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New article name is MAHARAJ KRISHEN SHAH
Early Life :-Maharaj Shah , born to a spiritually religious and liberal Hindu couple on 14th Dec 1952 , at Saint Joseph Missionary Hospital in Anantnag Kashmir hails from Mattan (Martand) ancient Hindu Shrine. Maharaj Shah was initially reluctant in accepting the education at a regular formal way. He would often bunk classes at an early primary stage and go to the near by forests to watch nature and birds. Shah developed aversion towards coercive method of of teaching of some teachers but two angel like teachers Pandit Pitamber Nath Santoshi as private tutor and Hakim Mubark Shah at school washed from his mind all fears and nightmares and developed his learning skills and good taste for reading and learning turning him into a meritorious student. But it was in college where he came in contact with one of the leading literary luminaries of the J&K state Prof. R L Shant that changed his mind to shift his focus from economics and political science to Hindi. Doctor R L Shant guided the path to the rich treasure of literature, drama, and communication media like Radio and TV. Spotted by a team from Radio Kashmir he was auditioned for singing and acting qualifying for both he started receiving regular bookings from Radio. Maharaj Shah started a theatre group Amar Dramtic Club and staged plays and radio programmes through it. Sh.C.L.Huckhoo, a senior programmer of Doordarshan groomed him for television programmes but it was only after joining Kashmir University Hindi department for P.G that he came in touch with the leading theatre groups of Sh. Piyaree Raina , Sh Chander Shekher Raina and Sh. Ashok Jailkhani. He did most of his plays with Sh. Ashok Jailkhani. Worked in TV plays and serials and made first private TV Producer commissioned film for Doordarshn Srinagar entitled “Khudrah” . This film was telecast by DDK Srinagar in march 1987. Mohan Shah and Suparna Bhushan played lead roles besides Vinay Raina, and almost all leading actors of the valley played important roles in it. Thus started the journey of private TV productions in J&K State. Maharaj Shah has since then contributed many TV films Documentaries, Reality programmes and has worked as executive producer in a private channel supervising the entire content and working of the channel, at Ennadu TV Jaipur Rajasthan. He has been awarded Bhartendu Harishchander award by the Ministry of I&B Government of India for co authoring a book with Sh. Ashok Jailkhani entitled “ Television Kariyakram Nirman Prakriya” Maharaj Shah has written dozens of short stories in Hindi which are all published in J&K Cultural Academy Magazine Sheeraza between the period from 1977-1988.These stories have been critically acclaimed and given elaborate mention in the critique book reviews and have found mention in Prof. Dr. Rajkumar’s well researched book “Jammu Kashmir Ka Swatanteruprant Hindi Sahitya” Post independence Hindi literature of J&K. Maharaj Shah is contributing articles, reports and shot stories in mainstream and local on line and print journals such as Jansata, Merinews, Koshur Samachar and Aalav, Naad , Lamhi, etc. He is presently doing TV production also.
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