name: Kamleshwar
birth_date: 1832-01-06 00:00:00
death_date: 2007-01-27 00:00:00
genres: Short Stories, Literature & Fiction
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about: Kamleshwar (कमलेश्वर) was a prominent 20th-century Hindi writer, and scriptwriter for Hindi cinema and television. Among his most well- known work are the films Aandhi, Mausam, Chhoti Si Baat and Rang Birangi. He was awarded the 2003 Sahitya Akademi Award for his cult Hindi novel Kitne Pakistan (translated in English as Partitions), and also the Padma Bhushan in 2005.