Rahi Masoom Raza was born on 1st Aug 1927 in Gangauli village located in ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. Raza completed his early education in and around ghazipur and then went to Aligarh Muslim University to complete higher studies. He completed a doctorate in Hindustani Literature and pursued a career in literature. He later moved to Bombay and became a successful screenplay writer and wrote the screenplays and dialogues for over 300 films including a TV serial Mahabharat. Several of Raza's works vividly depict the agony and turmoil of the consequences of the partition of India. They also depict life in feudal India and the ordinary happiness, love, pain, and sadness of ordinary people. Some of his important works include Adha Gaon (Novel), Topi Shukla (Novel), Os ki boond (Novel), Neem ka Ped (Novel and TV serial), Main Tulsi tere aangan kii( script writing), Mahabharata (TV serial) etc. He had also won the filmfare Best award for film Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki in 1979. He died in Mumbai on 15th March 1992 in Mumbai.