Hindi-language Indian writers

Prime Minister of India (1996, 1988-2004)

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand (), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature.

Indian poet, writer, singer and scholar (1253–1325)

Punjabi poet (1919–2005)

Indian film director, producer and screenwriter

Indian Hindi writer and poet (1907-1987)

Indian actress

Indian film director

Indian filmmaker, script writer and actress

Indian writer (1925–2019)

Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya (born Giridhar Mishra on 14 January 1950) is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. He is one of four incumbent Jagadguru Ramanandacharyas, and has held this title since 1988.

Indian film director and producer

Indian actress and director

Indian educator and politician

Indian scholar and author (1893 – 1963)

Indian film and stage actor (1913-1973)

Surdas was a 16th-century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for his works written in praise of Krishna. His compositions captured his devotion towards Krishna. Most of his poems were written in the Braj language, while some were also written in other dialects of medieval Hindi, like Awadhi.

revolutionary, poet & writer (1897–1927)

Indian hindi poet, essayis (1908-1974)

Indian poet and novelist (1940–2021)

Indian poet (1904–1948)

Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist (1887-1971)

Indian actress and screenwriter

Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan (7 March 1911 – 4 April 1987), popularly known by his pen name Agyeya (also transliterated Ajneya, meaning 'the unknowable'), was an Indian writer, poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist, translator and revolutionary in Hindi language. He pioneered modern trends in Hindi poetry, as well as in fiction, criticism and journalism. He is regarded as the pioneer of the Prayogavaad (experimentalism) movement in modern Hindi literature.

Govardhan Asrani (1 January 1941 – 20 October 2025), known professionally and mononymously as Asrani, was an Indian actor and film director. His career in Indian cinema spanned over five decades, during which he appeared in over 350 Hindi and Gujarati films. Asrani worked in lead, character, comedic, and supporting roles. He is particularly noted for his role as the Jailor in Sholay, caricaturing Hitler, and Amadavad no Rikshavaro and for his appearances in 25 films with Rajesh Khanna as the lead actor between 1972 and 1991.

Indian film director

Indian film director

Indian film director

Indian writer

Indian writer and politician

Indian film director (1914–2008)

Indian poet

Indian film director

Indian Poet (1886-1964)

Indian film director

Indian writer (1914–1977)

Indian writer

Indian film director

Indian writer and activist (1921-1977)

Indian film director

Indian writer (1929–2005)

Indian film and television actor, director, and screenwriter

Indian writer, playwright, and actor (1915-2003)

Indian Poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer

Indian actor and screenwriter

Vaidyanath Mishra (30 June 1911 – 5 November 1998), better known by his pen name Nagarjun, was a Hindi and Maithili poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, literary biographies and travelogues, and was known as Janakavi- the People's Poet. He is regarded as the most prominent protagonist of modernity in Maithili.

Indian writer (1850-1885)

Swami Agnivesh (born Vepa Shyam Rao; 21 September 193911 September 2020), was an Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha, a political party based on the principles of Arya Samaj. He also served as a cabinet minister in the state of Haryana. He is best known for his work against bonded labour through the Bonded Labour Liberation Front, which he founded in 1981.

hindi author (1889–1937)

Indian businessman (1894–1983)

Indian author

filmmaker

Indian writer

Indian lyricist, screenwriter and advertising copywriter

writer, novelist (1926–1997)

Indian writer (1925-1972)

Indian film director (1963–2017)

Indian actress

Aditya Dhar is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Having previously worked as lyricist, Dhar made his directorial debut with the 2019 war film Uri: The Surgical Strike, a commercially successful venture which earned him the National Film Award for Best Direction. Dhar rose to prominence, with the spy action thriller Dhurandhar duology, comprising Dhurandhar (2025) and Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026); both films rank among Indian cinema's top five highest earners ever at the box office.