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Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987) 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 ...
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas: The Writer, Thinker, Dreamer. K.A. Abbas' creative oeuvre consists of over 74 books, 100 short stories, 3000 newspaper columns in Urdu, Hindi and English and 45 films......
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas was a writer, director, and producer of Indian cinema. He was a founding member of the Progressive Writers' Association and wrote and directed films such as Saat Hindustani, Anhonee, and Pardesi.
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist in Urdu, Hindi and English.
In the 73 years that Khwaja Ahmad Abbas lived, he wrote more than 74 books; as a journalist he produced the longest running column in the history of journalism. Besides screenplays and dialogues for popular films, he also wrote plays.
Learn about Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, a versatile communicator who wrote books, stories, plays and scripts in Urdu, Hindi and English. Explore his audio interview on Indian cinema and national movement at Cambridge University.
A WhatsApp group of family and friends remembers the acclaimed writer and film director Khwaja Ahmad Abbas in June, the month of his birth and death. Read some memories and tributes to the cultural icon who influenced Indian cinema and literature.
