Ved Prakash Sharma (10 June 1955 – 17 February 2017) was an Indian writer of novels and screenplays in
Hindi
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. He was born in
Meerut
Meerut (, IAST: ''Meraṭh'') is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and west of the state capi ...
, Uttar Pradesh, where he completed his graduation from NAS Degree College. After beginning his professional career as a
ghost writer
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, he went on to write 176 novels (ghostwriting around 23 novels of them). ''Dahekte Shaher'' (1973) was the first novel for which he was credited. He primarily wrote
detective novel
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s, among them ''Kalyug ki Ramayan'' and ''Vardi Wala Gunda'' were his famous works. The main characters in his detective novels were Vijay, Vikas, Raghunath, Alphanse, Vibha Jindal, Keshav Pandit and Raina.
From the mid 80s to 2001 he authored several novels with themes of social issues, intrigue in relationships, mercenary motives, greed, betrayal, affairs and conspiracy. These stories contained many plot twists and surprises in the end, and were well received by readers. In the 1990s he was considered the top novelist of the genre. According to his ''
Times of India
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'' obituary, his 1992 novel ''Vardi Wala Gunda'' "broke all records and sold 15 lakh copies on the very first day of its release", while it reported overall sales of "80 million copies".
Sharma also made several contributions to
Bollywood
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, the Hindi film industry in India. His novel ''Bahu Maange Insaaf'' was adapted for film ''Bahu Ki Awaaz'' in 1985, while ''
Anaam
''Anaam'' is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Ramesh Modi and produced by Vinod S. Choudhary. It stars Armaan Kohli and Ayesha Jhulka. It is based on the Hindi novel V''idhwa Ka Pati'' written by Ved Prakash Sharma.
Cast
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'' (1992) too was based on his work. Sharma also contributed to two installments in the
''Khiladi'' series of
Akshay Kumar
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films—''
Sabse Bada Khiladi
''Sabse Bada Khiladi'' () is a 1995 Indian action thriller film directed by Umesh Mehra and starring Akshay Kumar, Mamta Kulkarni, Mohnish Behl, Gulshan Grover and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. It was the third installment in the '' Khiladi film s ...
'' (1995) and ''
International Khiladi
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'' (1999). In 2010
Zee TV
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aired ''
Keshav Pandit Keshav Swami Purohit (died 1690), also known as Keshav Pandit or Keshav Bhat Pandit, was Chhatrapati Shivaji's Rajpurohit (Religious chief) and a Sanskrit scholar and poet of his times. He was also the ‘Rajpurohit’ and ''Danadhyaksha'' of Sambha ...
'', a series based on the character created by Sharma. He founded
Tulsi Comics and also created few comic characters like ''Jambu''.
Sharma was awarded the Meerut Ratna twice (1992 and 1994). He had received various state-level awards including the Natraj Bhushan Award in 2008 and the Natraj Award in 1995.
References
External links
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Ved Prakash Sharma - Profile of Novelist Aaj Tak
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Aaj Tak HD
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.
Plots of Gold Business Standard
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.
Digital-era Spelling Doom for Hindi Pulp Fiction Books Business Standard.
Interview with Hindi fiction writer Ved Prakash Sharma The Hindu.
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1955 births
2017 deaths
Hindi-language writers
Indian male novelists
Pulp fiction writers
Novelists from Uttar Pradesh
People from Meerut
Indian screenwriters