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Vasant Dev

1929–1996, writes in Marathi, Hindi, poet, translator

Vasant Dev (1929–1996) was an Indian writer, lyricist and screenwriter and a Hindi academic at Parle College in Mumbai. He worked in Hindi parallel cinema through the 1980s, working with directors like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani and Mahesh Bhatt as a dialogue writer and lyricist. He is best known for “Saanjh Dhale Gagan Tale” sung by Suresh Wadkar, and “Mann Kyun Behka”, a Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle duet in Utsav (1984) directed by Girish Karnad. He wrote plays and poetry in Marathi and was a Marathi-to-Hindi translator who translated many of Vijay Tendulkar’s plays.

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1912–1999Marathi poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer (1912–1999)