Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
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Birthday: Jun 7, 1914
Birthplace: Panipat, Punjab, British India
Influential Bombay-based Leftist journalist turned screenwriter and later writer-producer-director. Beginning in the 1940s with screenplays for such films as "Naya Sansar/New World" (1941), (which Abbas would later adopt as the name for his own film company) and "Awara/The Vagabond" (1951), Abbas has helmed a number of social problem films since his debut. His concern for topical cultural and political issues distinguishes him in a film industry which overwhelmingly produces light, escapist entertainment, an industry that Abbas would like to see nationalized. Films which he directed as well as wrote include "Dharti Ke Lal/Children of the Earth" (1946), "The City and the Dream" (1963) and "Do Boond Pari" (1972).
Filmography
Movies
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Henna | Screenwriter | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mehfil | Writer | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Faaslah | Director | - | 1974 |
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Bobby | Writer | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Achanak | Writer | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zindagi Zindagi | Writer | - | 1972 |
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My Name Is Joker |
Writer, Screenwriter |
- | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saat Hindustani |
Director, Writer |
- | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Four Faces of India |
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
- | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Foreigner |
Director, Writer, Screenwriter |
- | 1957 |
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Jagte Raho | Screenwriter | - | 1956 |
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Shree 420 | Writer | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anhonee |
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
- | 1952 |
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Awara |
Writer, Screenwriter |
- | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani | Screenwriter | - | 1947 |