FILM DIRECTOR

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

1914 - 1987

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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 Palme d'Or (Golden Palm Grand Prize) at Cannes Film Festival (out of three Palme d'Or 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas is the 1,232nd most popular film director (up from 1,342nd in 2019), the 760th most popular biography from India (down from 759th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 1,232 out of 2,041. Before him are Peter Del Monte, Vadim Perelman, Walter Murch, Anthony Harvey, Férid Boughedir, and Mario Mattoli. After him are Kurt Hoffmann, Monte Hellman, Jiří Weiss, Gilles Grangier, Robert Kramer, and Frank Pierson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 344. Before him are Mario Luzi, Anna Maria Ortese, John Hodiak, Harry Winter, Wendell Corey, and Ivan Jazbinšek. After him are Hamo Sahyan, Grete Mostny, Robert Alda, Kenneth More, Mircea David, and Max Stiepl. Among people deceased in 1987, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 215. Before him are Musa Gareyev, Alexis Chantraine, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Hannelore Schroth, Carlo Cassola, and Håkan Malmrot. After him are Charles Stark Draper, Marcos Calderón, Stanislav Lusk, József Kovács, William J. Casey, and Bayard Rustin.

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In India

Among people born in India, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 760 out of 1,861. Before him are Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Tiger Shroff (1990), V. K. Sasikala (1954), Sharman Joshi (1979), Harish-Chandra (1923), and Chunky Panday (1962). After him are Raj Reddy (1937), Nana Patekar (1951), Swarnakumari Devi (1855), Venkatesh (1960), Parveen Babi (1949), and Varsha Adalja (1940).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 10. Before him are Michael Radford (1946), Lindsay Anderson (1923), B. R. Chopra (1914), Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), Shyam Benegal (1934), and Dara Singh (1928). After him are S. Shankar (1963), Guru Dutt (1925), Ismail Merchant (1936), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Goutam Ghose (1950), and Tarsem Singh (1961).

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