Moti Lal Kemmu (born 1933) is an Indian contemporary playwright from Jammu & Kashmir. He was born in Srinagar into a Kashmiri Pandit family and attended Jammu and Kashmir University. His plays include Nagar Udas, Teen Asangati Aikanki (1968), Lal Drayas Lol Re (1972), Trunove (1970), Tshai (1973), Natak Truche (1980), Tota Tol Aina (1985). Awards and honours He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1982 for his contribution to Kashmiri Literature as a playwright. He won the Padma Shri award in 2012. References Kashmiri people Kashmiri Hindus Kashmiri Pandits Indian people of Kashmiri descent 2018 deaths Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts People from Srinagar 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Dramatists and playwrights from Jammu and Kashmir Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kashmiri 1933 births Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award