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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas has received more than 604,213 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas is the 1,342nd most popular film director (down from 1,322nd in 2019), the 758th most popular biography from India (down from 690th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Indian Film Director.

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

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  • 5.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Khwaja Ahmad Abbas has had the most page views in the with 89,543 views, followed by Russian (2,754), and Hindi (2,701). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (133.45%), Malagasy (107.50%), and Silesian (75.56%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 1,342 out of 2,041. Before him are Peter Medak, Kurt Neumann, Bent Hamer, William Desmond Taylor, D. A. Pennebaker, and Walter Lassally. After him are Guillermo Navarro, Howard Deutch, Michael Caton-Jones, Dennis Gansel, Scott Derrickson, and Mark Sandrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 345. Before him are Jack Parsons, Carl Foreman, Robert Alda, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Billy Eckstine, and Estelle Reiner. After him are Kay Stammers, Larry Adler, Mark Kac, Xosé María Díaz Castro, Ahmet Kireççi, and Bill Erwin. Among people deceased in 1987, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 223. Before him are George Mikes, Viola Dana, Priscilla Dean, Dennis Poore, Milt Kahl, and Elizabeth Cotten. After him are Antonio Janni, Honorino Landa, Marc Aaronson, Clementina de Jesus, Andrei Bărbulescu, and Carlos Ulrrico Cesco.

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In India

Among people born in India, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 758 out of 1,861. Before him are Nambi Narayanan (1941), A. R. Rahman (1966), Kirron Kher (1955), Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872), Sunil Gavaskar (1949), and Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907). After him are Raj Reddy (1937), Reita Faria (1943), Chandramukhi Basu (1860), Ruskin Bond (1934), Nanda (1939), and Mehmood (1932).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 11. Before him are Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), Lindsay Anderson (1923), Dara Singh (1928), Guru Dutt (1925), Ardeshir Irani (1886), and Shyam Benegal (1934). After him are Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Tarsem Singh (1961), Ismail Merchant (1936), V. Shantaram (1901), Subhash Ghai (1945), and Deepa Mehta (1950).

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Filmography

Bobby
Director
Raja is the 18-year-old son of a wealthy Bombay businessman who suffers from his parents coldness and neglect. Shortly after finishing school he meets Bobby, the 16-year-old daughter of a poor Christian fisherman. They fall head over heels for each other, but they'll need everything they have to defend their love as their families won't accept them marrying each other...
Sep 28o 19736.048 / 10
Awaara
Director
A petty thief is put on trial for the attempted murder of a lawyer. Through a series of flashbacks, the intertwining lives of the thief, the lawyer, and the thief's defense lawyer are illustrated.
Dec 14o 19517.216 / 10
Mera Naam Joker
Director
Raju faces many hurdles and disappointments in matters of the heart throughout his life. But as a clown in a circus, he tries to make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrows. Along the way, Raju loves and loses, but must always keep a smile on his face because, in the words of his circus manager, "The show must go on."
Dec 18o 19707.463 / 10