Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist in

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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and English. He won four National Film Awards in India. Internationally, his films won the

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(

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Grand Prize) at

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(out of three Palme d'Or nominations) and the

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. As a director and screenwriter, he is considered one of the pioneers of Indian parallel or neo-realistic cinema. As a director, he made

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films. ''

Dharti Ke Lal ''Dharti Ke Lal'' ( ''Children of the Earth'') is a 1946 Hindustani film, the first directorial venture of the noted film director Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (K. A. Abbas). It was jointly written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Bijon Bhattacharya, based on p ...

'' (1946), about the

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, was one of

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's first social-realist films, and opened up the overseas market for Indian films in the

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. '' Pardesi'' (1957) was nominated for the Palme d'Or. ''

Shehar Aur Sapna ''Shehar Aur Sapna'' () is 1963 Hindi film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, about a young couple searching in vain for a home of their own in a metropolis, amidst the backdrop of rapidly developing city, and the many who flocked to it in hope for ...

'' (1963) won the

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, while ''

Saat Hindustani ''Saat Hindustani'' () is a 1969 Indian action film written and directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. The film portrays the heroic story of seven Indians who attempt to liberate Goa from the Portuguese colonial rule. The cast included Madhu, Utp ...

'' (1969) and ''

Do Boond Pani ''Do Boond Pani'' (meaning: Two Drops of Water) is a 1971 Hindi social drama film produced and directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. Made under the "Naya Sansar" banner; the story, screenplay and dialogues were by K. A. Abbas, with additional dialogue ...

'' (1972) both won the National Film Awards for

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. As a screenwriter, he wrote a number of neo-realistic films, such as ''Dharti Ke Lal'' (which he directed), ''

Neecha Nagar ''Neecha Nagar'' () is a 1946 Indian Hindi-language film, directed by Chetan Anand, written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Hayatullah Ansari, and produced by Rashid Anwar and A.Halim. It was a pioneering effort in social realism in Indian cinema an ...

'' (1946) which won the Palme d'Or at the first Cannes Film Festival, ''Naya Sansar'' (1941), ''

Jagte Raho ''Jagte Raho'' () is a 1956 Bollywood/ Bengali film, directed by Amit Maitra and Sombhu Mitra, written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and produced by and starring Raj Kapoor. The film centers on the trials of a poor villager (Kapoor) who comes to a ...

'' (1956), and ''

'' (which he also directed). He is also known for writing Raj Kapoor's films, including the Palme d'Or-nominated ''

Awaara ''Awaara'', also written ''Awāra'', ur, , Āvārā, group=n, name=HindiUrdu and known overseas as ''The Vagabond'', is a 1951 Indian Hindi crime drama film, produced and directed by Raj Kapoor, and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. It stars Ra ...

'' (1951), as well as ''

Shree 420 ''Shree 420'' (also spelled as ''Shri 420''; ) is a 1955 Indian Hindi comedy-drama film directed and produced by Raj Kapoor from a story written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas whose use of Shree with the negative connotations of 420 caused controversy. ...

'' (1955), ''

Mera Naam Joker ''Mera Naam Joker'' () is a 1970 Indian Hindi romance drama film, directed, edited and produced by Raj Kapoor under his banner R. K. Films, and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. The film stars Raj Kapoor as the eponymous character, with his son ...

'' (1970), ''

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'' (1973) and ''

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'' (1991).K. A. Abbas – Films as writer:, Films as director:
filmreference.com His column ‘Last Page’ was one of the longest-running newspaper columns in the history of Indian journalism. It began in 1935, in ''

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'', and moved to the ''

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'' after the ''Chronicles closure, where it continued until his death in 1987. He was awarded the

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by the

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in 1969.

Biography

Early life and education

Abbas was born in

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, Undivided Punjab. He was born in the home of

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, a student of

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. His grandfather Khwaja Gulam Abbas was one of the chief rebels of the

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movement, and the first martyr of

to be blown from the mouth of a cannon. Abbas's father Ghulam-Us-Sibtain graduated from Aligarh Muslim University, was a tutor of a prince and a businessman, who modernised the preparation of Unani medicines. Abbas's mother, Masroor Khatoon, was the daughter of Sajjad Husain, an educator. Abbas attended Hali Muslim High School, which was established by his great grandfather, Hali. He was instructed to read the Arabic text of the Quran and matriculated at the age of fifteen. He gained a

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degree in English literature in 1933 and a

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degree in 1935 from

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Career

After leaving university, Abbas began his career as a journalist at the ''National Call'', a New Delhi-based newspaper. Later while studying law in 1934, started ''Aligarh Opinion''. He joined ''

'' in 1935 as a political correspondent and later became a film critic for the newspaper. He entered films as a part-time publicist for

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in 1936, a production house owned by

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and

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, to whom he sold his first screenplay ''

Naya Sansar Naya Sansar ("New World") is a 1941 Indian Hindustani-language film on radical journalism, directed by reporter turned director, N. R. Acharya (1909–1993), and written by a journalist himself, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, who started his film career wit ...

'' (1941). While at ''The Bombay Chronicle'', (1935–1947), he started a weekly column called 'Last Page', which he continued when he joined the Blitz magazine. "The Last Page", (‘Azad Kalam’ in the Urdu edition), became the longest-running political column in India's history (1935–87). A collection of these columns was later published as two books. He continued to write for The Blitz and Mirror till his last days. Meanwhile, he had started writing scripts for other directors, ''

'' for Chetan Anand and ''

Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani ''Dr. Kotnis ki Amar Kahani'' ( en, The eternal tale of Dr. Kotnis) is a 1946 Indian film in Hindustani as well as English, written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and directed by V. Shantaram. The English version was titled ''The Journey of Dr. Kotni ...

'' for V. Shantaram. In 1945, he made his directorial debut with a film based on the

, ''

'' (''Children of the Earth'') for the

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( IPTA). In 1951, he founded his own production company called Naya Sansar, which consistently produced films that were socially relevant including, ''Anhonee'', ''Munna'', ''Rahi'' (1953), based on a

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story, was on the plight of workers on tea plantations, the

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winner, ''

'' (1964) and ''

'' (1969), which won the

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and is also remembered as

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icon

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's debut film. He wrote the story for the controversial themed film in 1974

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starring Zahera. Abbas wrote 73 books in English, Hindi and Urdu and was considered a leading light of the Urdu short story. His best known fictional work remains 'Inquilab', which made him a household name in Indian literature. Like Inquilab, many of his works were translated into many Indian, and foreign languages, like Russian, German, Italian, French and Arabic. Abbas interviewed several renowned personalities in literary and non-literary fields, including the Russian Prime Minister Khrushchov, American President Roosevelt, Charlie Chaplin, Mao-Tse-Tung and Yuri Gagarin. He went on to write scripts for

, and prominent

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films including ''

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'' and ''

''. His autobiography, ''I Am not an Island: An Experiment in Autobiography'', was published in 1977 and again in 2010.

Censorship case

In 1968, Abbas made a documentary film called ''Char Shaher Ek Kahani'' (A Tale of Four Cities). The film depicted the contrast between the luxurious life of the rich in the four cities of

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and

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and that of the squalor and poverty of the poor. He approached the

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to obtain a 'U' (Unrestricted Public Exhibition) certificate. Abbas was however informed by the regional office of the

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that film was not eligible to be granted a 'U' certificate but was suitable for exhibition only for adults. His appeal to the revising committee of the

led to the decision of the censors being upheld. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas further appealed to the

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but the government decided to grant the film a 'U' certificate provided certain scenes were cut. Following this, Abbas approached the

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by filing a

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under Article 19(1) of the

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. He claimed that his

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of free speech and expression was denied by the

's refusal to grant the film a 'U' certificate. Abbas also challenged the constitutional validity of pre-censorship on films. However the

upheld the constitutional validity pre-censorship on films.

Awards and honours

Films

* 1942:

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: Best Screenplay: ''

'' (1941) * 1946: Wrote screenplay for ''

'', which became the only Indian film to win the

(Golden Palm) at the

. * 1951: Wrote screenplay for ''

'', which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. * 1956: Wrote screenplay for ''

'', which won the

Grand Prix at the

in 1957, and the Certificate of Merit at the fourth National Film Awards. *

1958 Cannes Film Festival The 11th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 18 May 1958. The Palme d'Or went to the '' Letyat zhuravli'' by Mikhail Kalatozov. Jury The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1958 competition: Feature films * Marcel Achard (F ...

: '' Pardesi'' nominated for

(Golden Palm) *

1960 It is also known as the " Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * J ...

: All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Children's Film – ''Idd Mubarak'' * 1964:

: ''

'' * 1964: Maharashtra State Award: ''Fakira'' * 1965: International Film Festival Awards at Santa Barbara, USA: ''Hamara Ghar'' * 1966: Jury Member:

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* 1970:

at National Film Awards: ''

'' * 1972:

at National Film Awards: ''

'' * 1980: Gold Award for direction: ''

The Naxalites ''The Naxalites'' is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Smita Patil, Dina Pathak, Jalal Agha, Bijaya Jena, Imtiaz and Nana Palsikar Plot ''The Naxalites'' is the story of Naxalite–M ...

Literary

Haryana State Robe of Honour for literary achievements in 1969, the Ghalib Award for his contribution to Urdu prose literature in 1983 Vorosky Literary Award of the Soviet Union in 1984, Urdu Akademi Delhi Special Award 1984, Maharashtra State Urdu Akademi Award in 1985 and the Soviet Award for his contribution to the cause of Indo-Soviet Friendship in 1985.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1941) – Screenplay, Story * ''

'' (1946) – Screenwriter, director, producer * ''

'' (1946) – Screenwriter, Story * ''

'' (1946) – Screenwriter * '' Aaj Aur Kal'' (1947) – Director * '' Awara'' (1951) – Screenwriter, Dialogue * '' Anhonee'' (1952) – Screenwriter, Dialogue, Story, director, producer * '' Rahi'' 1953 – Director * '' Munna'' (1954) – Screenwriter, director, producer * ''

'' (1955) – Screenwriter, Dialogue, Story * ''

'' (1956) – Screenwriter * '' Pardesi'' (1957)– Screenwriter, director * ''

Char Dil Char Rahen ''Char Dil Char Rahen'' (English title: ''Four Hearts, Four Roads'') is a 1959 Hindi film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and starring two big stars of the era, real-life brothers Shammi Kapoor and Raj Kapoor. The movie is based on a novel of t ...

'' (1959) – Screenwriter, Dialogue, director * ''Eid Mubarak'' (1960) Documentary / Short – Director * ''Gir Game Sanctuary'' (1961) Documentary – Director * ''Flight to Assam'' (1961) – Director * ''

Gyara Hazar Ladkian ''Gyara Hazar Ladkian'' (Eleven Thousand Girls) is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language romantic social drama film directed by K. A. Abbas. The film was co-produced by the poet Ali Sardar Jafri, who also helped co-write the story with Abbas. Produced ...

'' (1962) – Director * ''Teen Gharaney'' (1963) – Director * ''

'' (1964) – Director, screenwriter * ''Hamara Ghar'' (1964) – Director * ''Tomorrow Shall Be Better'' (1965) Documentary – Director * ''

Aasman Mahal ''Aasman Mahal'' () is a 1965 Hindi social family drama film directed by K. A. Abbas. Produced for the "Naya Sansar" banner, its story was written by Abbas, and the cinematographer was Ramchandra. The script and dialogues were by Inder Raj Anand. ...

'' (1965) – Director * ''

Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein ''Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein'' () is a 1967 suspense crime-thriller Hindi film written, produced and directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. The film starred Vimal Ahuja, Surekha, David, Irshad Panjatan, A. K. Hangal, Madhukar, Kuljit Pal and debutantes ...

'' (1967) – Writer, director, producer * ''Dharti Ki Pukaar'' (1967) Short Film – Director * ''Chaar Shaher Ek Kahani'' (1968) Documentary – Director * ''

'' (1969) – Director, producer * ''

'' (1970) – Screenwriter, Story * ''

'' (1971) – Director * ''Bharat Darshan'' (1972) Documentary - Director * ''Luv Kush'' (1972) Short film - Director * ''

'' (1973) – Screenwriter, Story * ''Kal Ki Baat'' (1973) Short Film – Director *

(1973) - Story and Screenplay * '' Achanak'' (1973) – Screenwriter * ''Juhu'' (1973) (TV) – Director * ''

Faslah ''Faslah'' is a 1974 Bollywood drama film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. The film stars Raman Khanna. Cast *Raman Khanna as Gautam Swarup Chandra *Shabana Azmi as Asha Premchand *Nadira as Mrs. Sonachand * Paintal *Yunus Parvez as Editor *P. ...

'' (1974) – Director, producer * ''Papa Miya of Aligarh'' (1975) Documentary – Director * ''Phir Bolo Aaye Sant Kabir'' (1976) Documentary – Director * ''Dr. Iqbal'' (1978) – Documentary – Director * ''

'' (1980) – Screenwriter, director * ''Hindustan Hamara'' (1983) Documentary / Short – Director * ''Love in Goa'' (1983) – Screenwriter * ''Nanga Fakir'' (1984) (TV) – Director * ''

Ek Aadmi Ek Aadmi is 1988 Hindi language movie directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, starring Shabana Azmi, Parikshat Sahni Parikshit Sahni (born 1 January 1944) is an Indian actor who is known for playing the lead in TV series Barrister Vinod, '' Gul Gu ...

'' (1988) – Director * ''Akanksha'' (1989) (TV) – Dialogue, Screenplay * ''

'' (1991) – Story

Books

His books in English, Urdu and Hindi include: including: * ''Outside India: The Adventures of a Roving Reporter'', Hali Pub. House, Delhi, 1939. * ''An Indian looks at America'' (The Rampart library of good reading), 1943. * ''An Indian looks at America'', Thacker, Bombay, 1943. * ''Tomorrow is ours! A novel of the India of Today''; Bombay, Popular Book Depot, 1943. * "Let India fight for freedom", Bombay, ''Sound'' magazine (Publication dept.), 1943. * ''Defeat for death: A story without names'', Padmaja Publications 1944. * "...and One Did Not Come Back!", ''Sound'' magazine, 1944 * ''A report to Gandhiji: A survey of Indian and world events during the 21 months of Gandhiji's incarceration'', 1944 * ''Invitation to Immortality'': a one-act play, Bombay: Padma Pub., 1944. * ''Not all Lies''. Delhi: Rajkamal Pub., 1945. * ''Blood and stones and other stories''. Bombay: Hind Kitabs, 1947 * ''Rice and other stories'', Kutub, 1947 * ''Kashmir fights for freedom'', 1948 * ''I Write as I Feel'', Hind Kitabs, Bombay, 1948 * ''Cages of freedom and other stories'', Bombay, Hind Kitabs Ltd., 1952. * ''China can make it: Eye-witness account of the amazing industrial progress in new China'', 1952. * ''In the Image of Mao Tse-Tung'', Peoples Publishing House, 1953 * ''INQILAB. First Great Novel of the Indian Revolution'',

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, 1958 * ''Face To Face with Khrushchov'', Rajpal & Sons, 1960 * ''Till We Reach the Stars. The Story of Yuri Gagarin'', Asia Pub. House, 1961 * ''The Black sun and Other stories'',

, 1963. * ''Raat ki bahon mein'', Hindi, Radhakr̥ishṇa Prakashan, 1965. * ''Indira Gandhi; return of the red rose'', Hind Pocket Books, New Delhi, 1966. * ''Divided heart'', Paradise Publications, 1968 * ''When Night Falls'', 1968. * ''Chabili'', Hindi, Allahabad, Mitra Prakashan, 1968. * ''The most beautiful woman in the world'', Paradise Publications, 1968 * ''Salma aur Samundar'', Urdu/Hindi, New Delhi, Komala Pocket Books, 1969. * ''Mera Naam Joker'', 1970 * ''Maria'', Delhi, Hind Pocket Books, 1971. * ''Teen Pahiye'', Urdu/Hindi, Delhi, Rajpal & Sons, 1971. * ''Bobby'', Urdu/Hindi, 1973 * ''Boy meets Girl'', Sterling Publishers, 1973 * ''That Woman: Her Seven Years in Power''; New Delhi, Indian Book Co., 1973 * ''Jawaharlal Nehru: Portrait of an integrated Indian''; New Delhi, NCERT, 1974. * ''Fasilah", Urud/Hindi, Hind Pocket Books, Delhi, 1974 * ''Distant dream, New Delhi'', Sterling Pub., 1975. * ''The walls of glass'': A novel, 1977 * ''Barrister-at-law: A play about the early life of Mahatma Gandhi'', New Delhi, Orient Paperbacks, 1977. * ''Men and women: Specially selected long and short stories'', 1977 * ''Mad, mad, mad world of Indian films'', 1977 * ''I Am not an Island: An Experiment in Autobiography'', New Delhi, 1977. * ''Four Friends'', Arnold-Heinemann, New Delhi, 1977. * ''20 March 1977: a day like any other day'', Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, 1978. * ''Janata in a jam?'', 1978. * ''The Naxalites'', Lok Publications, 1979. * ''Bread, beauty, and revolution: being a chronological selection from the Last pages, 1947 to 1981'', Marwah Publications, New Delhi, 1982. * ''Nili Sari aur Doosri Kahaniyan̲'', Urdu, Maktabah-e-Jamia, New Delhi, 1982. * ''The gun and other stories'', Arnold-Heinemann, New Delhi, 1985. * ''The Thirteenth Victim,'' Amar Prakashan, 1986. * ''The World Is My Village: A Novel With An Index, Ajanta, 1984. * ''Bombay My Bombay: A Love Story of the City'', Ajanta Publications/Ajanta Books International, 1987. * ''Indira Gandhi: The Last Post''; Bombay, Ramdas G. Bhatkal, 1989 * ''Defeat for death: a story without names''. Baroda: Padmaja Pub., 1994 * ''How Films Are Made'', National Book Trust, 1999, * ''Soney Chandi ke Butt'', Urdu, Alhamra, 2001, * ''For detailed listing'' :

Books on Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

* Ahmad Hasib, ''The Novels of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas'', Seema. 1987 * Hemendra Singh Chandalia, ''Ethos of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, novelist, film-maker, and journalist: A study in social realism'', Bohra Prakashan (1996) * Raj Narain Raz, ''Khawaja Ahmed Abbas-Ifkar''. Guftar, Kirdar,

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* Vasudev and Lenglet, eds., ''Indian Cinema Super-bazaar'', Vikas, New Delhi, 1978.

Articles on Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

* Dr. R.G. Mathapati
"Abbas: An Island"
* ''Indian Film Culture'' (New Delhi), no. 4, September 1964. * ''Film World'', vol. 1, no. 10, October 1978. * Ghish, S., "K. A. Abbas: A Man in Tune with History", ''Screen'' (Bombay), 19 June 1987.

in ''Jump Cut'' (Berkeley, California), no. 33, February 1988.

''The Dawn'', 13 October 2002. * Shoba S. Rajgopal

* ''Ismat Chughtai'', "Bachu", Urdu * V. P. Sathe, "K.A. Abbas, The Crusader", ''Filmfare'', 16–30 June 1987

References

Cited sources

* * * S. Ghosh, "K. A. Abbas: A Man in Tune with History", ''Screen'' (Bombay), 19 June 1987, p. 14. * ''Dictionary of Films'' (Berkeley: U. of CA Press, 1977), p. 84. * Shyamala A. Narayan, ''The Journal of Commonwealth Literature'', 1 1976; vol. 11: pp. 82 – 94. * Ravi Nandan Sinha, ''Essays on Indian Literature in English''. Jaipur, Book Enclave, 2002, ch. 7.

External links

*
K.A. Abbas at Film Reference

Filmography – NY Times
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