Manohar Shyam Joshi

Manohar Shyam Joshi (1933 - 2006) (Hindi: मनोहर जोशी) was a Hindi writer, journalist and scriptwriter, most well known as the writer of Indian television's first soap opera , Hum Log (1982) and its early hits Buniyaad (1987), Kakaji Kahin, a political satire and Kyap, novel which won him the Sahitya Akademi Award. Manohar Shyam Joshi was born on August 9, 1933 at Ajmer in Rajasthan , and belonged to a Kumaoni Brahmin family from Almora, now in th... more

Manohar Shyam Joshi (1933 - 2006) (Hindi: मनोहर जोशी) was a Hindi writer, journalist and scriptwriter, most well known as the writer of Indian television's first soap opera , Hum Log (1982) and its early hits Buniyaad (1987), Kakaji Kahin, a political satire and Kyap, novel which won him the Sahitya Akademi Award. Manohar Shyam Joshi was born on August 9, 1933 at Ajmer in Rajasthan , and belonged to a Kumaoni Brahmin family from Almora, now in the state of Uttarakhand. Manohar Shyam Joshi, died on March 30, 2006, at the age of 73 , in Delhi, India. He is survived by his wife and three sons. Upon his death, Prime minister, Manmohan Singh called him, "..one of the most influential writers and commentators in Hindi in recent times" . He is often called "the Father of Indian Soap Operas" being the writer of India's first Television soap opera, Hum Log. Made in 1982, when television was still a luxury item for majority of Indians, the serial dealt with the everyday struggles of the... less