Ved Prakash Sharma

Ved Prakash Sharma (10 June 1955 – 17 February 2017) was an Indian writer of novels and screenplays in Hindi. He was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, where he completed his graduation from NAS Degree College. Having begun his professional career as a ghost writer, he went on to write 176 novels (ghostwriting around 23 novels of them). Dahekte Shaher (1973) was the first novel Sharma got credit for. He primarily wrote detective novels, among them Kalyug ki Ramayan and Vardi Wala Gunda. The main characters in his detective novels were Vijay, Vikas, Alphanse, Vibha Jindal, Keshav pandit and Raina. According to his Times of India obituary his 1992 novel Vardi Wala Gunda broke all records and sold 15 lakh copies on the very first day of its release, while the Hindu reported overall sales of more than eight crore copies.Sharma also made several contributions to Bollywood, the Hindi film industry. His novel Bahu Maange Insaaf was adapted for film in 1985, while Anaam (1992) too was based on his work. Sharma also contributed to two instalments in the Khiladi series of Akshay Kumar films—Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995) and International Khiladi (1999). In 2010 Zee TV aired Keshav Pandit, a series based on the character created by Sharma. He also created comic character Jambu.Sharma died aged 62 on 17 February 2017 in Meerut; he had been suffering from lung cancer for almost a year.

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