Bharat Vyas (6 January 1918 – 4 July 1982) was a noted Indian lyricist who wrote the songs for Hindi films in 1950s and 1960s.
Biography Vyas was born in Bikaner, then the capital of Bikaner State of Rajputana Agency in British India, but currently in the Indian state of Rajasthan. His younger brother was the actor Brij Mohan Vyas (1920–2013). He studied B.Com. at Calcutta and after completing his studies he came to Bombay. His first film as lyricist was Duhaai (1943). He was the writer of the prayer song, "Ae Malik Tere Bande Hum" and "Ye Kaun Chitrakar Hai". He directed a Bollywood film Rangila Rajasthan (1949) for which he wrote the lyrics and composed three songs. He also wrote the lyrics for film Mata Mahakali (1968); a song is "Jo ugta hai be dhalta hai"
Some of his evergreen poems:
He died on 4 July 1982 in Mumbai.
Filmography Some of films for which he wrote songs are: Sawan Aya Re Bijali Pyar Ki Pyas Tamasha Muqaddar Shri Ganesh Janma Aankhen Hamara Ghar Raj Mukut Janmashtami Nakhre Bhola Shankar Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1953) Parineeta Jagaduru Shankaracharya Andher Nagari Chaupat Raja Oonchi Haweli Toofan Aur Diya Janam Janam Ke Phere Do Aankhen Barah Haath Bedard Zamana Kya Jane (1959) Fashion Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959) Kavi Kalidas Suvarna Sundari Mausi Angulimaal (1960) Sampoorna Ramayana (1961) Stree (1961) Navrang Rani Roopmati Chandramukhi Sant Gyaneshwar (1964) Purnima (1965 film) Mahabharat (1965 film) Sati Savitri Boond Jo Ban Gayee Moti (1967)
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