Ved Rahi

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Ved Rahi (born 22 May 1933) is an Indian author predominantly writing in Dogri language. He directed well received mythological serial Meerabai for Doordarshan in 1996 under UTV productions. 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.

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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, Madan Mohan Sharma and Prof. Nilamber Dev Sharma, is considered as noted Dogri writer of modern times. [1] [2]

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. [3]

Films
Books

Television

Awards

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References

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  2. Shivanath (1997). Two Decades of Dogri Literature. Sahitya Akademi. p. 35. ISBN   9788126003938.
  3. "Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2015" (PDF). Sahitya-akademi.gov.in. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. "Ved Rahi's hat-trick of awards in a month". Daily Excelsior. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  5. "Film director, novelist Ved Rahi to get Kusumagraj literature award". The Tribune. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2023.