Rameshwar Singh Kashyap


Rameshwar Singh Kashyap was a Bhojpuri playwright, screenwriter and professor of Hindi at Patna University. He is best known for his Bhojpuri play Loha Singh which was gained immense popularity on Radio in 1970s. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991.

Life

Kashyap was born in 1927 in Semra, a village in Sasaram of Bihar. His father, Rai Bahadur Janaki DSP in British Government and his mother was Ramasakhi Devi. He started in early education in Navgachhiya and later moved to Allahabad for Higher Education. He was professor of Hindi at B.N. College in Patna University, later he became professor of a college in Arrah and also retired from there.

Filmography

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