Ved Rahi

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, a bio-epic on the life of Indian revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

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.

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.

Films 1966 - Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi as screenplay writer 1970 - Pavitra Paapi as dialogues and screenplay writer 1971 - Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee as writer 1971 - Pavitra Paapi as screenplay writer 1972 - Be-Imaan as dialogues writer 1972 - Mome Ki Gudiya as dialogues writer 1973 - Prem Parbat as director 1975 - Sanyasi as dialogues writer 1976 - Charas as dialogues writer 1980 - Kali Ghata as director, producer and writer 1982 - Bezubaan as dialogues writer 2001 - Veer Savarkar as director, writer

Books Kaale Hatthe - Novel Garbh Joon - Novel Lal Ded - Novel Aale - Novel Ik Journalist di Aatamkatha - Biography of Mulk Raj Saraf Haad Bedi Te Pattan - Novel Andhi Surang - Novel Ek Tha Chitrakaar, Ek Tha Raja - Short stories Maut - Short stories Soch Television

Gul Gulshan Gulfaam Doordarshan Zindagi: (1987) Meerabai: Doordarshan

Awards 1983 - Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Dogri for this short stories collection Aale. 2011 - Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award (Award presented in 2014) 2019 - Kusumagraj Rashtriya Sahitya Puraskar