क्यूंकि वो बीवियां बदलते थे

Vibha Jindal

by Ved Prakash Sharma

Kyonki Woh Beewiyaan Badalte Thay (because they swapped wives) contains a series of murders of sons and daughters-in-law of big business families in Delhi. Since the daughter-in-law of Bajaj family - Chaandni is the friend of Shagun (author's son), she approaches the author, requesting them to pursue Vibha Jindal to investigate this case (because Vibha has earned a name not only in the field of business and industry but crime-detection also and she commands a respect in the top brass of the police department as well). How Vibha investigates the case with the author and his son forms the major part of the novel and the murderer turns out to be someone whom the reader cannot think of even in the wildest of his dreams.

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About the author

Ved Prakash Sharma was an Indian writer of novels and screenplays in Hindi. He was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, where he completed his graduation from NAS Degree College. Having begun his professional career as a ghost writer, he went on to write 176 novels (ghostwriting around 23 novels of them). Dahekte Shaher (1973) was the first novel Sharma got credit for. He primarily wrote detective novels, among them Kalyug ki Ramayan and Vardi Wala Gunda were his famous works. The main characters in his detective novels were Vijay, Vikas, Raghunath, Alphanse, Vibha Jindal, Keshav Pandit and Raina. According to his Times of India obituary his 1992 novel Vardi Wala Gunda "broke all records and sold 15 lakh copies on the very first day of its release", while the Hindu reported overall sales of "80 million copies".

Sharma also made several contributions to Bollywood, the Hindi film industry in India. His novel Bahu Maange Insaaf was adapted for film Bahu Ki Awaaz in 1985, while Anaam (1992) too was based on his work. Sharma also contributed to two installments in the Khiladi series of Akshay Kumar films—Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995) and International Khiladi (1999). In 2010 Zee TV aired Keshav Pandit, a series based on the character created by Sharma. He founded Tulsi Comics and also created few comic characters like Jambu.

Sharma died aged 62 on 17 February 2017 in Meerut; he had been suffering from lung cancer for almost a year.

Reviews

[Rajan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ved Prakash Sharma is one the most popular hindi pulp fiction writer, other being Surendra Mohan Pathak. He is known for miraculous outlandish plots and this novel is no exception.

This is fourth novel in his Vibha Jindal series. Vibha Jindal is a rich heiress who takes only most complicated cases. The plot is based on the concept of wife swapping. Very rich couples swap husbands and wives for sexual thrill. The modus operandi is secret and they choose wives by drawing car keys or chits. If the key/ chit of own spouse is drawn the process is repeated. Then they spend a night together and later own don't even acknowledge each other. One of the wife doesn't agree and protests. And then one by one the members of elite club are murdered and their bodies are found naked with something written.

Can Vibha crack the case? Is the murderer angel or demon? DO they deserve their fate? The novel tries to answer these questions.

[Ravi Prakash · Rating 5 out of 5]

वेद प्रकाश शर्मा द्वारा लिखा गया यह मेरा पसंदीदा उपन्यास है। 9 या 10 साल हो गए इसे पढ़े हुए, लेकिन मुझे आज भी याद है, शर्मा जी ने पहले ही पेज पर एक नोट लिखा था, वह कुछ यूं था, " अगर आप इस उपन्यास का अंतिम पेज पहले पढ़ लेते हैं, तो आप अपने पैर पर कुल्हाड़ी मारेंगे।"
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350 -400 पेज का उपन्यास एक सिटिंग में पढ़ने को मजबूर कर देना ही शर्मा जी की कलम की असली जादूगरी थी। इस उपन्यास को कोशिश करूंगा एक बार फिर पढू, बहुत ही ज्यादा रोमांचक है।