 Bhisham Sahni

Bhisham Sahni (8 August 1915 – 11 July 2003) was an Indian writer, playwright in Hindi and an actor, most famous for his novel and television screenplay "Tamas" ("Darkness, Ignorance"), a powerful and passionate account of the Partition of India.He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for literature in 1998, and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2002.