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'''Venibhai Jamnadas Purohit''' was [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet, lyricist, short story writer and journalist.

==Life==
Venibhai was born on 1 February 1916 in [[Jamkhambhaliya]]. He completed his primary education in [[Bombay]] and secondary education in Bombay. He joined ''Be Ghadi Moj'' for sometime in Bombay. He proof read in ''Prabhat'' daily, Bhartiya Sahitya Sangh and Sastu Sahitya in [[Ahmedabad]] from 1939 to 1942 . He participated in [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942 and was jailed for ten months. He worked with ''Prajabandhu'' and ''[[Gujarat Samachar]]'' from 1944 to 1949. He worked with ''Janmabhoomi'' daily from 1949 until his death. He died on 3 January 1980 at [[Bombay]].<ref name="GSP">{{cite web | title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: વેણીભાઈ પુરોહિત, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Venibhai Purohit, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Venibhai-Purohit.html | language=gu | accessdate=June 9, 2015}}</ref>

[[Umashankar Joshi]] used to call him ''Bando Badami''. [[Balmukund Dave]] was his close friend.

==Works==
He wrote under several pen names such as Sant Khurshidas.

He explored several types of poetry including [[Bhajan]], [[Gazal]], [[Sonnet]].<ref name="JhaveriAkademi1978">{{cite book|author=Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri|author-link=Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri|title=History of Gujarati Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DA0RAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|page=222}}</ref> ''Sinjarav'' (1955),<ref name="Das1991">{{cite book|author=Sisir Kumar Das|title=History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&pg=PA515|year=1991|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-798-9|page=515}}</ref> ''Gulzare Shayari'' (1962), ''Deepti'' (1966) and ''Aachman'' (1975) are his collections of poetry. His ''Kavyaprayag'' (1978) is a work on medieval and modern poems.<ref name="GSP"/><ref name="Kendra2007">{{cite book|author=Smt. Hiralaxmi Navanitbhai Shah Dhanya Gurjari Kendra|title=Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g4oMAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust|pages=388, 528}}</ref>

He wrote lyrics for several Gujarati films like ''[[Kanku]]'' (1969), ''Kariyavar'', ''Gunsundarino Gharsansar'', ''Jogidas Khuman'' (1948) and ''Divadandi'' (1950). His song ''Taro Aankhno Afeeni'' from ''Divadandi'' became and currently remains the greatest love song of all time and is still popular in Gujarat.<ref name="Kendra2007"/><ref name="DeshGujarat 2011">{{cite web | author=DeshGujarat | title=Veteran Gujarati singer/musician Shri Dilip Dholakia passes away | website=DeshGujarat | date=2011-01-02 | url=http://DeshGujarat.Com/2011/01/02/veteran-gujarati-singermusician-shri-dilip-dholakia-passes-away/ | accessdate=2015-06-09}}</ref><ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA311|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=311, 317}}</ref>

''Attarna Diva'' (1952), ''Vansnu Van'' and ''Setu'' are the collections of short stories.<ref name="GSP"/>

He wrote satirical column in ''Janmabhoomi'' under pen name ''[[Akha Bhagat]]''.<ref name="GSP"/>

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==References==
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[[Category:Gujarati-language poets]]
[[Category:Indian lyricists]]
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[[Category:1916 births]]

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