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Rajinder Singh Bedi

January 01, 1970

Rajinder Singh Bedi (1 September 1915 – 11 November 1984) was an Indian Urdu writer of the progressive writers' movement and a playwright, who later worked in Hindi cinema as a film director, screenwriter and dialogue writer and he is grandfather to Rajat Bedi and Manek Bedi.

Rajinder Singh Bedi
Born
Rajinder Singh Bedi

(1915-09-01)1 September 1915[1]
Sialkot, Punjab, British India
Died11 November 1984(1984-11-11) (aged 69)[2]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)Novelist, playwright, film director, screenwriter
Years active1933–1984
Awards1959 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award:Madhumati (1958)
1971 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award:Satyakam (1969)
1965 Sahitya Akademi Award

As a screenwriter and dialogue writer, he is best known for Hrishikesh Mukherjee's films Abhimaan, Anupama and Satyakam; and Bimal Roy's Madhumati. As a director he is known for Dastak (1970), starring Sanjeev Kumar and Rehana Sultan and Phagun (1973), starring Dharmendra, Waheeda Rehman, Jaya Bhaduri and Vijay Arora. He wrote his scripts in Urdu, like a number of other prominent screenwriters at the time.[3]

Bedi is considered one of the leading 20th century progressive writers of Urdu fiction, and one of the most prominent Urdu fiction writers.[4][5] He is most known for 'disturbing' Partition of India tales.[6]

Biography edit

Early life edit

Bedi was born in village Dhallewali in Sialkot district, Punjab, now in Pakistan, to Hira Singh Bedi and Seva Dai.[1] He spent his early years in Lahore, where he received his education in Urdu, as it was common to most Punjabi families, though he never graduated from a college.[7]

Career edit

His first collection of short stories, Daan-O-Daam (The Catch), featuring his prominent story "Garam Coat" (Warm Coat) was published in 1940.[8] In 1942, he published his second collection of short stories, Grehan (The Eclipse).[9]

In 1943, he joined Maheshwari Films, a small Lahore film studio, although after one and half years he returned to All India Radio and was posted to Jammu, where he worked until 1947, and became the Director of Jammu and Kashmir Broadcasting Service. By the time of Partition Rajinder Singh Bedi had published numerous more short stories, and had made a name for himself as a prolific writer. His Urdu novel, Ek Chadar Maili Si, translated into English as I Take This Woman, by Khushwant Singh received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1965.[10] The book was later translated into Hindi, Kashmiri and Bengali.[citation needed]

His later collections of short stories were Kokh Jali and Apne Dukh Mujhe Dedo and a collection of plays, Saat Khel.[11]

Films edit

After the partition of India in 1947, he moved to Bombay, and started working with D. D. Kashyap and got his first screen credit for dialogue, in the 1949 film Badi Bahen, although he received greater recognition for his second film Daag, a 1952 film.[12]

In 1954, he joined with Amar Kumar, Balraj Sahni, Geeta Bali and others to create a new company called Cine Cooperative. In 1955, it produced its first film, Garam Coat. Based on Bedi's short story Garam Coat, starring Balraj Sahni and Nirupa Roy, and directed by Aman Kumar, the film gave Bedi the chance to write an entire screenplay.[citation needed]

Their second film, Rangoli (1962), starring Kishore Kumar, Vyjayantimala, and Durga Khote, was also directed by Amar Kumar.[13]

He continued to display his range in dialogue writing styles in many classic Hindi films, starting with Sohrab Modi's Mirza Ghalib (1954), Bimal Roy's Devdas (1955), and Madhumati (1958); Amar Kumar and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's films, Anuradha (1960), Anupama (1966), Satyakam (1969) and Abhimaan (1973).

He made his directorial debut with Hindi classic Dastak (1970), starring Sanjeev Kumar and Rehana Sultan, with music by Madan Mohan, and in the following decade he directed three more films: Phagun (1973), Nawab Sahib (1978) and Aankhin Dekhi (1978).[citation needed]

His novella Ek Chadar Maili Si was made into a film in Pakistan, Mutthi Bhar Chawal (1978)[14] and later in India, as Ek Chadar Maili Si (1986).[15]

His son Narender Bedi was also a film director and the maker of films including Jawani Diwani (1972), Benaam (1974), Rafoo Chakkar (1975), and Sanam Teri Kasam (1982). He died in 1982, a few years after Bedi's wife. Thereafter, Bedi's health consistently deteriorated. He suffered paralysis in 1982 and died in Bombay two years later.[1]

His short story 'Lajwanti' was made into a telefilm, by Neena Gupta in 2006.[16]

Legacy edit

In his memory, the Government of Punjab has started a "Rajinder Singh Bedi Award" in the field of Urdu Literature.[17]

Filmography edit

Awards edit

Films edit

Literary awards edit

Bibliography edit

  • I Take This Woman. Penguin India. ISBN 0-14-024048-9.
  • Rajinder Singh Bedi: Selected Short Stories (In English). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1989.
  • Give Me Your Sorrows trans. Leonard, Karen, Indian Literature, Delhi, 1968.
  • Grahan (Urdu). Maktaba Jamia, 1992.
  • Garam Kot (Urdu). Sang-e-Meel Publications.
  • Majmua Rajindar Singh Bedi. Sang-e-Meel Publications.
  • Sat Khel. Maktaba Jamia, 1982.
  • Dastak. Hind Pocket Book, 1971.
  • The Penguin Book of Classic Urdu Stories. Penguin, 2006. ISBN 0-670-99936-9.
  • Lajwanti, Land of five rivers. Orient Paperbacks Delhi, 1956.

Work on Rajinder Singh Bedi edit

  • Rajinder Singh Bedi: Shakhsiyat aur Fan by Jagdish Chander Wadhawan, 1999, Educational Publishing House, ISBN 81-87667-00-1.
  • Rajinder Singh Bedi: A Study, by Varis Hussain Alvi. 2006.[20]
  • Rajinder Singh Bedi Sounds and Whispers: Reflections on the Literary Scene, 1984–86, by Abulkhair Kashfi, Syed Abu Ahmad Akif. Asasa Books, 1991. Chapter 25 – "Rajinder Singh Bedi:The Last Pillar Of Modem Urdu Short Story", page 111.
  • Progressive Filmmaker: Films of Rajinder Singh Bedi – Annual of Urdu Studies
  • India Partitioned: The Other Face of Freedom, edited by Mushirul Hasan. New Delhi, Roli Books, 1995
  • Shadow Lives: Writings on Widowhood, edited by Uma Chakravarti and Preeti Gill. Kali for Women, New Delhi. 2002.[21]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Singh, Ranjit (2008). Sikh Achievers. Hemkunt Press. pp. 152–153. ISBN 978-81-7010-365-3.
  2. ^ "Rajinder Singh Bedi - Profile & Biography". Rekhta. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  3. ^ Aḵẖtar, Jāvīd; Kabir, Nasreen Munni (2002). Talking Films: Conversations on Hindi Cinema with Javed Akhtar. Oxford University Press. p. 49. ISBN 9780195664621. from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2017. most of the writers working in this so-called Hindi cinema write in Urdu: Gulzar, or Rajinder Singh Bedi or Inder Raj Anand or Rahi Masoom Raza or Vahajat Mirza, who wrote dialogue for films like Mughal-e-Azam and Gunga Jumna and Mother India. So most dialogue-writers and most song-writers are from the Urdu discipline, even today.
  4. ^ "Bollywood greats". from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  5. ^ "Urdu Studies". from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  6. ^ "Emergency? No thanks". The Times of India. 16 July 2005. from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  7. ^ "The Films of Rajinder Singh Bedi – Annual of Urdu Studies. v. 5, 1985". from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  8. ^ "The Films of Rajinder Singh Bedi – Annual of Urdu Studies. v. 5, p 83. 1985". from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  9. ^ The Tribune India (1 September 1915). "Long & short of story, Bedi was special". Tribuneindia News Service. from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  10. ^ Sahitya Akademi Awards – Urdu 10 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "History of Urdu Literature". from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
  12. ^ "The Films of Rajinder Singh Bedi – Annual of Urdu Studies. v. 5, p. 81, 1985". from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  13. ^ "The Films of Rajinder Singh Bedi – Annual of Urdu Studies. v. 5, p. 82, 1985". from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Back to Classics". from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  15. ^ "A study of the film, Ek Chadar Maili Si". from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  16. ^ A telefilm Lajwanti (TV series) by Neena Gupta
  17. ^ . Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  18. ^ Sahitya Akademi Awards – Urdu 16 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine 1955–2007. Sahitya Akademi Official listings.
  19. ^ Ghalib Award 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machineghalibinstitute.com
  20. ^ The Times of India Times of India.
  21. ^ Writings on Widowhood 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Tribune, 29 September 2002.

External links edit

  • Rajinder Singh Bedi at IMDb
  • Lajwanti – a short story by Rajinder Singh Bedi 21 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  • Japanese students stage Urdu drama:- Nakl-i-Makaani
  • 'A Woman' by Rajinder Singh Bedi
  • Prabodh and Maitriya, an article by Rajinder Singh Bedi 4 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  • Reclaiming the Past: Rediscovery of the Primary Self in Two Novellas by Rajinder Singh Bedi and Qurratulain Hyder. Byer, Corinna, 2001 – The Annual of Urdu Studies.

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Rajinder Singh Bedi 1 September 1915 11 November 1984 was an Indian Urdu writer of the progressive writers movement and a playwright who later worked in Hindi cinema as a film director screenwriter and dialogue writer and he is grandfather to Rajat Bedi and Manek Bedi Rajinder Singh BediBornRajinder Singh Bedi 1915 09 01 1 September 1915 1 Sialkot Punjab British IndiaDied11 November 1984 1984 11 11 aged 69 2 Mumbai Maharashtra IndiaOccupation s Novelist playwright film director screenwriterYears active1933 1984Awards1959 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award Madhumati 1958 1971 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award Satyakam 1969 1965 Sahitya Akademi Award As a screenwriter and dialogue writer he is best known for Hrishikesh Mukherjee s films Abhimaan Anupama and Satyakam and Bimal Roy s Madhumati As a director he is known for Dastak 1970 starring Sanjeev Kumar and Rehana Sultan and Phagun 1973 starring Dharmendra Waheeda Rehman Jaya Bhaduri and Vijay Arora He wrote his scripts in Urdu like a number of other prominent screenwriters at the time 3 Bedi is considered one of the leading 20th century progressive writers of Urdu fiction and one of the most prominent Urdu fiction writers 4 5 He is most known for disturbing Partition of India tales 6 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Career 1 3 Films 2 Legacy 3 Filmography 4 Awards 4 1 Films 4 2 Literary awards 5 Bibliography 6 Work on Rajinder Singh Bedi 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksBiography editEarly life edit Bedi was born in village Dhallewali in Sialkot district Punjab now in Pakistan to Hira Singh Bedi and Seva Dai 1 He spent his early years in Lahore where he received his education in Urdu as it was common to most Punjabi families though he never graduated from a college 7 Career edit His first collection of short stories Daan O Daam The Catch featuring his prominent story Garam Coat Warm Coat was published in 1940 8 In 1942 he published his second collection of short stories Grehan The Eclipse 9 In 1943 he joined Maheshwari Films a small Lahore film studio although after one and half years he returned to All India Radio and was posted to Jammu where he worked until 1947 and became the Director of Jammu and Kashmir Broadcasting Service By the time of Partition Rajinder Singh Bedi had published numerous more short stories and had made a name for himself as a prolific writer His Urdu novel Ek Chadar Maili Si translated into English as I Take This Woman by Khushwant Singh received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1965 10 The book was later translated into Hindi Kashmiri and Bengali citation needed His later collections of short stories were Kokh Jali and Apne Dukh Mujhe Dedo and a collection of plays Saat Khel 11 Films edit After the partition of India in 1947 he moved to Bombay and started working with D D Kashyap and got his first screen credit for dialogue in the 1949 film Badi Bahen although he received greater recognition for his second film Daag a 1952 film 12 In 1954 he joined with Amar Kumar Balraj Sahni Geeta Bali and others to create a new company called Cine Cooperative In 1955 it produced its first film Garam Coat Based on Bedi s short story Garam Coat starring Balraj Sahni and Nirupa Roy and directed by Aman Kumar the film gave Bedi the chance to write an entire screenplay citation needed Their second film Rangoli 1962 starring Kishore Kumar Vyjayantimala and Durga Khote was also directed by Amar Kumar 13 He continued to display his range in dialogue writing styles in many classic Hindi films starting with Sohrab Modi s Mirza Ghalib 1954 Bimal Roy s Devdas 1955 and Madhumati 1958 Amar Kumar and Hrishikesh Mukherjee s films Anuradha 1960 Anupama 1966 Satyakam 1969 and Abhimaan 1973 He made his directorial debut with Hindi classic Dastak 1970 starring Sanjeev Kumar and Rehana Sultan with music by Madan Mohan and in the following decade he directed three more films Phagun 1973 Nawab Sahib 1978 and Aankhin Dekhi 1978 citation needed His novella Ek Chadar Maili Si was made into a film in Pakistan Mutthi Bhar Chawal 1978 14 and later in India as Ek Chadar Maili Si 1986 15 His son Narender Bedi was also a film director and the maker of films including Jawani Diwani 1972 Benaam 1974 Rafoo Chakkar 1975 and Sanam Teri Kasam 1982 He died in 1982 a few years after Bedi s wife Thereafter Bedi s health consistently deteriorated He suffered paralysis in 1982 and died in Bombay two years later 1 His short story Lajwanti was made into a telefilm by Neena Gupta in 2006 16 Legacy editIn his memory the Government of Punjab has started a Rajinder Singh Bedi Award in the field of Urdu Literature 17 Filmography editEk Chadar Maili Si 1986 Story Aankhon Dekhi 1978 Director Mutthi Bhar Chawal 1978 Story Nawab Sahib 1978 Director Phagun 1973 Director producer Abhimaan 1973 Dialogue Grahan 1972 Story Dastak 1970 Direction screenwriter Satyakam 1969 Dialogue Mere Hamdam Mere Dost 1968 Screenwriter Baharon Ke Sapne 1967 Dialogue Anupama 1966 Dialogue Mere Sanam 1965 Screenwriter Dialogue Rangoli 1962 Dialogue screenwriter Producer Aas Ka Panchhi 1961 Screenwriter Mem Didi 1961 Screenwriter Anuradha 1960 Dialogue Bombai Ka Baboo 1960 Dialogue Madhumati 1958 Dialogue Musafir 1957 Dialogue Basant Bahar 1956 Dialogue Milap 1955 Dialogue Garam Coat 1955 Dialogue screenwriter producer Devdas 1955 Dialogue Mirza Ghalib 1954 Dialogue Daag 1952 Dialogue Aaram Dialogue 1951 Badi Bahen 1949 DialogueAwards editFilms edit 1956 Filmfare Best Story Award Garam Coat 1955 1959 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award Madhumati 1958 1971 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award Satyakam 1969 Literary awards edit 1965 Sahitya Akademi Award Urdu Ek Chadar Maili Si I Take This Woman 18 1978 Ghalib Award Urdu Drama 19 Bibliography editI Take This Woman Penguin India ISBN 0 14 024048 9 Rajinder Singh Bedi Selected Short Stories In English New Delhi Sahitya Akademi 1989 Give Me Your Sorrows trans Leonard Karen Indian Literature Delhi 1968 Grahan Urdu Maktaba Jamia 1992 Garam Kot Urdu Sang e Meel Publications Majmua Rajindar Singh Bedi Sang e Meel Publications Sat Khel Maktaba Jamia 1982 Dastak Hind Pocket Book 1971 The Penguin Book of Classic Urdu Stories Penguin 2006 ISBN 0 670 99936 9 Lajwanti Land of five rivers Orient Paperbacks Delhi 1956 Work on Rajinder Singh Bedi editRajinder Singh Bedi Shakhsiyat aur Fan by Jagdish Chander Wadhawan 1999 Educational Publishing House ISBN 81 87667 00 1 Rajinder Singh Bedi A Study by Varis Hussain Alvi 2006 20 Rajinder Singh Bedi Sounds and Whispers Reflections on the Literary Scene 1984 86 by Abulkhair Kashfi Syed Abu Ahmad Akif Asasa Books 1991 Chapter 25 Rajinder Singh Bedi The Last Pillar Of Modem Urdu Short Story page 111 Progressive Filmmaker Films of Rajinder Singh Bedi Annual of Urdu Studies India Partitioned The Other Face of Freedom edited by Mushirul Hasan New Delhi Roli Books 1995 Shadow Lives Writings on Widowhood edited by Uma Chakravarti and Preeti Gill Kali for Women New Delhi 2002 21 See also editUrdu literatureReferences edit a b c Singh Ranjit 2008 Sikh Achievers Hemkunt Press pp 152 153 ISBN 978 81 7010 365 3 Rajinder Singh Bedi Profile amp Biography Rekhta Retrieved 6 September 2023 Aḵẖtar Javid Kabir Nasreen Munni 2002 Talking Films Conversations on Hindi Cinema with Javed Akhtar Oxford University Press p 49 ISBN 9780195664621 Archived from the original on 22 February 2023 Retrieved 1 December 2017 most of the writers working in this so called Hindi cinema write in Urdu Gulzar or Rajinder Singh Bedi or Inder Raj Anand or Rahi Masoom Raza or Vahajat Mirza who wrote dialogue for films like Mughal e Azam and Gunga Jumna and Mother India So most dialogue writers and most song writers are from the Urdu discipline even today Bollywood greats Archived from the original on 7 July 2015 Retrieved 11 October 2007 Urdu Studies Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 8 October 2007 Emergency No thanks The Times of India 16 July 2005 Archived from the original on 30 July 2013 Retrieved 26 August 2014 The Films of Rajinder Singh Bedi Annual of Urdu Studies v 5 1985 Archived from the original on 16 July 2020 Retrieved 20 February 2021 The Films of Rajinder Singh Bedi Annual of Urdu Studies v 5 p 83 1985 Archived from the original on 16 July 2020 Retrieved 20 February 2021 The Tribune India 1 September 1915 Long amp short of story Bedi was special Tribuneindia News Service Archived from the original on 31 October 2021 Retrieved 31 October 2021 Sahitya Akademi Awards Urdu Archived 10 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine History of Urdu Literature Archived from the original on 14 October 2016 Retrieved 9 October 2007 The Films of Rajinder Singh Bedi Annual of Urdu Studies v 5 p 81 1985 Archived from the original on 16 July 2020 Retrieved 20 February 2021 The Films of Rajinder Singh Bedi Annual of Urdu Studies v 5 p 82 1985 Archived from the original on 18 July 2020 Retrieved 20 February 2021 Back to Classics Archived from the original on 13 May 2006 Retrieved 8 October 2007 A study of the film Ek Chadar Maili Si Archived from the original on 12 March 2016 Retrieved 24 July 2008 A telefilm Lajwanti TV series by Neena Gupta Language Department Govt of Punjab Archived from the original on 22 July 2010 Retrieved 11 October 2007 Sahitya Akademi Awards Urdu Archived 16 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine 1955 2007 Sahitya Akademi Official listings Ghalib Award Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machineghalibinstitute com The Times of India Times of India Writings on Widowhood Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Tribune 29 September 2002 External links editRajinder Singh Bedi at IMDb Lajwanti a short story by Rajinder Singh Bedi Archived 21 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine Japanese students stage Urdu drama Nakl i Makaani A Woman by Rajinder Singh Bedi Prabodh and Maitriya an article by Rajinder Singh Bedi Archived 4 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine Reclaiming the Past Rediscovery of the Primary Self in Two Novellas by Rajinder Singh Bedi and Qurratulain Hyder Byer Corinna 2001 The Annual of Urdu Studies Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rajinder Singh Bedi amp oldid 1219698131, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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