Moti BA

Moti BA
Born
Motilal Upadhyay

(1919-08-01)1 August 1919
Bareji, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died18 January 2009(2009-01-18) (aged 89)
EducationBenaras Hindu University (Bachelor of Arts)
Occupations
Parent(s)Radha Krishnan Upadhyay (father)
Kaushalya Devi (mother)
Writing career
Notable awardsBhasha Sanman Award in 2001 in Bhojpuri

Moti BA or Motilal Upadhyay (1 August 1919 – 18 January 2009) was a Bhojpuri poet, writer and lyricist. He has written many Bhojpuri poems, novels and lyrics of Bhojiwood and Bollywood films. For his works in Bhojpuri he received Bhasha Samman Award in 2001. He has written many songs and translated many English works in Bhojpuri.

Life

Moti BA was born in Bereji village near Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh in India. He completed his school education from King George high school in 1934. He completed his bachelor in Arts from Benaras Hindu University in 1938.[citation needed]

Career

From 1939 to 1943 he worked in Editorial department of newspapers like Aaj, Agragami and Sansar aur Aryavart. He became famous as lyricist and musician between 1944 and 1952, he worked for Motiji Pancholi Art Pictures and Filmistan. In 1952 he started working as lecturer at Shri Krishna Inter College in Deoria. He wrote many famous songs as a lyricist, specially his song in the movie Nadiya ke paar. In 1952 he became the professor of Shree Krishna Inter college, Barhaj in Deoria district. He also received the Bhasha Sanman Award in 2001 in Bhojpuri.

Bibliography

Bhojpuri

Translations in Bhojpuri

Filmography as a lyricist

YearFilm Songs writtenMusic Director Notes
1945 Kaise Kahoon At least 5 Pandit Amarnath
1946 Subhadra At least 3 Vasant Desai
1947Amar Asha At least 2Shanti Kumar
Bhakta Dhruva Shankar Rao Vyas
Ek Kadam 2 Prakash Nath Sharma
Farz 1 K. S. Sagar
Sajan 3 Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar
Sindoor At least 1 Khemchand Prakash
1948 Choubeji alias Hip Hip Hurray At least 4 Hanuman Prasad
Nadiya Ke Paar 8 (All) Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar
Rambaan 1 Shankar Rao Vyas
1949 Ram Vivah 8 Shankar Rao Vyas
Rimjhim 1 Khemchand Prakash
Veer Ghatotkach alias Surekha Haran 3 Shri Nath Tripathi
1950 Kisiki Yad 2 Hansraj Behl
1951 Rajput 1 Husnlal-Bhagatram
1952 Kafila 1 Husnlal-Bhagatram
Mamta 1 Manohar Lal Sonik
Nirmal 8 (All) Bulo C. Rani
1953 Ladki 1 R. Sundarsanam and Dhaniram

References

  1. ↑ "भोजपुरी की दुनिया में मोती बीए की है अमिट छाप". Amar Ujala.
  2. ↑ "BHASHA SAMMAN AWARDEES". Sahitya Akademi.
  3. ↑ Upadhyay, Krishnadev (1972). Bhojpuri Sahitya ka Itihas. Varansi: Bharatiya Lok Sanskriti Shodh Sansthan. p. 278.
  4. ↑ "100 BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF BHOJPURI WRITER MOTI BA". Daily Bihar.
  5. ↑ Tiwari, Arjun (2014). Bhojpuri Shaitya Ke Itihas. Vishwavidyalaya Pralashan. p. 165.
  6. ↑ Upadhyaya, Krishnadev (1972). Bhojpuri Sahitya ka Itihas. Varansi: Bharatiya Lok Sanskriti Shodh Sansthan. p. 279.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ Intaramidieta Bhojapuri gadya-paya-sangraha.