Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (Hindi: ख़्वाजा अहमद अब्बास) (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987), popularly known as K. A. Abbas, was an Indian film director, novelist, screenwriter, and a journalist in the Urdu, Hindi and English languages. He was the maker of important Hindi films such as Saat Hindustani (1969) and Do Boond Pani (1972), both of which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, Palme d'Or nominated (Cannes Film Festival) Pardesi (1957) and Shehar Aur Sapna (1963), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.As a screenwriter, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas is considered one of pioneers of Indian parallel or neo-realistic cinema, having penned films like the Palme d'Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival, Neecha Nagar (1946), Jagte Raho, Dharti Ke Lal, Awara, Saat Hindustani and Naya Sansar. Apart from this, he wrote the best of Raj Kapoor films, Awaara, Shri 420, Mera Naam Joker, Bobby and Henna.His column ‘Last Page’, holds the distinction of being one of the longest-running columns in the history of Indian journalism. The column began in 1935, in 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 in 1969, by Government of India.
Panipat, Punjab, British India (now Haryana, India)
Profession
Writer, Director, Producer
Children
Anwar Azeem
Star Sign
Gemini
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Fact
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Great grandson is actor Shahid Kapoor. ( Neelima's son).
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Grandfather of actress Neelima Azim. Neelima mother name was Khadija Azim, She had famous poets in her family. She belongs to the family of KA Abbas. Neelima father Anwar Azim, was a prominent journalist and Urdu author.
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Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1966
$6 Million
