Kaushal Bharati

Noted film writer Kaushal Bharti passed away on 16th January in Bombay following heart failure. He was 65 and is survived by his wife, a son (actor Ashwin Kaushal) and a daughter.Kaushal Bharti was in the army before he came into the industry. During his army days, he wrote a book, titled 'From Gun To Pen'. The book was lauded by his friends in the army but he was pulled up by the top brass on the grounds of "not being responsible to his job". He ran away from the army and came to try his luck in film acting. But he happened to meet Dilip Kumar who gave him a chance as an 'unofficial writer' in his own film, Gunga Jumna. Bharti was just a 20-year-old lad when he wrote this script. At 23, Dilip Kumar assigned him to write the script and dialogues for Dil Diya Dard Liya, made by late A.R. Kardar. Thereafter, he became Dilip Kumar's favourite writer and wrote the scripts and dialogues for Ram Aur Shyam and Sunghursh. Kaushal Bharti wrote subjects and dialogues for a number of other notable films like Bhai Ho To Aisa, Mela, Tere Mere Sapne, Gambler, Professor Pyarelal, Phandebaaz, Madhavi, Dil Ka Raja, Subah-O-Sham, Santosh, Agni, Buniyaad, Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan, Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Dharmatma, Janbaaz, Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat and Dalaal (Prakash Mehra). He had also written the commentary for the first 25 episodes of Sanjay Khan's serial, Sword Of Tipu Sultan. He had also produced and directed Darindafrom his own script.At the time of his death, he was scripting Balbir Kumar's Mahakranti.