Harkisan Laldas Mehta (1928–1998) was a

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author and journalist from India. He was the editor of a weekly, '' Chitralekha''. He wrote several novels.

Life

Mehta was born in Mahuva near Bhavnagar,

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on 25 May 1928. He completed his school education from M. N. Highschool in Mahuva. He studied till inter Arts. He married on 10 February 1953 in

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. He served as an editor of Gujarati weekly, ''Chitralekha'', from 1958 to 1998. He died on 3 April 1998 in Mumbai following heart attack.

Works

Mehta wrote many of his novels in serialised format in ''Chitralekha'' weekly. His novels are often inspired from real life incidents such as ''Jad Chetan'' was inspired by Aruna Shanbaug case. His thrillers and novels include ''Jagga Dakuna Verna Valamana'', ''Amirali Thugna Pila Roomalni Ganth'', ''Chambal Taaro Ajampo'', ''Maanas Name Gunegar'', ''Sansari Sadhu'', ''Bhed Bharam'', ''Dev Danav'', ''Ant Aarambh'', ''Paap Pashchatap'', ''Jog Sanjog'', ''Jad Chetan'', ''Sambhav Asambhav'', ''Tarasyo Sangam'', ''Pravah Paltayo'', ''Mukti Bandhan'', ''Shesh Vishesh'', ''Vansh Vaaras'', ''Bhagya Saubhagya'', ''Lay Pralay''. He coauthored ''Doctor Roshanlal'' with Vaju Kotak, the founding editor of ''Chitralekha''. ''Sweden Sonanu Pinjar'' is his travelogue. He also wrote ''Sharirthi Jodayela Siyami Jodiya'', a book on

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. His novels have also been translated in other languages like Urdu and Tamil. Saurabh Shah edited ''Sarjan-Visarjan'', a biographical work on his life.

Adaptations

His several novels are adapted into

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television series and plays. ''

Mukti Bandhan ''Mukti Bandhan'' (English: ''Bond Redemption'') is a television series from India, that has aired on Colors (TV channel), Colors, based on the story of an ordinary man with an extraordinary sense for business. The story is an adaptation of Har ...

'' (in 2011 on Colors TV) was adaptation of ''Mukti Bandhan''. Other examples are ''Khamoshi'' adapted from ''Jad Chetan'', ''Jeevan Mrityu'' (

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) adapted from ''Bhed Bharam'', ''Waqt Ki Raftar'' adapted from ''Vansh Varas'', ''

Sambhav Asambhav ''Sambhav Asambhav'' was a Hindi language Indian television series that premiered on Sony TV on 1 May 2003, is based on a Gujarati novel ''Sambhav Asambhav'' written by Harkisan Mehta. The story is based on the lives of who get caught in the vor ...

'' (2003, Sony TV) adapted from ''Sambhav Asambhav''.

References

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Life

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