Krishan Chander (November 23, 1914 – March 8, 1977) (Urdu: كرشن چندر) was an Urdu and Hindi Afsaana Nigaar, or short story writer. He wrote mainly in Urdu, but was well-versed in Hindi and English.
He was a prolific writer, penning over 20 novels, 30 collections of short stories and scores of radio plays in Urdu and later, after partition of the country, took to writing mainly in Hindi. As the then editor of the Urdu section of the Forman College House magazine Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi was instrumental in having got published in the year 1932 the first ever Urdu short story, Sadhu, written by Krishan Chander who was at that time more interested in English writings of his own and edited the English section.
He also wrote screen-plays for Bollywood movies to supplement his meagre income as an author of satirical stories. Krishan Chander's novels (including the classic : Ek Gadhe Ki Sarguzasht, trans. The death of a donkey) have been translated into over 16 Indian languages and some foreign languages, including English.
His short story Annadata { trans: The Giver of Grain - an obseqeuious appellation used by Indian peasants for their feudal land-owners }, was made into the film Dharti Ke Lal, by Chetan Anand in 1946 - which led to his being offered work regularly as a screen-writer by Bollywood, including such populist hits as SHARAFAT, 1970.
I have come across an article about Krishan Chander and thought it worthy to share with you because the article is written by Krishan Chander himself. Here you go.
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