Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
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 (Golden Palm Grand Prize) at Cannes Film Festival (out of three nominations) and the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. As a director and screenwriter, he is considered one of the pioneers of Indian parallel or neo-realistic cinema.
As a director, he made Hindustani films. (1946), about the Bengal famine of 1943, which was one of Indian cinema's first social-realist films, and opened up the overseas market for Indian films in the Soviet Union. ''Pardesi'' (1957) was nominated for the . ''Shehar Aur Sapna'' (1963) won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, while ''Saat Hindustani'' (1969) and ''Do Boond Pani'' (1972) both won the National Film Awards for Best Feature Film on National Integration.
As a screenwriter, he wrote a number of neo-realistic films, such as (which he directed), (1946) which won the at the first Cannes Film Festival, ''Naya Sansar'' (1941), ''Jagte Raho'' (1956), and ''Saat Hindustani'' (which he also directed). He is also known for writing Raj Kapoor's films, including the -nominated ''Awaara'' (1951), as well as ''Shree 420'' (1955), ''Mera Naam Joker'' (1970), ''Bobby'' (1973) and ''Henna'' (1991).
His column 'Last Page' was one of the longest-running newspaper columns in the history of Indian journalism. It began in 1935, in ''The Bombay Chronicle'', and moved to the ''Blitz'' after the ''Chronicle'''s closure, where it continued until his death in 1987. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1969.
In total, his works include 74 books, 90 short stories, 3000 journalistic articles and 40 films. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1973New Delhi, Indian Book Co. [1973]234 p. 22 cm. -
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Published 1977Delhi : Hind Pocket Books, 1977.189 p. ; 19 cm. -
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Published 1982New Delhi : Marwah Publications, 1982.xvi, 349 p. ; 22 cm. -
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Published 1971[1971]141 p. 19 cm. -
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Published 1970[Delhi] Hind Pocket Books [1970]222 p. 18 cm. -
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Published 1949[Cochin] : Janaśakti Pṟasiddhīkaraṇaṃ, 1949.iv, 39 p. ; 19 cm. -
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Published 1977New Delhi : Himalaya Books, 1977.92 p. ; 22 cm. -
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Published 1944Bombay : Padma Publications, 1944.39 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. -
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Published 1945Dillī : Pragati Prakāśana, [between 1945 and 1953]148 p. ; 19 cm. -
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Published 1977New Delhi : India Paperbacks, 1977.350 p. ; 18 cm. -
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Published 1969[1969]160 p. 17 cm. -
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Published 1953Ilāhābāda : Nīlābha Prakāśana Grha, 1953.101 p. ; 18 cm. -
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Published 1973[New Delhi] Sterling Publishers [1973]145 p. 18 cm. -
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Published 1943Bombay : Thacker & Co., 1943.84 p. ; 18 cm. -
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Published 1946Beṅgaḷūru : Pracalita Sāhitya, 1946.1 online resource (vi, 113 pages)Center for Research Libraries
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Published 1977New Delhi : Vikas Pub. House, c1977.x, 551 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. -
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Published 1977[1977]139 p. ; 19 cm. -
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Published 1976Bambaʼī : Nayā Sansār Pablisharz, 1976.569 p. ; 23 cm. -
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Published 1976Naʼī Dihlī : Bīsvīṉ Ṣaddī, [1976 or 1977]108 p. ; 18 cm. -
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Published 1982Na'ī Dihlī : Maktabah-yi Jāmiʻah, 1982.112 p. ; 19 cm.