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 tzv. "paralelne kinematografije" (Parallel Cinema) kojim se u indijski film nastojali uvesti elementi realizma i socijalne angažiranosti.

Filmografija
 
 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) – režija
 Awara (1951) – scenario, dijalozi
 Anhonee (1952) – scenario, dijalozi, sinopsis, režija, rpoducent
 Rahi 1953 – režija
 Munna (1954) – scenario, režija, producent
 Shree 420 (1955) – scenario, dijalozi, sinopsis
 Jagte Raho (1956) – scenario
 Pardesi (1957)– scenario, režija
 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) – scenario, sinopsis
 Kal Ki Baat (1973) kratjki – režija
 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 (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, 
 
For detailed listing :

Izvori

 
 S. Ghosh, "K. A. Abbas: A Man in Tune with History", Screen (Bombay), 19 June 1987, p. 14.
 Dictionary of Films (Berkeley: U. of CA Press, 1977), p. 84.
 Shyamala A. Narayan, The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 1 1976; vol. 11: pp. 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 

Indijski novinari
Indijski scenaristi
Indijski filmski režiseri
Indijski filmski producenti