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Rahi Masoom Raza | |
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Born | Ganguali, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) | 1 September 1927
Died | 15 March 1992 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | (aged 64)
Occupation | Novelist, Urdu poet, and lyricist |
Years active | 1945–1992 |
Notable awards | Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue |
Relatives | Parvati Khan (daughter-in-law) |
Rahi Masoom Raza (1 September 1927 – 15 March 1992) was an Indian Urdu and Hindi poet and writer and a Bollywood lyricist.[1] He won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue three times, for his work in Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1979), Tawaif (1985) and Lamhe (1991). He is best known for writing the screenplay and dialogues for the television series Mahabharat, which was based on the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata.