1. Abid Surti or Aabid Surti was born on 5 May 1935 and is an Indian painter, author, cartoonist, journalist, environmentalist, playwright and screenwriter.
19 Facts About Abid Surti
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Abid Surti was given a National Award by the government of India in 1993 for writing a series of short stories called the "Teesri Aankh".
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Abid Surti was born in a Gujarati Muslim family on 5 May 1935 at Vavera, near Rajula, Gujarat, India to Gulam Hussain and Sakina Begum.
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Abid Surti joined the JJ School of Art in 1954 and obtained a Diploma in Arts.
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Abid Surti was greatly influenced by the writings of 20th-century Bengali novelist, Sharat Chandra Chatterji.
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Abid Surti has been writing for Hindi and Gujarati newspapers and magazines for over 40 years and received a National Award for his short-story collection Teesri Aankh in 1993.
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Abid Surti has written more than 80 books, including 45 novels, 10 short story collections and 7 plays.
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Abid Surti earned the nickname the "Salman Rushdie of India" after his Black Book was published.
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Abid Surti has together with his son Aalif Surti and Chandrika Vyas, Rima Kashyap penned a controversial and hard-hitting novel called In Name of Rama inspired by a true incident during the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
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Abid Surti has worked as a television and film script-writer.
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Abid Surti was the editor of the Gujarati annual magazine Dayaro for many years.
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Abid Surti has written graphic children's novels in Hindi, including Buddh kyun muskuraye 2500 saal baad.
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Abid Surti has written satirical gazal with common English words.
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Abid Surti has been acclaimed as a painter, credited with using creative and original techniques to paint with oil and watercolours.
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Abid Surti created another comic book character, Bahadur, which achieved a large fan following, when the comics started to be published in Indrajal Comics from 1978.
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Abid Surti created other comic book characters like Inspector Azad, Inspector Vikram and a lady character named Shuja.
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Abid Surti founded Drop Dead, a water conservation initiative in Mumbai in 2007.
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Abid explores the inner world of Surti who had desire to "live within a painting".
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Abid Surti has been awarded National Award 1993, Hindi Sahitya Sanstha Award, Gujarat Gaurav.