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	Reza was born in a Muslim family in a village named Gangauli,<ref>{{cite news\|last=Chishti\|first=Seema\|title=It's 1947 still in Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza's Aadha Gaon\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/it-s-1947-still-in-rahi-masoom-raza-s-aadha-gaon/29768/2\|access-date=11 December 2013\|newspaper=Indian Express\|date=30 April 2007}}</ref> located in [[Ghazipur]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]], the most populous state in Northern India. He was the younger brother of educationist [[Moonis Raza]] and scholar Mehdi Raza. <ref>{{Cite web\|title=Noted Scholar Prof Mehdi Raza Dead\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/noted-scholar-prof-mehdi-raza-dead/878418\|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)]]}}</ref>		Reza was born in a Muslim family in a village named Gangauli,<ref>{{cite news\|last=Chishti\|first=Seema\|title=It's 1947 still in Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza's Aadha Gaon\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/it-s-1947-still-in-rahi-masoom-raza-s-aadha-gaon/29768/2\|access-date=11 December 2013\|newspaper=Indian Express\|date=30 April 2007}}</ref> located in [[Ghazipur]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]], the most populous state in Northern India. He was the younger brother of educationist [[Moonis Raza]] and scholar Mehdi Raza. <ref>{{Cite web\|title=Noted Scholar Prof Mehdi Raza Dead\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/noted-scholar-prof-mehdi-raza-dead/878418\|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)]]}}</ref>

	Raza completed his early education in and around Ghazipur, from where he went to [[Aligarh Muslim University]] to complete higher studies. He completed a doctorate in Hindustani Literature and pursued a career in literature.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Hasan \|first=Mushirul \|author-link=Mushirul Hasan \|title=Legacy of a Divided Nation: India's Muslims Since Independence \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNKqYp-LTnkC&q=Ghazipur&pg=PA159 \|date=1997 \|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers \|isbn=978-1-85065-304-2 \|page=159}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He wrote novels under the pseudonym, Shahid Akhtar, for an Urdu magazine ''Rumani Duniya'' from Allahabad. He then went on to become a Lecturer in Urdu at Aligarh Muslim University before moving to Bombay (now Mumbai). <ref>{{Cite web\|title=Oh, For an Original Story : Review of Scene 75\|url=https://www.thebookreviewindia.org/oh-for-an-original-story/\|website=Book Review India}}</ref>		Raza completed his early education in and around Ghazipur, from where he went to [[Aligarh Muslim University]] to complete higher studies. His studies and life revolved around Muslim theology. He completed a doctorate in Hindustani Literature and pursued a career in literature.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Hasan \|first=Mushirul \|author-link=Mushirul Hasan \|title=Legacy of a Divided Nation: India's Muslims Since Independence \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNKqYp-LTnkC&q=Ghazipur&pg=PA159 \|date=1997 \|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers \|isbn=978-1-85065-304-2 \|page=159}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He wrote novels under the pseudonym, Shahid Akhtar, for an Urdu magazine ''Rumani Duniya'' from Allahabad. He then went on to become a Lecturer in Urdu at Aligarh Muslim University before moving to Bombay (now Mumbai). <ref>{{Cite web\|title=Oh, For an Original Story : Review of Scene 75\|url=https://www.thebookreviewindia.org/oh-for-an-original-story/\|website=Book Review India}}</ref>

	===Literary career===		===Literary career===
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	** ''[[Alaap]]'' (1977)		** ''[[Alaap]]'' (1977)
	** ''Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand'' ([[Jagjit Singh]] & [[Chitra Singh]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.amarujala.com/kavya/kavya-charcha/famous-writer-and-poet-rahi-masoom-raza-will-be-remembered-forever \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=16 February 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109023926/http://www.amarujala.com/kavya/kavya-charcha/famous-writer-and-poet-rahi-masoom-raza-will-be-remembered-forever \|archive-date=9 November 2017 \|url-status=live }}</ref>		** ''Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand'' ([[Jagjit Singh]] & [[Chitra Singh]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.amarujala.com/kavya/kavya-charcha/famous-writer-and-poet-rahi-masoom-raza-will-be-remembered-forever \|title=राही मासूम रज़ा : मेरे बिना किस हाल में होगा, कैसा होगा चाँद \|access-date=16 February 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109023926/http://www.amarujala.com/kavya/kavya-charcha/famous-writer-and-poet-rahi-masoom-raza-will-be-remembered-forever \|archive-date=9 November 2017 \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox writer
| name = Rahi Masoom Reza
| image =
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| birthname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1927|9|1}}
| birth_place = [[Ghazipur]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
| occupation = Novelist, [[Urdu language|Urdu]] poet
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1992|3|15|1927|9|1}}
| death_place = [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| yearsactive = 1945–1992
| awards = [[Filmfare Best Dialogue Award|1979 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award]]: [[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]
}}

'''Rahi Masoom Reza''' (1 September 1927 – 15 March 1992), born in Gangauli, [[Ghazipur]], Uttar Pradesh, India, was an [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[Hindi]] poet and writer and a [[Bollywood]] lyricist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=संचयन भाग 2|publisher=[[NCERT]]|isbn=81-7450-665-9|location=New Delhi|pages=47|language=hi|chapter=लेखक परिचय|chapter-url=http://ncertbooks.prashanthellina.com/class_10.Hindi.SanchayanBhag2/lekhah%20P.pdf}}</ref> He won the [[Filmfare Best Dialogue Award]] for the hit film ''[[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]'' in 1979, followed by ''[[Mili (1975 film)|Mili]]'' and ''[[Lamhe]]'', which he won posthumously.

==Biography==

===Early life and education===
Reza was born in a Muslim family in a village named Gangauli,<ref>{{cite news|last=Chishti|first=Seema|title=It's 1947 still in Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza's Aadha Gaon|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/it-s-1947-still-in-rahi-masoom-raza-s-aadha-gaon/29768/2|access-date=11 December 2013|newspaper=Indian Express|date=30 April 2007}}</ref> located in [[Ghazipur]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]], the most populous state in Northern India. He was the younger brother of educationist [[Moonis Raza]] and scholar Mehdi Raza. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Noted Scholar Prof Mehdi Raza Dead|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/noted-scholar-prof-mehdi-raza-dead/878418|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)]]}}</ref>

Raza completed his early education in and around Ghazipur, from where he went to [[Aligarh Muslim University]] to complete higher studies. He completed a doctorate in Hindustani Literature and pursued a career in literature.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hasan |first=Mushirul |author-link=Mushirul Hasan |title=Legacy of a Divided Nation: India's Muslims Since Independence |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNKqYp-LTnkC&q=Ghazipur&pg=PA159 |date=1997 |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers |isbn=978-1-85065-304-2 |page=159}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He wrote novels under the pseudonym, Shahid Akhtar, for an Urdu magazine ''Rumani Duniya'' from Allahabad. He then went on to become a Lecturer in Urdu at Aligarh Muslim University before moving to Bombay (now Mumbai). <ref>{{Cite web|title=Oh, For an Original Story : Review of Scene 75|url=https://www.thebookreviewindia.org/oh-for-an-original-story/|website=Book Review India}}</ref>

===Literary career===
He wrote the script and dialogues for a TV serial, ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|Mahabharat]]''. The TV serial was based on the epic, the [[Mahabharata]].<ref name=":0" /> The serial became one of the most popular TV serials of India, with a peak television rating of around 86%.<ref>{{cite news|last=Manwani|first=Akshay|title=The Show of Shows Producing India's greatest television show ever|url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/arts/show-shows?page=0,1|access-date=11 December 2013|newspaper=Caravan|date=1 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214010034/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/arts/show-shows?page=0,1|archive-date=14 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Works==

His works include:

*Novels
** ''Adha Gaon'' (''The Divided Village'')<ref name=":0" />
** ''Dil Ek Saada Kaghaz''
** ''Topi Shukla''<ref name=":0" />
** ''Os Ki Boond''
** ''Katra Bi Arzoo''<ref name=":0" />
** ''Scene No. 75''
*Poetry
** ''Mauz-e-ghul mauz-e-saba'' (Urdu)<ref name=":0" />
** ''Ajnabee shahar: ajnabee raste'' (Urdu)<ref name=":0" />
** ''Main ek Feriwala'' (Hindi)<ref name=":0" />
** ''Sheeshe ke Makaan Wale'' (Hindi)
* Autobiography
** ''Chotey aadmi ki badee kahaani'' ("Big Story of a Small Man")<ref name=":0" />
*Movie and TV scripts
** ''[[Neem ka Ped]]## – novel and TV serial of the same name<ref name=":0" />
** ''[[Kissi Se Na Kehna]]''
** ''[[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]''
** ''[[Disco Dancer]]'' (1982)
** ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|Mahabharat]]'' (1988)<ref name=":0" />
*Movie dialogues
** ''[[Alaap]]'' (1977)
** ''[[Gol Maal]]'' (1979)
** ''[[Karz (film)|Karz]]'' (1980)
** ''[[Judaai (1980 film)|Judaai]]'' (1980)
** ''[[Hum Paanch (1980 film)|Hum Paanch]]'' (1980)
** ''[[Anokha Rishta]]'' (1986)
** ''[[Baat Ban Jaye]]'' (1986)
** ''[[Naache Mayuri]]'' (1986)
** ''[[Awam (film)|Awam]]'' (1987)
** ''[[Lamhe]]'' (1991)
** ''[[Parampara (1993 film)|Parampara]]'' (1992)
** ''[[Aaina (1993 film)|Aaina]]'' (1993)
*Movie Lyrics
** ''[[Alaap]]'' (1977)
** ''Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand'' ([[Jagjit Singh]] & [[Chitra Singh]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amarujala.com/kavya/kavya-charcha/famous-writer-and-poet-rahi-masoom-raza-will-be-remembered-forever |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109023926/http://www.amarujala.com/kavya/kavya-charcha/famous-writer-and-poet-rahi-masoom-raza-will-be-remembered-forever |archive-date=9 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0713592|Rahi Masoom Reza}}
*[http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/Bookdetail.aspx?bookId=3409 A Village Divided] {{ISBN|9780143029830}}
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