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|name = Ved Prakash Sharma<br />
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|birth_date= {{birth date|df=yes|1955|06|10}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Meerut]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
|death_date= {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|2|17|1955|06|10}}<br />
|death_place= Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
|occupation = Novelist, scriptwriter<br />
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'''Ved Prakash Sharma''' (10 June 1955 – 17 February 2017) was an Indian writer of novels and screenplays in [[Hindi]]. He was born in [[Meerut]], Uttar Pradesh, where he completed his graduation from NAS Degree College. After beginning his professional career as a [[ghost writer]], he went on to write 176 novels (ghostwriting around 23 novels of them). ''Dahekte Shaher'' (1973) was the first novel for which he was credited. He primarily wrote [[detective novel]]s, among them ''Kalyug ki Ramayan'' and ''Vardi Wala Gunda'' were his famous works. The main characters in his detective novels were Vijay, Vikas, Raghunath, Alphanse, Vibha Jindal, Keshav Pandit and Raina.<br />
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From the mid 80s to 2001 he authored several novels with themes of social issues, intrigue in relationships, mercenary motives, greed, betrayal, affairs and conspiracy. These stories contained many plot twists and surprises in the end, and were well received by readers. In the 1990s he was considered the top novelist of the genre. According to his ''[[Times of India]]'' obituary, his 1992 novel ''Vardi Wala Gunda'' "broke all records and sold 15 lakh copies on the very first day of its release",<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/famous-hindi-novelist-ved-prakash-sharma-dies-at-61/articleshow/57223609.cms | title=Famous Hindi novelist Ved Prakash Sharma dies at 61 | first=Ishita | last=Bhatia | date=19 February 2017 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=19 July 2018 }}</ref> while it reported overall sales of "80 million copies".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Hindi-novelist-Ved-Prakash-Sharma-dies/article17327485.ece | title= Hindi novelist Ved Prakash Sharma dies | date=19 February 2017 | first=Mohammad | last=Ali | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=19 July 2018 }}</ref><br />
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Sharma also made several contributions to [[Bollywood]], the Hindi film industry in India. His novel ''Bahu Maange Insaaf'' was adapted for film ''Bahu Ki Awaaz'' in 1985, while ''[[Anaam]]'' (1992) too was based on his work. Sharma also contributed to two installments in the [[Khiladi (film series)|''Khiladi'' series]] of [[Akshay Kumar]] films—''[[Sabse Bada Khiladi]]'' (1995) and ''[[International Khiladi]]'' (1999). In 2010 [[Zee TV]] aired ''[[Keshav Pandit (TV series)|Keshav Pandit]]'', a series based on the character created by Sharma. He founded [[Tulsi Comics]] and also created few comic characters like ''Jambu''.<br />
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Sharma was awarded the Meerut Ratna twice (1992 and 1994). He had received various state-level awards including the Natraj Bhushan Award in 2008 and the Natraj Award in 1995.<br />
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*[https://m.aajtak.in/india-today-hindi/profile/story/ved-prakash-sharma-profile-of-novelist-727698-2013-04-18 Ved Prakash Sharma - Profile of Novelist]. [[Aaj Tak]].<br />
*[http://wap.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/plots-of-gold-111081300032_1.html Plots of Gold]. [[Business Standard]].<br />
* [http://wap.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/digital-era-spelling-doom-for-hindi-pulp-fiction-books-feature-115011100274_1.html Digital-era Spelling Doom for Hindi Pulp Fiction Books]. Business Standard.<br />
*[http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/interview-with-hindi-fiction-writer-ved-prakash-sharma/article7904398.ece Interview with Hindi fiction writer Ved Prakash Sharma]. [[The Hindu]].<br />
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