Ramkumar Singh is an Indian

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fiction writer, film lyricist,

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and a columnist.

Early life

He was born at Birania, Fatehpur Shekhawati (Rajasthan) in 1975.

Career

His short stories have appeared in

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and translated into some other

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n languages. His short story collection ''Bhobhar tatha anya kahaniyaṅ'' was published by Lokayat Prakashan, Jaipur in 2012. For this book, he won the Rangey Rraghav Katha Samman, the highest award for fiction by Rajasthan Sahitya Academy. His debut novel, the

political satire Political satire is satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics; it has also been used with subversive intent where political speech and dissent are forbidden by a regime, as a method of advancing political arguments where su ...

''Zed Plus,'' was published by

Rajkamal Prakashan Rajkamal Prakashan is a noted publishing house of Hindi literature as well as English book publication. Established in 1947, the publishing house is headquartered in New Delhi, with branches in Patna, Ranchi, Prayagraj, Kolkata Kolkata ( ...

in 2015. He wrote the

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for the subsequent film ''

Zed Plus ''Zed Plus'' is a 2014 Bollywood comedy-drama film directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi. The film features Adil Hussain as one of many lead characters, including Mona Singh, Mukesh Tiwari, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sanjay Mishra, Shivani Tanksale, ...

'' by

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that was based this novel. The Rajasthani Film ''

Bhobhar ''Bhobhar'' (English: ''The Live Ash'') is a 2012 Rajasthani-language drama film written and directed by Gajendra S. Shrotriya. Besides some senior theatre artists like S N Purohit, Harinarayan Sharma, Anil Marwari, Sanjay Vidrohi, and Vasudev B ...

'', based on his story, was screened at various Indian and international film festivals. He was nominated for best story in 21st LifeOk screen awards (for ''Zed Plus'') and 1st Indo-Arab

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Awards (AIBA2015). He wrote dialogue for the film ''

Sarkar 3 ''Sarkar 3'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language political crime thriller film directed by Ram Gopal Varma. This is the third installment of the '' Sarkar franchise'' and the continuation to the events of '' Sarkar Raj''. The film stars Amitab ...

''. He has written the lyrics for highly acclaimed film

Anarkali of Arrah ''Anaarkali of Aarah'' (''Anārakalī ŏph Ārā'') is a 2017 Indian film written and directed by debutant Avinash Das. The movie has Swara Bhaskar playing the lead role of a small-town erotic folk dancer in Arrah in Bihar. The movie revolves ...

. His song ‘Dunaliya mein Jung’ was among the chartbusters of year 2017.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Ramkumar 1975 births Living people Hindi-language writers Indian columnists Indian film critics Indian male screenwriters Screenwriters from Rajasthan