David, Irshaad, Anwar Hussain etc. The music director J.P. Kaushik composed very melodious play back music suitable to the script.

Goa was under the Portuguese rule much after the independence of India. People from all over the country went to free Goa to make it a part of independent India. Saat Hindustani (1969) is a film in which K.A. Abbas told the story of seven Indians of different religious, regions and languages who came together for this nationalist cause. An interesting fact is that Amitabh Bachchan, the super star of the century, was given a break by Abbas in this film leading to his entry in the film industry of India. To assert a feeling of national Unity the roles were reversed. For example the role of a Bengaliwas given to an actor Madhu from Kerala, that of a Hindu was played by the actor Anwar and Amitabh Bachchan played the role of Muslim. The central role of Maria was played by Shahnaz. Other cast included UtpalDutt, Jalal Agha, A.K. Hangal and Dina Pathak. Noted progressive poet Kaifi Ajmi wrote the lyrics while J.P. Kaushik composed the music.The film carried the message of national integration and breaking of all the walls of region, religion, gender and language.

MeraNaam Joker (1970) was a very ambitious film but failed terribly on the box office. Abbas took up a very novel issue of infatuation among adolescents and developed it in the form of the longest ever film of Indian cinema. Though it was a flop in the beginning but it