Moti Lal Kemmu

Playwright

Birth Year 1933

Birthplace Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India

DEATH DATE 2018, (85 years old)

Nationality India

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1933

Moti Lal Kemmu (born 1933) is an Indian contemporary playwright from Jammu and Kashmir.

He was born in Srinagar into a Kashmiri Pandit family and attended Jammu and Kashmir University.

1968

His plays include Nagar Udas, Teen Asangati Aikanki (1968), Lal Drayas Lol Re (1972), Trunove (1970), Tshai (1973), Natak Truche (1980), Tota Tol Aina (1985).

1982

He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1982 for his contribution to Kashmiri Literature as a playwright.

2012

He won the Padma Shri award in 2012.