Vasant Dev

Vasant Deo (1929-1996) was an Indian writer, lyricist and screenwriter and a Hindi academic at Parle College in Mumbai.^[1] He worked in Hindi parallel cinema through the 1980s, working with directors like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani and Mahesh Bhatt. 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 Marathi to Hindi translator.

At the 32nd National Film Awards, he won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics for Saaransh (1984).^[1] Subsequently, at the 33rd Filmfare Awards, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for song, "Mann Kyun Behka" in Utsav.^[2]^[3] 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

^ ^a ^b "32nd National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
^ "Best Lyricist (Popular)". Filmfare Awards Official wlistings, Indiatimes. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
^ Pauwels 2007, p. 83.
^ Vasant Dev at Bollywood Hungama

v t e National Film Award for Best Lyrics
1968–1980	Kannadasan (1968) Kaifi Azmi (1969) – (1970) – (1971) Vayalar Ramavarma (1972) – (1973) Sri Sri (1974) – (1975) – (1976) – (1977) – (1978) – (1979) – (1980)
1981–2000	– (1981) – (1982) – (1983) Vasant Dev (1984) Vairamuthu (1985) – (1986) Gulzar (1987) O. N. V. Kurup (1988) Satarupa Sanyal (1989) Gulzar (1990) K. S. Narasimhaswamy (1991) Vairamuthu (1992) Veturi (1993) Vairamuthu (1994) Amit Khanna (1995) Javed Akhtar (1996) Javed Akhtar (1997) Javed Akhtar (1998) Vairamuthu (1999) Yusufali Kechery and Javed Akhtar (2000)
2001–present	Javed Akhtar (2001) Vairamuthu (2002) Suddala Ashok Teja (2003) Pa. Vijay (2004) Baraguru Ramachandrappa (2005) Swanand Kirkire (2006) Prasoon Joshi (2007) Anindya Chatterjee and Chandril Bhattacharya (2008) Swanand Kirkire (2009) Vairamuthu (2010) Amitabh Bhattacharya (2011) Prasoon Joshi (2012) Na. Muthukumar (2013) Na. Muthukumar (2014) Varun Grover (2015) Vairamuthu and Anupam Roy (2016) J. M. Prahlad (2017) Manjunatha S. Reddy (2018) Prabha Varma (2019) Manoj Muntashir (2020) Chandrabose (2021)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
1959–1980	Shailendra (1959) Shailendra (1960) Shakeel Badayuni (1961) Shakeel Badayuni (1962) Shakeel Badayuni (1963) Sahir Ludhianvi (1964) Majrooh Sultanpuri (1965) Rajendra Krishan (1966) Hasrat Jaipuri (1967) Gulshan Kumar Mehta (1968) Shailendra (1969) Neeraj (1970) Verma Malik (1971) Hasrat Jaipuri (1972) Verma Malik (1973) Gulshan Kumar Mehta (1974) Santosh Anand (1975) Indeevar (1976) Sahir Ludhianvi (1977) Gulzar (1978) Anand Bakshi (1979) Gulzar (1980)
1981–2000	Gulzar (1981) Anand Bakshi (1982) Santosh Anand (1983) Gulzar (1984) Hasan Kamal (1985) Vasant Dev (1986) no award (1987) no award (1988) Gulzar (1989) Asad Bhopali (1990) Sameer (1991) Gulzar (1992) Sameer (1993) Sameer (1994) Javed Akhtar (1995) Anand Bakshi (1996) Javed Akhtar (1997) Javed Akhtar (1998) Gulzar (1999) Anand Bakshi (2000)
2001-present	Javed Akhtar (2001) Javed Akhtar (2002) Gulzar (2003) Javed Akhtar (2004) Javed Akhtar (2005) Gulzar (2006) Prasoon Joshi (2007) Prasoon Joshi (2008) Javed Akhtar (2009) Irshad Kamil (2010) Gulzar (2011) Irshad Kamil (2012) Gulzar (2013) Prasoon Joshi (2014) Rashmi Singh (2015) Irshad Kamil (2016) Amitabh Bhattacharya (2017) Amitabh Bhattacharya (2018) Gulzar (2019) Divine, Ankur Tewari (2020) Gulzar (2021)

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