Ramesh Mehta

Ramesh Mehta (born 7 August 1923) is an Indian playwright, director, actor and translator. He was the uncrowned king of Delhi Theatre in the 1950s and 1960s. Mehta was born in Jhang Maghiyana, the only son of Pyare Lal, an employee of the Jammu and Kashmir Government, and Durga Devi, a housewife. He had his early education in Srinagar and Jammu. He graduated from Dayal Singh College, Lahore, after his father's death.