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'''Ved Rahi''' (born 22 May 1933) 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 (film)|Veer Savarkar]]'' (2001), a bio-epic on the life of Indian revolutionary [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]].<br />
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== Life ==<br />
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.<br />
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== Works == <br />
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.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&dq=Ved+Rahi&pg=PA103#v=onepage&q=Ved%20Rahi&f=false | title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | year=1992 | pages=103-104 | isbn=9788172013240}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Two_Decades_of_Dogri_Literature/rXruaMZ6FKAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dogri+shivanath&pg=PA64&printsec=frontcover | title=Two Decades of Dogri Literature | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | author=Shivanath | year=1997 | isbn=9788126003938 |pages=35}}</ref><br />
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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 [[List of Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize winners for Sindhi|Sindhi]] and [[List of Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize winners for Kashmiri|Kashmiri]] categories respectively.<ref name="Translations">{{cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2015 |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/Press_Release_(English)_SATA_2015.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date= |access-date=31 July 2023 |publisher=Sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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; Films <br />
* 1966 - ''[[Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi (1966 film)|Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi]]'' as screenplay writer<br />
* 1970 - ''[[Pavitra Paapi]]'' as dialogues and screenplay writer<br />
* 1971 - ''[[Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee]]'' as writer<br />
* 1971 - ''[[Pavitra Paapi]] as screenplay writer<br />
* 1972 - ''[[Be-Imaan]]'' as dialogues writer<br />
* 1972 - ''[[Mome Ki Gudiya]]'' as dialogues writer<br />
* 1973 - ''[[Prem Parbat]]'' as director<br />
* 1975 - ''[[Sanyasi (1975 film)|Sanyasi]]'' as dialogues writer<br />
* 1976 - ''[[Charas (1976 film)|Charas]]'' as dialogues writer<br />
* 1980 - ''[[Kali Ghata (1980 film)|Kali Ghata]]'' as director, producer and writer<br />
* 1982 - ''[[Bezubaan]]'' as dialogues writer<br />
* 2001 - ''[[Veer Savarkar (film)|Veer Savarkar]]'' as director, writer<br />
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; Books<br />
* ''Kaale Hatthe'' - Novel<br />
* ''Garbh Joon'' - Novel<br />
* ''Lal Ded'' - Novel<br />
* ''Aale'' - Novel <br />
* ''Ik Journalist di Aatamkatha'' - Biography of Mulk Raj Saraf<br />
* ''Haad Bedi Te Pattan'' - Novel<br />
* ''Andhi Surang'' - Novel<br />
* ''Ek Tha Chitrakaar, Ek Tha Raja'' - Short stories<br />
* ''Maut'' - Short stories<br />
* ''Soch''<br />
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=== Awards ===<br />
* 1983 - [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Dogri|Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Dogri]] for this short stories collection ''Aale''.<br />
* 2011 - [[Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award]] (Award presented in 2014)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/ved-rahis-hat-trick-awards-month/#:~:text=New%20Delhi%2C%20Aug%2027%3A%20Noted,language%20and%20literature%20at%20the | title=Ved Rahi’s hat-trick of awards in a month | publisher=Daily Excelsior | date=28 August 2014 | accessdate=2 August 2023}}</ref><br />
* 2019 - Kusumagraj Rashtriya Sahitya Puraskar <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/film-director-novelist-ved-rahi-to-get-kusumagraj-literature-award-742539|title=Film director, novelist Ved Rahi to get Kusumagraj literature award|website=The Tribune|url-status=live |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|1339788}}<br />
*[http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/sep/06news.htm Short article about ''Veer Savarkar'']<br />
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