Nationality Indian Children Vihan Chaturvedi | Name Shail Chaturvedi Genre Humor Books Chal Gai&&.. | |
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Relatives Akash Chaturvedi (Shail's Brother's Son) Spouse Daya Chaturvedi (m. ?–2007) Movies Chitchor, Jazbaat, Jahan Tum Le Chalo, Chameli Ki Shaadi, Uphaar Similar People Basu Chatterjee, Tarachand Barjatya, Satyen Bose, Kasinathuni Viswanath, Prashanta Nanda | ||
हास्य कवि सम्मेलन - 6 चल गयी - शैल चतुर्वेदी
Shail Chaturvedi (29 June 1936 – 29 October 2007) was a Hindi poet, satirist, humorist, lyricist and actor from India, most known for his political satire in the 70s and the 80s.
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He worked as a character actor in several Hindi films and TV series.
Shail chaturvedi part 1
Career
He started his career as a lecturer at Allahabad University, soon started taking part in various Kavi sammelan (poetry gatherings), and with his tongue-in-cheek political commentary, made a place for himself amidst leading humorists, hasya kavi of the 1970s and 1980s, like Kaka Hathrasi, Pradeep Chaubey and Ashok Chakradhar.
He became a regular feature of the annual kavi sammelan on Doordarshan, state-run TV channel, around the Holi festival. He also acted in a number of Hindi films, like Uphaar (1971), Chitchor (1976), Chameli Ki Shaadi (1986) and Kareeb (1998)
He died on 29 October 2007, after suffering from chronic renal failure for some time, and was survived by his wife Daya and three sons.