Indian Film director, screenwriter, novelist and journalist
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Khawaja Ahmad Abbas
Abbas in 1939
Born
7 June 1914 (1914-06-07)[1]
Panipat, Punjab, British India
Died
1 June 1987(1987-06-01) (aged 72)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Other names
K A Abbas
Occupation(s)
Film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, columnist
Years active
1935–1987
Notable work
Saat Hindustani
Mera Naam Joker
Relatives
Altaf Hussain Hali (grandfather)
Awards
National Film Awards
Golden Palm
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Progressive Writers' Movement
Members
Urdu writers
Sajjad Zaheer
Ahmed Ali
M. D. Taseer
Hajrah Begum
Rashid Jahan
Razia Sajjad Zaheer
Abdul Aleem
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Majaz
Ahmad Faraz
Ismat Chughtai
Saadat Hasan Manto
Kaifi Azmi
Jan Nisar Akhtar
Shamim Karhani
Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi
Josh Malihabadi
Sahir Ludhianvi
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum
Ali Sardar Jafri
Akhtar ul Iman
Majnun Gorakhpuri
Firaq Gorakhpuri
Sibte Hassan
Habib Jalib
Ale Ahmad Suroor
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Akhtar Husain
Fikr Taunsvi
Habib Tanvir
Salma Siddiqui
Krishan Chander
Khatir Ghaznavi
Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
Sulaiman Areeb
Hameed Akhtar
Shaukat Siddiqui
Salaam Machhalishahari
Aziz Qaisi
Khawar Rizvi
Hajra Masroor
K. A. Abbas
Mohiuddin Qadri Zore
English writers
Mulk Raj Anand
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya
Bengali writers
Somen Chanda
Pramod Ranjan Sengupta
Bishnu Dey
Punjabi writers
Amrita Pritam
Ahmad Rahi
Hindi writers
Premchand
Kashmiri writers
Rehman Rahi
Dinanath Nadim
Marathi writers
Mama Varerkar
Notable works
Angarey
Atish Paray
Twilight in Delhi
Manto Ke Afsanay
Dhuan
Related Organisations
Communist Party of India
Indian People's Theatre Association
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Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987)[2] was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist in Urdu, Hindi and English.
He won four National Film Awards in India. Internationally, his films won the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm Grand Prize) at Cannes Film Festival (out of three Palme d'Or nominations) and the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. As a director and screenwriter, he is considered one of the pioneers of Indian parallel or neo-realistic cinema.[3]
As a director, he made Hindustani films. Dharti Ke Lal (1946), about the Bengal famine of 1943, which was one of Indian cinema's first social-realist films,[3] and opened up the overseas market for Indian films in the Soviet Union.[4]Pardesi (1957) was nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shehar Aur Sapna (1963) won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, while Saat Hindustani (1969) and Do Boond Pani (1972) both won the National Film Awards for Best Feature Film on National Integration.
As a screenwriter, he wrote a number of neo-realistic films, such as Dharti Ke Lal (which he directed),[3]Neecha Nagar (1946) which won the Palme d'Or at the first Cannes Film Festival, Naya Sansar (1941), Jagte Raho (1956), and Saat Hindustani (which he also directed). He is also known for writing Raj Kapoor's films, including the Palme d'Or-nominated Awaara (1951), as well as Shree 420 (1955), Mera Naam Joker (1970), Bobby (1973) and Henna (1991).[5]
His column 'Last Page' was one of the longest-running newspaper columns in the history of Indian journalism. It began in 1935, in The Bombay Chronicle, and moved to the Blitz after the Chronicle's closure, where it continued until his death in 1987.[6] He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1969.
In total, his works include 74 books, 90 short stories, 3000 journalistic articles and 40 films.[7]
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^"Death anniversary of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas today". Samaa.tv. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ abcRajadhyaksha, Ashish (2016). Indian Cinema: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 9780191034770.
^"With love from India to Russia". Russia Beyond. 22 October 2009.
^K. A. Abbas – Films as writer:, Films as director: filmreference.com
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^Krishnankutty, Pia (7 June 2020). "Writer, filmmaker, journalist — Khwaja Ahmad Abbas was master of all trades". The Print.
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