Khoja Ahmad Abbas [1] ( English Khwaja Ahmad Abbas , commonly known as KA Abbas ; June 7, 1914 , Panipat - June 1, 1987 , Bombay ) is an Indian writer, producer, screenwriter, film director and journalist. Creator of such famous Indian films as “Seven Indians” and “A Thousand Nights on a Bed of Stone”. It is considered one of the pioneers of Indian parallel or neo-realistic cinema [2] .
| Khoja Ahmad Abbas | |
|---|---|
| English Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Hindi ख़्वाजा अहमद अब्बास Urdu خواجه احمد عباس | |
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| Date of Birth | June 7, 1914 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | June 1, 1987 (72 years old) |
| Place of death | |
| Citizenship (citizenship) | |
| Occupation | filmmaker screenwriter writer journalist |
| Years of creativity | 1934-1987 |
| Language of Works | urdu Hindi English |
| Awards | |
He wrote in Urdu and English. Participated in the Indian national liberation movement. He was a member of the World Peace Council .
In 1969 he was awarded the Padma Sri Prize.
As a writer, he became famous for the dilogy of the novels Revolution (1954) and Peace is My Village (1973).
The films “ Ability ” (1951), “ Mr. 420 ” (1956) were shot based on Abbas’s screenplays. Together with the Soviet director V. M. Pronin, he directed the film “ Walking Over Three Seas ” (1958).
Content
Movies
| Year | Russian name | original name | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | f | New world | Naya sansar | Screenwriter |
| 1943 | f | Naya tarana | Screenwriter | |
| 1946 | f | City in the Valley | Neecha nagar | Screenwriter |
| 1946 | f | Children of the earth | Dharti ke lal | Screenwriter Producer, Producer |
| 1946 | f | The immortal journey of Dr. Kotnis | Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani | Screenwriter |
| 1947 | f | Real and Powdered | Aaj aur kal | Producer Screenwriter |
| 1951 | f | Tramp | Awaara | Screenwriter |
| 1952 | f | Incredible event | Anhonee | Screenwriter Producer Producer |
| 1953 | f | Traveler | Rahi | Producer Producer |
| 1954 | f | Moon | Munna | Screenwriter Producer Producer |
| 1955 | f | Mr. 420 | Shree 420 | Screenwriter |
| 1956 | f | Watch out! | Jagte raho | Screenwriter |
| 1957 | f | Walking Over Three Seas | Pardesi | Producer Screenwriter |
| 1958 | f | Zindagi ya toofan | Screenwriter | |
| 1959 | f | Naya sansar | Screenwriter | |
| 1959 | f | Satta bazaar | Screenwriter | |
| 1959 | f | Four roads | Char dil char rahen | Producer Screenwriter |
| 1960 | dock | Eid mubarak | Producer | |
| 1961 | dock | Gir game sanctuary | Producer | |
| 1962 | f | Gyarah Hazaar Ladkiyan | Producer | |
| 1963 | dock | Teen gharaney | Producer | |
| 1963 | f | A thousand nights on a bed of stone | Shehar aur sapna | Producer Screenwriter |
| 1964 | f | tour. Avare | Screenwriter | |
| 1964 | f | Hamara ghar | Producer | |
| 1965 | dock | Tomorrow Shall Be Better | Producer | |
| 1965 | dock | Bharat katha | Producer | |
| 1965 | f | Aasman mahal | Producer | |
| 1967 | dock | Dharti ki pukaar | Producer | |
| 1968 | dock | Chaar Shaher Ek Kahani | Producer | |
| 1968 | f | Dream seller | Sapnon ka saudagar | Screenwriter |
| 1968 | f | Bombay in the arms of the night | Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein | Producer Producer Screenwriter |
| 1969 | f | Seven Indians | Saat hindustani | Producer Producer Screenwriter |
| 1970 | f | My name is Clown | Mera Naam Joker | Screenwriter |
| 1971 | f | Two drops of water | Do boond pani | Producer Screenwriter |
| 1972 | dock | Bharat darshan | Producer | |
| 1972 | core | Luv kush | Producer | |
| 1972 | f | Life, life | Zindagi zindagi | Screenwriter |
| 1972 | f | Black Mountain | Original name unknown | Screenwriter Narrator (cameo) |
| 1973 | f | Bobby | Bobby | Screenwriter |
| 1973 | dock | Kal Ki Baat | Producer | |
| 1973 | f | Major | Achanak | Screenwriter |
| 1973 | tf | Juhu | Producer | |
| 1974 | f | Distance | Faslah | Producer Producer Screenwriter |
| 1975 | dock | Papa miya of aligarh | Producer | |
| 1976 | dock | Phir Bolo Aaye Sant Kabir | Producer | |
| 1978 | dock | Dr. Iqbal | Producer | |
| 1980 | f | Naxalites | The naxalites | Producer Screenwriter Producer |
| 1981 | f | Mahfil | Screenwriter | |
| 1983 | dock | Hindustan hamara | Producer | |
| 1983 | f | Love in goa | Screenwriter | |
| 1984 | tf | Nanga fakir | Producer | |
| 1987 | f | Mr. X | Producer Screenwriter | |
| 1988 | f | One man | Ek Aadmi | Producer |
| 1989 | tf | Akanksha | Screenwriter | |
| 1991 | f | Henna | Henna | Screenwriter |
Books
- 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 , Jaico Publishing House, 1958
- Face To Face with Khrushchov , Rajpal & Sons, 1960
- Till We Reach the Stars. The Story of Yuri Gagarin , Asia Pub. House, l961
- The Black sun and Other stories , Jaico Pub. House, 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 , Hindi, New Delhi, Komala Pocket Books, 1969.
- Mera Naam Joker , 1970
- Maria , Delhi, Hind Pocket Books, 1971.
- Teen Pahiye , Hindi, Delhi, Rajpal & Sons, 1971.
- Bobby , 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.
- Faṣilah, 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.
- 20th 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. ISBN 81-202-0104-3
- Bombay My Bombay: A Love Story of the City , Ajanta Publications / Ajanta Books International, 1987. ISBN 81-202-0174-4
- 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, ISBN 81-237-1103-4
- Soney Chandi ke Butt , Urdu, Alhamra, 2001, ISBN 969-516-074-3
- Detailed list see
Literature
Books about Hodge Abbas
- Arkhipov U.M., Ismailova N.R. Khoja Ahmad Abbas. Tashkent, 1983
- 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, Haryana Urdu Akademi [3]
- Vasudev and Lenglet, eds., Indian Cinema Super-bazaar , Vikas, New Delhi, 1978.
Articles about Hodge Abbas
- Dr. RG Mathapati, "Abbas: An Island"
- Indian Film Culture (New Delhi), no. 4, September 1964.
- Film World , vol. 1, no. October 10, 1978.
- Ghish, S., “KA Abbas: A Man in Tune with History,” Screen (Bombay), June 19, 1987.
- Obituary in Jump Cut (Berkeley, California), no. 33, February 1988.
- Abbas, Communicator of repute (link not available) , The Dawn , October 13, 2002.
- Shoba S. Rajgopal, The Legacy of Ajitha
- Bollywood Film Script Writers
- S. Ghosh, “KA Abbas: A Man in Tune with History”, Screen (Bombay), June 19, 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.
Notes
- ↑ Ageenko F.L. Abbas Khoja Ahmad // Dictionary of proper names of the Russian language. Stress Pronunciation. Inflection . - M .: World and Education; Onyx, 2010 .-- S. 54 .-- 880 p. - ISBN 5-94666-588-X , 978-5-94666-588-9.
- ↑ KA Abbas - Writer - Films as Writer :, Films as Director :, Publications
- ↑ Archived copy (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 14, 2007. Archived July 23, 2004.
Links
- Khoja Ahmad Abbas on the Internet Movie Database
- KA Abbas at Film Reference
- KA Abbas- The Dawn
- Flimography - NY Times
- A profile
- A book dedicated to KA Abbas