Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (usually only KA Abbas; Hindi: ख्वाजा अहमद अब्बास, Khvājā Ahamad Abbas, born June 7, 1914 in Panipat, Punjab, British India, † June 1, 1987 in Bombay, Maharashtra ) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and journalist.

Life

Abbas comes from a Muslim family from the region of Punjab, which now part of the Indian state of Haryana. He graduated in 1933 at the Aligarh Muslim University. He first worked in Delhi as a journalist for the newspaper Aligarh Opinion, 1935-1947, he worked as a film critic for the Bombay Chronicle. His political column "The Last Page " appeared from 1941 to 1986 and was the spilled longest series in an Indian newspaper.

His directorial debut was in 1946 with Abbas Dharti Ke Lal, a film of the Indian People 's Theatre Association ( IPTA ). The resulting under its co-directed the Russian- Indian Adventure ride over three seas from 1957 was nominated for the Golden Palm. The film is based on the itinerary of the Russians Afanassi Nikitin. Shehar Aur Sapna for his films (1963 ), Saat Hindustani (1969) and two drops of water (Do Boon Pani ) ( 1971) Abbas received National Film Awards. In Saat Hindustani Amitabh Bachchan made ​​his film debut in a supporting role.

Abbas wrote the screenplays for several films of Raj Kapoor, including Awaara (1951 ), Shri 420 ( 1955), Mera Naam Joker (1970) and Bobby (1973). Much of his directing credits are documentaries.

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas in 1966 was a member of the Berlinale jury.

His granddaughter Neelima Azeem and his great-grandson Shahid Kapoor is an actor.

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