Not to be confused with Vasanth Dev, cinematographer.
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.
^ ab"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.
original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2014. Pauwels 2007, p. 83. VasantDev at Bollywood Hungama Pauwels, Heidi R.M. (2007). Indian Literature and...
Vanraj Bhatia, Swapnil Bandodkar and Shryea Kaul while lyrics written by VasantDev and Shryea Kaul. The Vaccine War garnered mixed reviews from the critics...
soundtrack was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and the lyrics were penned by VasantDev. "Shahi Kapoor interview". YouTube. @NFAIOfficial (8 November 2019). "A...
debut of Anupam Kher. The film had music by Ajit Verman and lyrics by VasantDev. It was produced and distributed by Rajshri Productions. It was chosen...
the short story, 'Surya', by S. D. Panvalkar, and featured dialogues by VasantDev. In this acclaimed cop-drama, Anant Velankar, played by Om Puri, is a...
Mouthful of Sky (1995), Sushmita Sen, Manoj Bajpayee, Sharad Kapoor and Mukul Dev in Dastak (1996), Ashutosh Rana in Tamanna (1997), Dushman (1998) and Sangharsh...
soundtrack of the film is composed by Hridaynath Mangeshkar on lyrics written by Vasant Bapat and Suresh Bhat. All songs are sung by Lata Mangeshkar, except "Ganjalya...
by Jawaharlal Nehru Written by Shyam Benegal Shama Zaidi Sunil Shanbag VasantDev (dialogues) Starring Roshan Seth Om Puri Tom Alter Sadashiv Amrapurkar...
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ISBN 81-260-1194-7. Rajinder Paul (2006). "An Interview with Dharamvir Bharati by VasantDev". Contemporary Indian Theatre. Sangeet Natak Akademi and Hope Publishers...
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Ho Gayi" from Sharaabi Indeevar – "Pyar Ka Tohfa Tera" from Tohfa 1986 VasantDev – "Man Kyon Behka" from Utsav Anand Bakshi – "Zindagi Har Kadam" from...
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