# Vasant Dev > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vasant_Dev > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vasant_Dev.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasant_Dev > Source revision: 1355908651 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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. He worked in Hindi [parallel cinema](/source/parallel_cinema) through the 1980s, working with directors like [Shyam Benegal](/source/Shyam_Benegal), [Govind Nihalani](/source/Govind_Nihalani) and [Mahesh Bhatt](/source/Mahesh_Bhatt) as a dialogue writer and lyricist. He is best known for "Saanjh Dhale Gagan Tale" sung by [Suresh Wadkar](/source/Suresh_Wadkar), and "Mann Kyun Behka", a [Lata Mangeshkar](/source/Lata_Mangeshkar) and [Asha Bhosle](/source/Asha_Bhosle) duet in ''[Utsav](/source/Utsav)'' (1984) directed by [Girish Karnad](/source/Girish_Karnad). He wrote plays and poetry in Marathi and was a Marathi-to-Hindi translator who translated many of [Vijay Tendulkar](/source/Vijay_Tendulkar)'s plays. {{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}} At the [32nd National Film Awards](/source/32nd_National_Film_Awards), he won the [National Film Award](/source/National_Film_Award_(India)) for [Best Lyrics](/source/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Lyrics) for ''[Saaransh](/source/Saaransh)'' (1984), "Andhiyara Gehraya Suna Pan Phir Aaya".{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm32ndNFAAward.aspx |title=32nd National Film Awards |publisher=[International Film Festival of India](/source/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}}{{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}} Subsequently, at the [33rd Filmfare Awards](/source/33rd_Filmfare_Awards), he won the [Filmfare Award](/source/Filmfare_Award) for [Best Lyricist](/source/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Lyricist) for song, "Mann Kyun Behka" in ''[Utsav](/source/Utsav)''.{{cite web |title=Best Lyricist (Popular) |publisher=Filmfare Awards Official wlistings, [Indiatimes](/source/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}}{{Sfn|Pauwels|2007|p=83}} In 1980s, for the television serial ‘’[Bharat Ek Khoj](/source/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](/source/Umbartha)'' (1982) * ''[Ardh Satya](/source/Ardh_Satya)'' (1983) * ''[Party](/source/Party_(1984_film))'' (1984, assistant dialogue) * ''[Kamla](/source/Kamla_(film))'' (1984) * ''Nasoor'' (1985) * ''[Sur Sangham](/source/Sur_Sangham)'' (1985) * ''[Andha Yudh](/source/Andha_Yudh)'' (1987) * ''[Bharat Ek Khoj](/source/Bharat_Ek_Khoj)'' (TV series) (1988) ===Lyricist=== * ''[Bhumika](/source/Bhumika_(film))'' (1977) * ''[Aakrosh](/source/Aakrosh_(1980_film))'' (1980) * ''[Saaransh](/source/Saaransh)'' (1984) * ''Giddh'' (1984) {{Bollywood Hungama person|vasant-dev}} * ''[Utsav](/source/Utsav)'' (1984) * ''[Sur Sangham](/source/Sur_Sangham)'' (1985) * ''[Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama](/source/Ramayana%3A_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}} {{National Film Award Best Lyrics}} {{FilmfareAwardBestLyricist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dev, Vasant}} Category:1929 births Category:1996 deaths Category:Indian male screenwriters Category:Hindi-language Indian writers Category:20th-century Indian poets Category:Screenwriters from Mumbai Category:Academic staff of the University of Mumbai Category:Indian lyricists Category:Marathi-language writers Category:20th-century Indian translators Category:Translators to Hindi Category:20th-century Indian male writers 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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Vasant Dev](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasant_Dev) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasant_Dev?action=history)). 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