Atul Kumar Rai is an Indian

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novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of ''Chandpur ki Chanda'', which was awarded the 2023

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for Hindi language works by the

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. He is also a dialogue writer of the 2022 film '' Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga''.

Personal life

Atul Kumar Rai was born on 19 February 1992 in the

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Brahman family. His father is a farmer. Atul completed his high school at Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir Sikanderpur Ballia. After intermediate, he completed his graduation in

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from Banaras Hindu University and has played Tabla in many national-level Music programs. During their post-graduation in

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from Banaras Hindu University, his interest shifted towards Hindi literature. He decided to become a full-time writer. and started writing a weekly Hindi blog. his blogs became popular in social media and were published in national newspapers like

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and Daink Bhaskar. people praised his writing style and suggested writing a novel.

Writing career

Atul's debut novel is Chandpur ki Chanda which has generated the attention of thousands of readers from all over India. many national news portals, such as Jansatta, DNA, Times Now Navbharat, and

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have written about the novel and praised his unique writing style. In 2023

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awarded

for Chandpur ki Chanda. After the immense love of readers and the Sahitya Akademi Award, Dainik Jagran Nielsen Survey placed this novel at number two in the list of Hindi bestsellers in December 2023. His film writing career started with a short film The Suicide Note For which Atul got the best writer award at the

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film festival Nainital. His Film writing career in Bollywood started with Pankaj Tripathi's Sherdil the Pilibhit Saga which was directed by

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References

External links

Official blog
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