Uttam Gada

Uttam Ravji Gada (1948 – 6 June 2020) 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.

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