About

Rajesh Badal

Introduction

Rajesh Badal is an author, journalist, and biopic filmmaker from India. He is the only Biopic filmmaker who has produced more than 50 biopics of great Indian Personalities like Gurudev Ravindranath Tagore, Kundan Lal Sehgal, S.D.Burman, Jagjit Singh, Bhupen Hazarika, Khushwant Singh, Ruskin Bond, Amrita Pritam, Sahir Ludhianvi, Meena Kumari, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, great lyricist Shailendra, Fanishvar Nath Renu, Neeraj, Mahakavi Pradeep, Rashtrakavi Maithilisharan Gupt, Vrindavan Lal Verma, Zohra Sehgal, R K Laxman, Major Dhyanchand, S.P.Singh and Rajendra Mathur.

He is working in this field for the last 50 years. He has worked in Print, Broadcast, television, and digital media. He is a first-generation TV journalist in India and has launched more than 10 TV channels under his leadership, including Rajya Sabha Television, which was the second channel of the Indian Parliament. He is the first journalist in the country to cover more than 50000 kilometers in First indian tv travelogue from Arunachal Pradesh to Kanyakumari for Aajtak. Several TV records are with him.

He worked with First Indian Channel Aajtak as an Editor, Executive Editor in BAG Films, News Director in India News, Editor-in-chief in CNEB Channel, Managing Editor & Associate Group Editor in Voice of India TV channels group, and Founder Editor and Executive Director of Rajya Sabha Television. In print media, he has worked as Chief Sub-Editor in Nav Bharat Times ( Times of India Group) and Assistant Editor & News Editor in NaiDunia Indore and Bhopal.

He wrote many books. The names of a few books are: Hindustan ka Safar, Sadi ka sampadak -Rajendra Mathur, Krantidoot Pandit Parmanand, Shabd-Sitare.Mister Media, Kahan tum chale gaye- Dastan e Jagjit ( First Biography of Jagjit Singh) and Zindgi ka sath Nibhata Chala gaya (First Biography of Sahir Ludhianvi)

He received many awards, like the International Mahatma Gandhi Award, Rajendra Mathur National Award, Adeeb International Award, National Suryadutta Award, National Jagjit Singh Sammaan, INBA Lifetime Achievement Award, Madhya Pradesh Ratan Award, Makhanlal Chaturvedi Samman, etc. 

He visited the United States of America for media studies and Nepal to cover the earthquake. He has produced more than 100 documentaries & 10000 special TV Reports. 

He has produced a film on Makhanlal Chaturvedi.


The Society for Culture & Environment will hold the fourth edition of 'Heartland Stories — Bhopal Literature and Art Festival 2022 as a physical cum virtual event, between 25-27th March 2022.

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