Uttam Gada
Uttam Ravji Gada was an Indian Gujarati and Hindi play and movie story, screenplay and dialogue writer.
A chartered accountant by training, Uttam Gada found fame with his very long running play directed and enacted by Paresh Rawal called "Maharathi" which played in multiple languages and countries. He also wrote mainstream Bollywood movies such as Khiladi 420 and Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota.
He was nominated for Best Screenplay for the film Khiladi 420 in 2001 for the Screen Awards in India.
He died on 6 June 2020 in San Francisco, USA from complications due to chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Published works
Plays
Full lengthRaafdaReshami TezabMaharathiMulraj MansionChiranjeev- Vish RajaniPankh Vinana PatangiyanKaya Kalp
- Mahapurush
- Hun Rima Baxi !SathwaroDouble SavariShirachhedKamlaDikri Vahal No DariyoOrange JuiceJashrekha Tsunami Lakhsmi PoojanDear Father Arre Vahu ! Have Thayun Bahu Five Star Aunty Whatsup Yugpurush
- Karl Marx in Kalbadevi
- '' Red Sea ''
Movies
Khiladi 420Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota Maharathi- ''Straight!''
Teleserials
- ''Time Bomb 9/11''