Rajinder Singh Bedi Age, Death, Wife, Family, Biography & More
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Death Cause: Rectal Cancer
Age: 69 Years
Wife: Satwant Kaur
Bio/Wiki | |
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Other Name | Rajindar Singh Bedi |
Profession(s) | Novelist, Radio Broadcaster, Screenwriter, Playwright, Film Producer, Film Director |
Career | |
Debut | Short Story Writer: Daan-O-Daam/The Catch (1940) Film Dialogue Writer: Bari Behen (1949) Screenwriter & Film Producer: Garam Coat (1955) Film Director: Dastak (1970) |
Awards & Honours | Film Accolades • 1956 Filmfare Best Story Award - Garm Coat (1955) • 1959 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award - Madhumati (1959) • 1971 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award - Satyakam (1969) Literary Accolades • Sahitya Akademi Award - Ek Chadar Maili Si (1965) • Ghalib Award - Urdu Drama (1978) |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 1 September 1915 (Wednesday) |
Birthplace | Dhallewali, Sialkot, Punjab Province, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) |
Date of Death | 11 November 1984 |
Place of Death | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Age (at the time of death) | 69 Years |
Death Cause | Complications from rectal cancer [1]Jashn-E-Qalam - Facebook |
Zodiac Sign | Virgo |
Nationality | • British Indian (1915-1947) • Indian (1947-1984) |
School | S. B. B. S. Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Basiala, Punjab |
College/University | DAV College |
Educational Qualification | College Dropout |
Caste | Khatri [2]The Digital South Asia Library |
Hobby | Reading |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Widower |
Marriage Date | Year, 1934 |
Family | |
Wife/Spouse | Satwant Kaur |
Children | Son(s)- 3 • Prem Bedi • Narendra Bedi (Film Director) • Rajkumar Bedi/Jatinder Bedi (Script Writer) Daughter(s)- 2 • Surinder Bedi • Parminder Bedi |
Parents | Father- Hira Singh Bedi (Postmaster) Mother- Seva Dai |
Siblings | Brother(s)- 2 • Name not known (Army) • Name not known (IAS Officer) Sister- 1 • Name Not Known |
Other Relatives | Grandson(s)- 2 • Manek Bedi (Actor, Film Producer) • Rajat Bedi (Actor, Film Producer) Grandaughter- 1 • Ila Bedi Dutta (Script Writer, Film Producer) |
Favourites | |
Actor | Dharmendra |
Actress | Geeta Bali |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Rajinder Singh Bedi
- Rajinder Singh Bedi studied till fourth class at a school in Lahore Cantonment, Punjab, Pakistan.
- In 1931, he passed his matriculation examination with first division.
- He couldn’t complete his graduation because his mother passed away from tuberculosis and he had to drop out of college to get a job.
- In 1933, after dropping out of college, he started working as a clerk at Sadar Bazar Post Office, Lahore.
- He got married at the age of 19.
- His first son Prem died within a year after his birth.
- In 1941, he resigned from the clerk job and joined the Urdu section of All India Radio, Lahore.
- Before the India-Pakistan partition, he owned a publishing company known as Sangam Publishers Limited on Nesbit Road, Lahore, Pakistan.
- He became a member of the Progressive Writer’s Association before the independence of India.
- After working at All India Radio for two years, he left the job and worked as a writer at Maheshwari Film Studios.
- Later, he rejoined All India Radio and worked as Director of Jammu Kashmir Broadcasting Service.
- Among his short story collection known as Daan-O-Daam (The Catch) published in 1940, people mostly loved reading the story “Garam Coat” (Warm Coat).
- His other collection of short stories and plays are Grehan (1942), Kokh Jali (1949), Saat Khel (1981), and Apne Dukh Mujhe Dedo (1997).
- His house and office in Pakistan were burnt down during the 1947 partition.
- He and his family had to shift from Lahore to Ropar in Punjab and then to Shimla during the 1947 India-Pakistan War.
- During the 1947 partition, he and his brother rescued many Muslim families by taking them to safe locations.
- He shifted to Bombay (now Mumbai) to work as a dialogue writer in the Hindi film industry after leaving the All India Radio job in 1947.
- The films in which he had worked as a dialogue writer are Mirza Ghalib (1954), Devdas (1955), Madhumati (1958), and Satyakam (1969).
- The films in which he worked as a screenwriter are Mem-Didi (1961), Rungoli (1962), Mere Sanam (1965), and Mere Hamdam Mere Dost (1968).
- Some of the films which he directed are Phagun (1973), Nawab Sahib (1978), and Aankhin Dekhi (1978).
- He liked chewing paan.
- He smoked and drank alcohol occasionally. [3]Dusted Off
- He was influenced by the works of Anton Chekov.
- The ‘Rajinder Singh Bedi Award’ was started in his honour by the Government of Punjab for the deserving candidates in the field of Urdu literature.
- After his death, a crossing in King’s Circle, Mumbai was named after him as Rajinder Singh Bedi Chowk.
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