Ved Rahi: key obituary facts
Is Ved Rahi dead? Yes. Ved Rahi died on November 1, 2026, at age 93.
Cause of death: Ved Rahi's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Ved Rahi known for?
He was an Indian film director, writer.
More about Ved Rahi
Born: 22 May 1933.
Gender: male.
Nationality: India, British Raj, Dominion of India.
Awards: Sahitya Akademi Award, Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi.
Father: Mulk Raj Saraf.
Ved Rahi, the Indian screenwriter and director, died on November 1, 2026, aged 93.
Born in Jammu on May 22, 1933, he became an author whose work was predominantly in Dogri, publishing short stories in the language and becoming identified among modern Dogri writers. Alongside that literary work, he wrote screenplays and dialogues for Hindi films and television serials, and worked as a film director.
His film credits included writing and directing Kali Ghata, as well as writing for Charas and Prem Parbat. He directed Veer Savarkar, the 2001 Hindi biographical film about revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, and Gul Gulshan Gulfaam. For television, he directed the mythological serial Meerabai for Doordarshan in 1996, under UTV Productions. Rahi received the Sahitya Akademi Award and was a Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi. His father, Mulk Raj Saraf, started Ranbir, the first newspaper in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, in 1924. Saraf later received the Padma Shri in 1976.