veer Savarkar (2001), a bio-epic on the life of Indian revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Life
Rahi was born in Jammu on 22 May 1933. His father, Mulk Raj Saraf started the first newspaper in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir titled Ranbir in 1924. Saraf was presented with the civil award Padma Shri by Government of India in 1976.
Works
Rahi published various short stories in Dogri language and along with Narendra Khajuria and Madan Mohan Sharma, is considered as noted Dogri writer of modern times.
His books have been translated to various other Indian languages. Translation of Lal Ded in Sindhi language (by Sarita Sharma as Lal Ded (2015) and by Rattan Lal Shant as Lal Ded (2015)) and of Aale in Kashmiri language (by Abdul Gani Beg Athar as Lakhakar Yin Vaapas (2010)) have also received Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in Sindhi and Kashmiri categories respectively.
- Films
- 1971 - Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee as writer
- 1973 - Prem Parbat as director
- 1980 - Kali Ghata as director, producer and writer
Awards
In 1983, Rahi received the Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Dogri for this short stories collection Aale.
- Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award - 2011
- Kusumagraj Rashtriya Sahitya Puraskar - 2019
References
- Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. 1992. pp. 103–104. ISBN 9788172013240.
- Shivanath (1997). Two Decades of Dogri Literature. Sahitya Akademi. p. 35. ISBN 9788126003938.
- "Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2015" (PDF). Sahitya-akademi.gov.in. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Film director, novelist Ved Rahi to get Kusumagraj literature award". The Tribune. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
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