Dogri writer and filmmaker Ved Rahi, director of Gul Gulshan Gulfam, dies at 93
1 November 2026
Ved Rahi, a leading Dogri writer and filmmaker, died at his home in Thane, Maharashtra, on Sunday. He was 93. He was born in Jammu in May 1933, and his father Mulk Raj Saraf was a pioneering journalist. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983 for Aale, a collection of short stories in Dogri. In 2024 he received the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, one of the highest honours of the Akademi. He directed the Doordarshan serial Gul Gulshan Gulfam. He also wrote screenplays and dialogues for more than 25 films. The Sahitya Akademi called him a distinguished figure in modern Dogri literature.
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