Moti BA or Motilal Upadhyay (1 August 1919 – 18 January 2009) was a Bhojpuri poet, writer and lyricist. He has written many Bhojpuri poems, novels and lyrics of Bhojiwood and Bollywood films. For his works in Bhojpuri he received Bhasha Samman Award in 2001. He has written many songs and translated many English works in Bhojpuri.
Life
Moti BA was born in Bereji village near Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh in India. He completed his school education from King George high school in 1934. He completed his bachelor in Arts from Benaras Hindu University in 1938.
Career
From 1939 to 1943 he worked in Editorial department of newspapers like Aaj, Agragami and Sansar aur Aryavart. He became famous as lyricist and musician between 1944 and 1952, he worked for Motiji Pancholi Art Pictures and Filmistan. In 1952 he started working as lecturer at Shri Krishna Inter College in Deoria. He wrote many famous songs as a lyricist, specially his song in the movie Nadiya ke paar. In 1952 he became the professor of Shree Krishna Inter college, Barhaj in Deoria district. He also received the Bhasha Sanman Award in 2001 in Bhojpuri.
Bibliography
Bhojpuri
Semar ke Phul Tulsi Rasayan Moti Ke Muktak Mahuabari Ban Ban Bole Koyalia Kavi Manav Sadhna
Translations in Bhojpuri Abraham Lincoln (from English, written by John Drinkwater)
Filmograaphy Year Film Songs written Music DirectorNotes1945Kaise KahoonAt least 5Pandit Amarnath1946SubhadraAt least 3Vasant Desai 1947 Amar Asha At least 2Shanti KumarBhakta DhruvaShankar Rao VyasEk Kadam2Prakash Nath SharmaFarz1K. S. SagarSajan3Ramchandra Narhar ChitalkarSindoorAt least 1Khemchand Prakash1948Choubeji alias Hip Hip HurrayAt least 4Hanuman PrasadNadiya Ke Paar8 (All)Ramchandra Narhar ChitalkarRambaan1Shankar Rao Vyas1949Ram Vivah8Shankar Rao VyasRimjhim1Khemchand PrakashVeer Ghatotkach alias Surekha Haran3Shri Nath Tripathi1950Kisiki Yad2Hansraj Behl1951Rajput1Husnlal-Bhagatram1952Kafila1Husnlal-BhagatramMamta1Manohar Lal SonikNirmal8 (All)Bulo C. Rani1953Ladki1R. Sundarsanam and Dhaniram
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