Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, also known as K. A. Abbas, was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and a journalist in the Urdu, Hindi and English languages.
Saat Hindustani (1969)
A woman awaiting surgery recalls her life as a revolutionary along with seven other countrymen. (more)
A woman awaiting surgery recalls her life as a revolutionary along with seven other countrymen. (more)
Journey Beyond Three Seas
(1957)
This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the trade way from Europe to India. The film is based on Nikitin’s travel notes. Starring in the film are popular Russian ... (more)
This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the trade way from Europe to India. The film is based on Nikitin’s travel notes. Starring in the film are popular Russian ... (more)
Notes for a Film in India (1968)
A 1968 short documentary film by Pier Paolo Pasolini where he visits India in the search of a king who could give up his body to feed a starving tiger. (more)
A 1968 short documentary film by Pier Paolo Pasolini where he visits India in the search of a king who could give up his body to feed a starving tiger. (more)
Faslah (1974)
Gautam is a man who loves a woman but is crushed when he sees her with someone else. In his fit of rage, he accidentally kills a child. Will this turn of events change his life completely? (more)
Gautam is a man who loves a woman but is crushed when he sees her with someone else. In his fit of rage, he accidentally kills a child. Will this turn of events change his life completely? (more)
Anhonee
(1952)
An impoverished advocate faces challenges after he falls in love with a wealthy woman who has a look-alike courtesan sister. (more)
An impoverished advocate faces challenges after he falls in love with a wealthy woman who has a look-alike courtesan sister. (more)
Two Drops of Water (1971)
Ganga Singh (Jalal Agha), newly married to Gauri (Simi Garewal), brings his wife to his village where he lives with his father Hari Singh (Sajjan), and sister Sonki (Madhu Chanda). The village is suffering from drought and villagers have to travel a long distance ... (more)
Ganga Singh (Jalal Agha), newly married to Gauri (Simi Garewal), brings his wife to his village where he lives with his father Hari Singh (Sajjan), and sister Sonki (Madhu Chanda). The village is suffering from drought and villagers have to travel a long distance ... (more)
Shehar Aur Sapna (1961)
The film was based on Abbas's own story, One Thousand Nights on a Bed of Stones, which describes the struggle in the life of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid industrialization. (more)
The film was based on Abbas's own story, One Thousand Nights on a Bed of Stones, which describes the struggle in the life of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid industrialization. (more)
Dharti Ke Lal (1946)
Based on plays by Bhattacharya and the story Annadata by Krishan Chander (more)
Based on plays by Bhattacharya and the story Annadata by Krishan Chander (more)
Char Dil Char Rahen
(1959)
1959 film starring Raj Kapoor, Ajit and Shammi Kapoor (more)
1959 film starring Raj Kapoor, Ajit and Shammi Kapoor (more)
The Naxalites (1980)
A dramatized account of the Naxalite movement, focusing on the average Indians who join the movement from various walks of life and from various regions, backgrounds, faiths, etc. (more)
A dramatized account of the Naxalite movement, focusing on the average Indians who join the movement from various walks of life and from various regions, backgrounds, faiths, etc. (more)
Dr Mohammad Iqbal (1978)
A film is about the great Urdu poet, Mohammad Iqbal. He is reminisced by his son Justice Javed Iqbal, who says, "The centenary of AllamaIqbal, my father, which is being celebrated in India and Pakistan shows how his memory is still held in the two countries." ... (more)
A film is about the great Urdu poet, Mohammad Iqbal. He is reminisced by his son Justice Javed Iqbal, who says, "The centenary of AllamaIqbal, my father, which is being celebrated in India and Pakistan shows how his memory is still held in the two countries." ... (more)
Rahi (1953)
After leaving British Army Ramesh joins a tea plantation as a supervisor, where he is required to harass Indians. Gradually his heart changes and falls in love with local girl and revolts against his British employer. (more)
After leaving British Army Ramesh joins a tea plantation as a supervisor, where he is required to harass Indians. Gradually his heart changes and falls in love with local girl and revolts against his British employer. (more)
Bombay In The Night's Embrace (1967)
A news reporter becomes a suspect after a robbery and a homicide aboard an aircraft. (more)
A news reporter becomes a suspect after a robbery and a homicide aboard an aircraft. (more)
Eleven Thousand Girls (1962)
Gyara Hazar Ladkian is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language romantic social drama film directed by K. A. Abbas. The film was co-produced by the poet Ali Sardar Jafri, who also helped co-write the story with Abbas. Produced under the Film Friends banner, it had music by N. ... (more)
Gyara Hazar Ladkian is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language romantic social drama film directed by K. A. Abbas. The film was co-produced by the poet Ali Sardar Jafri, who also helped co-write the story with Abbas. Produced under the Film Friends banner, it had music by N. ... (more)