Ved Prakash Sharma (10 June 1955 – 17 February 2017) was an Indian writer of novels and screenplays in

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. He was born in

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, Uttar Pradesh, where he completed his graduation from NAS Degree College. After beginning his professional career as a

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, he went on to write 176 novels (ghostwriting around 23 novels of them). ''Dahekte Shaher'' (1973) was the first novel for which he was credited. He primarily wrote

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s, among them ''Kalyug ki Ramayan'' and ''Vardi Wala Gunda'' were his famous works. The main characters in his detective novels were Vijay, Vikas, Raghunath, Alphanse, Vibha Jindal, Keshav Pandit and Raina. From the mid 80s to 2001 he authored several novels with themes of social issues, intrigue in relationships, mercenary motives, greed, betrayal, affairs and conspiracy. These stories contained many plot twists and surprises in the end, and were well received by readers. In the 1990s he was considered the top novelist of the genre. According to his ''

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'' obituary, his 1992 novel ''Vardi Wala Gunda'' "broke all records and sold 15 lakh copies on the very first day of its release", while it reported overall sales of "80 million copies". Sharma also made several contributions to

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, the Hindi film industry in India. His novel ''Bahu Maange Insaaf'' was adapted for film ''Bahu Ki Awaaz'' in 1985, while ''

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'' (1992) too was based on his work. Sharma also contributed to two installments in the ''Khiladi'' series of

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films—'' Sabse Bada Khiladi'' (1995) and ''

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'' (1999). In 2010 Zee TV aired ''

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'', a series based on the character created by Sharma. He founded

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and also created few comic characters like ''Jambu''. Sharma was awarded the Meerut Ratna twice (1992 and 1994). He had received various state-level awards including the Natraj Bhushan Award in 2008 and the Natraj Award in 1995.

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Ved Prakash Sharma - Profile of Novelist

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Interview with Hindi fiction writer Ved Prakash Sharma

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