Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

**Khwaja Ahmad Abbas** (Urdu/Punjabi: ; ) (7. jun 1914 – 1. jun 1987), poznatiji kao **K. A. Abbas**, bio je indijski književnik, novinar, filmski režiser, scenarist i producent, poznat kao jedan od začetnika pokreta "paralelne kinematografije" (Parallel Cinema) kojim se u indijski film nastojali uvesti elementi realizma i socijalne angažiranosti.

## Filmografija
 
* *[[Naya Sansar (1941 film)|Naya Sansar]]* (1941) – scenario, sinopsis
* *[[Neecha Nagar]]* (1946) – scenario
* *[[Dharti Ke Lal]]* (1946) – scenario, režija, producent
* *[[Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani]]* (1946) – scenario, sinopsis
* *[[Aaj Aur Kal (1947 film)|Aaj Aur Kal]]* (1947) – režija
* *[[Awaara|Awara]]* (1951) – scenario, dijalozi
* *[[Anhonee (1952 film)|Anhonee]]* (1952) – scenario, dijalozi, sinopsis, režija, rpoducent
* *[[Rahi (film)|Rahi]]* 1953 – režija
* *[[Munna (1954 film)|Munna]]* (1954) – scenario, režija, producent
* *[[Shree 420]]* (1955) – scenario, dijalozi, sinopsis
* *[[Jagte Raho]]* (1956) – scenario
* *[[Pardesi (1957 film)|Pardesi]]* (1957)– scenario, režija
* *[[Char Dil Char Rahen (1959)|Char Dil Char Rahen]]* (1959) – scenario, dijalozi, režija
* *Eid Mubarak* (1960) Documentary / Short – režija
* *Gir Game Sanctuary* (1961) Documentary – režija
* *Flight to Assam* (1961) – režija
* *[[Gyara Hazar Ladkian]]* (1962) – režija
* *Teen Gharaney* (1963) – režija
* *[[Shehar Aur Sapna]]* (1964) – režija, scenario
* *Hamara Ghar* (1964) – režija
* *Tomorrow Shall Be Better* (1965) dokumnetarni – režija
* *[[Aasman Mahal]]* (1965) – režija
* *[[Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein]]* (1967) - Writer, režija, producent 
* *Dharti Ki Pukaar* (1967) Short Film – režija
* *Chaar Shaher Ek Kahani* (1968) Documentary – režija
* *[[Saat Hindustani]]* (1969) – režija, producent
* *[[Mera Naam Joker]]* (1970) – scenario, sinopsis
* *[[Do Boond Pani]]* (1971) – režija 
* *Bharat Darshan* (1972) Documentary – režija
* *Luv Kush* (1972)  kratki – režija
* *[[Bobby (1973 film)|Bobby]]* (1973) – scenario, sinopsis
* *Kal Ki Baat* (1973) kratjki – režija
* *[[Achanak (1973 film)|Achanak]]* (1973) – scenario
* *Juhu* (1973) (TV) – režija
* *[[Faslah]]* (1974) – režija, producent
* *Papa Miya of Aligarh* (1975) dokumentarni – režija
* *Phir Bolo Aaye Sant Kabir* (1976) dokumentarni – režija
* *Dr. Iqbal* (1978) - dokumentarni – režija
* *[[The Naxalites]]* (1980) – scenario, režija
* *Hindustan Hamara* (1983) kratki dokumentarni – režija
* *Love in Goa* (1983) – scenario
* *Nanga Fakir* (1984) (TV) – režija
* *[[Ek Aadmi]]* (1988) – režija
* *Akanksha* (1989) (TV) – dijalozi, scenario
* *[[Henna (film)|Henna]]* (1991) – sinopsis

## Bibliogragija
* *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, 1961
* *The Black sun and Other stories*, Jaico Publishing 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*, Urdu/Hindi, New Delhi, Komala Pocket Books, 1969.
* *Mera Naam Joker*, 1970
* *Maria*, Delhi, Hind Pocket Books, 1971.
* *Teen Pahiye*, Urdu/Hindi, Delhi, Rajpal & Sons, 1971.
* *Bobby*, Urdu/Hindi, 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.
* *Fasilah", Urud/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.
* *20 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. 
* *Bombay My Bombay: A Love Story of the City*, Ajanta Publications/Ajanta Books International, 1987. 
* *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, 
* *Soney Chandi ke Butt*, Urdu, Alhamra, 2001, 
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*For detailed listing* :

## Izvori

* 
* S. Ghosh, "K. A. Abbas: A Man in Tune with History", *Screen* (Bombay), 19 June 1987, p.&nbsp;14.
* *Dictionary of Films* (Berkeley: U. of CA Press, 1977), p.&nbsp;84.
* Shyamala A. Narayan, *The Journal of Commonwealth Literature*, 1 1976; vol. 11: pp.&nbsp;82 – 94.
* Ravi Nandan Sinha, *Essays on Indian Literature in English*. Jaipur, Book Enclave, 2002, ch. 7.

## Vanjske veze
* 
* K.A. Abbas at Film Reference
* K.A. Abbas- The Dawn
* Filmography - NY Times
* A book dedicated to K A Abbas