Ved Rahi (born 22 May 1933) is an Indian author predominantly writing in Dogri language. He is also credited for screenplay and dialogues of various Hindi Bollywood films and TV serials. He directed the Hindi film Veer Savarkar (2001), a bio-epic on the life of Indian revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. ¿¿Rahi published various short stories in Dogri language and along with Narendra Khajuria and Madan Mohan Sharma, is considered as noted Dogri writer of modern times.[1][2] His books have been translated to various other Indian languages. Translation of Lal Ded in Sindhi language (by Sarita Sharma as Lal Ded (2015) and by Rattan Lal Shant as Lal Ded (2015)) and of Aale in Kashmiri language (by Abdul Gani Beg Athar as Lakhakar Yin Vaapas (2010)) have also received Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in Sindhi and Kashmiri categories respectively. "Andhi Surang" is Ved Rahi's first novel published in Urdu translated by himself.