{{Short description|Indian writer and academic}} {{distinguish|text=Vasanth Dev, cinematographer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}} '''Vasant Dev''' (1929–1996) was an Indian writer, lyricist and screenwriter and a Hindi academic at Parle College in Mumbai.<ref name="32ndaward"/> He worked in Hindi parallel cinema through the 1980s, working with directors like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani and Mahesh Bhatt as a dialogue writer and lyricist. He is best known for "Saanjh Dhale Gagan Tale" sung by Suresh Wadkar, and "Mann Kyun Behka", a Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle duet in ''Utsav'' (1984) directed by Girish Karnad. He wrote plays and poetry in Marathi and was a Marathi-to-Hindi translator who translated many of Vijay Tendulkar's plays. <ref name="k758">{{cite web | last=Borthakur | first=Debarun | title=Vijay Tendulkar: Jaat Hi Pucho Sadhu Ki: A comic take on our society's predicaments | website=The Times of India | date=2019-06-10 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/hyderabad/jaat-hi-pucho-sadhu-ki-a-comic-take-on-our-societys-predicaments/articleshow/69713967.cms | access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>
At the 32nd National Film Awards, he won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics for ''Saaransh'' (1984), "Andhiyara Gehraya Suna Pan Phir Aaya".<ref name="32ndaward">{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm32ndNFAAward.aspx |title=32nd National Film Awards |publisher=International Film Festival of India |access-date=12 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm32ndNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=26 September 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="32ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=32nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref> Subsequently, at the 33rd Filmfare Awards, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for song, "Mann Kyun Behka" in ''Utsav''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Lyricist (Popular) |publisher=Filmfare Awards Official wlistings, Indiatimes |url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=33781002 |access-date=2014-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518160558/http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=33781002 |archive-date=18 May 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{Sfn|Pauwels|2007|p=83}} In 1980s, for the television serial ‘’Bharat Ek Khoj’’ (Discovery of India), director Shyam Benegal asked Vasant Deo to translate Sanskrit hymns from Rigveda in Hindi. They were set to music by Vanraj Bhatia.
==Filmography==
===Dialogue===
* ''Umbartha'' (1982) * ''Ardh Satya'' (1983) * ''Party'' (1984, assistant dialogue) * ''Kamla'' (1984) * ''Nasoor'' (1985) * ''Sur Sangham'' (1985) * ''Andha Yudh'' (1987) * ''Bharat Ek Khoj'' (TV series) (1988)
===Lyricist=== * ''Bhumika'' (1977) * ''Aakrosh'' (1980) * ''Saaransh'' (1984) * ''Giddh'' (1984) <ref>{{Bollywood Hungama person|vasant-dev<!-- id# 32868 -->}}</ref> * ''Utsav'' (1984) * ''Sur Sangham'' (1985) * ''Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama'' (1992) Sanskrit songs
==Translation Works in Hindi== * ''Jati Hi Puchho Sadhu ki'' (Play). Org play by Vijay Tendulkar. Rajkamal Prakashan, 2024. ISBN 9788126721214. * ''Ghasiram Kotwal'' (Play). Org play by Vijay Tendulkar. Rajkamal Prakashan, 2025 (11th ed.). ISBN 9788126713455. * ''Kanyadan'' (Play). Org play by Vijay Tendulkar. Vani Prakashan, 2024 (2nd ed.). ISBN 9387409287. * ''Giddh'' (Play). Org play by Vijay Tendulkar. Vani Prakashan, 2018 (1st ed.). ASIN B07HMDVQ7X. * ''Kamla'' (Play). Org play by Vijay Tendulkar. Rajkamal Prakashan, 2023 (2nd ed.). ISBN 9788119159352. * ''Meeta Ki Kahani'' (Play). Org play by Vijay Tendulkar. Vani Prakashan, 2018. ISBN 9387409325. * ''Beby'' (Play). Org play by Vijay Tendulkar. Vani Prakashan, 2025 (2nd ed.). ISBN 9387409147.
== References == {{Reflist}} * {{cite book |last=Pauwels |first=Heidi R.M. |title=Indian Literature and Popular Cinema: Recasting Classics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAI0scTDAjIC&pg=PA83 |year=2007 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-06255-3}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0222147}}
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Category:20th-century Indian screenwriters Category:Dramatists and playwrights from Maharashtra Category:Filmfare Awards winners Category:Best Lyrics National Film Award winners Category:Hindi-language lyricists