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Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

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

Credit
No Score Yet 68% Henna Screenwriter - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mehfil Writer - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Faaslah Director - 1974
No Score Yet 75% Bobby Writer - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Achanak Writer - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zindagi Zindagi Writer - 1972
No Score Yet 85% 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
No Score Yet 82% Jagte Raho Screenwriter - 1956
No Score Yet 89% Shree 420 Writer - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Anhonee Director,
Producer,
Screenwriter
- 1952
No Score Yet 80% Awara Writer,
Screenwriter
- 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani Screenwriter - 1947