In 1977, the writer of the crime on Hindi Sorendra Mohan Pathak published Paisath Lakh Ki Dakaiti (65 Lakh Hest), a novel with nail biting about bold bank robbery.
Although he wrote to this 93 books and he was well known, it would become his biggest hit and create it as the author from above in his field.
Patchak, born in February 1940, turned 85 this year. His aura remains unprofessional, though the days of Hindi-Pulp fiction days are over.
These inexpensive soft covers, published on a rough, redesigned paper and known in trading as pockets or meaddi (hindi for cellulose) were very popular in the 1970s and 80s. In those years, there were 70 publishers who produced new titles, most of which acted with the measure and Delhi.
The books were easy to wear, often had colorful covers with sexy women, men’s men, pistols and scattering, and did a quick business at the railway stations, bus depot and local lending libraries.
They were not always about crimes. Some combined romantics and family drama (for example, the novels of Gadlyna Nanda, many of which were converted into movies with Hindi -blockbusters).
Writers, such as Omu Prakash Sharma (bells of the grandfather of the genre) and the younger ones, such as Prakash Camboj, Prakash Sharma and Patchak, in the podzanra. Everyone but the molasses are gone.
About 300 novels wrote in his 60-year career. There was a time when he knocked the book the moon. He calls his novels “products”, readers “consumers” and “producer”. (“I became Coca-Cola, I became Colgate,” he said in an interview.)
His fans are faithful, devoted to a lot. The most fiery call themselves “SMP-Ian”, fell on its events and carefully followed.
Pathak’s key characters and anti -heroes have a series of own, faced with several dozen books. His most popular character is Sardar Sorender Singh Sochal, Aka Vimal. Initially, a simple accountant from Allahabad, Vimal is designed by his wife and her lover in the theft and is forced to go on the move. Turned by family and society, he now pulls out brazen vests, but rarely saves money for himself. Finally, there were 47 novels in the Vimal series, including 65 Haist varnish.
Perhaps the second in the popular character of the Patako-Sudir. The protagonist of the 23-wagons series, he is a detective that characterizes himself “Dili Kissi Kismi Karam (a very special kind of Delhi Svarada).”
My favorite is a Sunil, a fearless journalist -investigation with a daily newspaper called Blast, who smokes happy strikes and ride on a powerful August motorcycle. A reasonable analysis correspondent is surrounded by an acting staff of colorful characters, including Puk-Panjab called Ramakant Ambassaria, Aka Malhotra, who owns the youth club (Sunil must constantly correct his crippled Urdu) and a vertical policeman, inspector. Sunil often manages to resolve cases to the great annoyance of the inspector.
Pats avoids long descriptions in favor of Snappy Dialogue. His books are caused by a mixture of Hindi, Urdu, Pungebi and English, which reflects the life he has led. He spent his early childhood in Lahora, where people talked to Panjabi, but wrote in Urdu.
The family moved to Glandhar just before independence, and from there to Delhi in 1948. It was in Delhi Posaki who studied Hindi. He soon became a voracious reader of Hindi -Fantastics, especially Jasoosi Upanyas (detective novels).
A classmate, Ved Prakash Camboj, who would become a friend and writer of life-long work, introduced him to the master of the Urdu-Tamasnitsa-Nibn-e-Sophie. Pathak was clutching. For many years he also read English and American writers such as James Hadley Chase and Earl Stanley Gardner, both of them enjoyed the huge next in the 1960s and 70s. (He even translated a lot of pursuit on Hindi.)
Patchak left the house and graduated from science, gave Jolandhara at the college (where Gas Gajt Singh’s singer was a classmate), and then returned to Delhi for a Master’s Mathematics.
Meanwhile, up to 19, Camboj has already written his first novel. The young author introduced a molasse to another writer whom he made friends with: Om Prakash Sharma, who lived with his wife and seven children in a dark two -room house in a busy neighborhood of Sadar Bazaar Delhi; worked as a loom operator in the afternoon; And he remained at night to write mysterious novels in the light of the bicycle lamp that works on the battery.
Inspired by these two writers, Pasak made his first previous steps to become a full author. His first brief story – Satava Saal Puran Aadmi (fifty -seven -year -old man) was published in the Manohar Kahaniyan magazine in 1959. His first novel, Puran Gun -Guncar (old crimes, new criminals; the first in the Sunil series) was released in 1963, at a publishing house called Neelam Jasoos.
Over time, this self -proclaimed base side of Cambia and Sharma overtook their popularity. Even more recognition came about 10 years ago, when it was discovered by an English -language audience, thanks to the agreed efforts of Monica Takura, then the editor of HarperCollins. She created the Surendra Mohan Pathak brand, creating the goods, organizing events and publishing it on Hindi and translated.
Patchak was the center of attention, invited the literature at the media festival. A vigilance man spoke about the maintenance of the down -to -earth work with the Indian telephone telephone telephone telecommunications for more than 30 years, even when he knocked out his thrillers.
However, his own story was quite exciting for him to write autobiography – in four volumes!
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