loading dictionary from a file

[Amit Gupta]

Need a python trick, if it exists:

I have a file that stores key, value in following format
--
"v1" : "k1",
"v2" : "k2"
--

Is there a way to directly load this file as dictionary in python. I
could do (foreach line in file, split by ":" and then do dictionary
insert). Wondering, if some python built-in function can just read a
valid dictionary-file and load it?

Thanks