Moti BA or Motilal Upadhyay (1 August 1919 – 18 January 2009) was a Bhojpuri poet, writer and lyricist.
Life
Moti BA was born in Bereji village near
Deoria district district of
Uttar Pradesh in
India. He completed his school education from King George high school in 1934.
He completed his bachelor in Arts from Benaras Hindu University in 1938.
Career
From 1939 to 1943 he worked in Editorial department of newspapers like
Aaj,
Agragami and
Sansar aur Aryavart. He became famous as lyricist and musician between 1944 and 1952, he worked for
Motiji Pancholi Art Pictures and
Filmistan. In 1952 he started working as lecturer at
Shri Krishna Inter College in
Deoria district.
He wrote many famous songs as a lyricist, specially his song in the movie Nadiya ke paar. In 1952 he became the professor of Shree Krishna Inter college, Barhaj in
Deoria district.
Bibliography
Bhojpuri
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Semar ke Phul
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Tulsi Rasayan
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Moti Ke Muktak
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Mahuabari
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Ban Ban Bole Koyalia
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Kavi Manav Sadhna
Translations in Bhojpuri
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Abraham Lincoln (from English, written by John Drinkwater)
Awards and recognition
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Bhasha Samman Award in 2001 in Bhojpuri Language.
