Manohar Shyam Joshi

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Manohar Shyam Joshi
British India
Died30 March 2006(2006-03-30) (aged 72)
New Delhi, India
Occupation(s)Writer, essayist, columnist, journalist
SpouseDr. Bhagwati Joshi
ChildrenAnupam Joshi
Anurag Joshi
Ashish Joshi

Manohar Shyam Joshi (9 August 1933 – 30 March 2006) was a Hindi writer, journalist and scriptwriter, most well known as the writer of Indian television's first soap opera,

Hum Log (1984) and his early hits Buniyaad (1987), Kakaji Kahin, a political satire[2] and many experimental novels including Kasap and Kyap, which won him the Sahitya Akademi Award
.

Biography

Manohar Shyam Joshi was born on 9 August 1933 at

Kumaoni Brahmin family from Almora, Uttar Pradesh now in the state of Uttarakhand. He is the father of leading cyber security expert Professor Anupam Joshi
.

He died on 30 March 2006, at the age of 73,[4] in New Delhi, India. He is survived by his wife, Dr. Bhagwati Joshi, and sons, Anupam Joshi, Anurag Joshi and Ashish Joshi. Upon his death, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called him "one of the most influential writers and commentators in Hindi in recent times".[5][6]

According to Khushwant Singh, the eminent author, editor and critic,"By the time he died in 2006, he was recognised as the first and the most innovative writer of Hindi."[7]

Career

Television

He is often called "the Father of

Hum Log. Made in 1982, when television was still a luxury item for the majority of Indians, the serial dealt with the everyday struggles of the middle-class India, making it an instant hit, especially because every Indian could identify with it.[9][10] Another popular creation was Buniyaad (1987–1988), directed by Ramesh Sippy, a serial based around the life a family displaced by the Partition of India in 1947; both went on to deeply influence an entire generation of Indians as well as the Indian television industry.[11]

In the following years he wrote many more long running serials like Mungeri Lal Ke Hasin Sapney, Kakaji Kahin, Humrahi, Zameen Aasman and Gatha.

Novels

Manohar Shyam Joshi is also known for his novels which have dealt with topics ranging from love, in Kasap, described as one of the greatest love stories in Hindi, to devastating political satire like Netaji Kahin.

He was a prominent post-modernist authors in modern Hindi literature,

Kumaoni traditions of his home state of Uttarakhand
.

Films

He had a penchant for romance, subtle comedy and satire alike. This allowed him to write for cinema on a variety of subjects, like Hey Ram, Appu Raja, Papa Kahte Hain and Brashtachar. He was a dubbing expert of much ability and dubbed for films like Appu Raja and Hey Ram.[citation needed]

Journalism

He had a long stint as a journalist in broadcast and the print media. He worked first with

Times of India
group. Agyeya was to be the editor and Joshi the assistant editor.

Later, he edited the leading Hindi magazine Saptahik Hindustan, concurrently with the English Weekend Review and, in late 70s, the Morning Echo weekly all brought out by the Hindustan Times.[1]

His journalistic writings have covered a wide range of topics from popular science and scintillating travelogues to astute political analyses. Until his death, he wrote an opinion column for

Outlook India
.

Literary works

Television serials

Filmography

Works in Translation

Awards

  • MP Sahitya Parishad Samman
  • Sharad Joshi Samman
  • Shikhar Samman
  • Delhi Hindi Academy Award
  • Onida and Uptron Award for TV writing
  • 2005 Sahitya AcademyAward

See also

  • Kumauni People

References

  1. ^ a b Noted litterateur Manohar Shyam Joshi.. oneindia, 30 March 2006.
  2. ^ Manohar Shyam Joshi In Memoriam.
  3. ^ WRITERS AND THEIR WORKS Archived 2 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine Foundation of SAARC Writers.
  4. ^ 30 March 2006 Sothasia at news.bbc.co.
  5. ^ PM condoles passing away of Manohar Shyam Joshi Archived 27 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine PM Messages, 2006.
  6. ^ PM condoles Manohar Shyam Joshi's death indianews, 31 March 2006.
  7. ^ "The Tribune - Magazine section - Saturday Extra".
  8. ^ [1] Father of Indian TV serial Joshi dies at 73
  9. ^ Buniyaad, Hum Log writer.. Rediff Movies, 30 March 2006.
  10. ^ The Making of Humlog Rediff News, 30 March 2006.
  11. ^ Prime time.. The Tribune, 19 December 1999.
  12. ^ Father of Indian Soap Operas Archived 9 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine Legends at 4to40.
  13. ^ Sahitya Akademi Awards Archived 4 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine Hindi 2005, Kyap (Novel).
  14. ^ Gatha Debuts at STAR The Indian Express, 18 August 1997.
  15. ISBN 978-0143067962
    .

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