life trying to reach the mass, more or less uneducated, audience of millions.

Works Cited

Abbas,K.A.Blood and stones and other stories. Bombay: Hind Kitabs. 1947.Print

Born on June 7th, Abbas left the world on June 1st . The whole life of Abbas thus appears a film in flash back, a technique often used in Cinema. Like the famous song of the film Mera Naam Joker in which life is compared to a show of three hours, the life of Abbas is also a show of three genres- Journalism, Literature and Cinema. The year 2014 is the centenary year of this genius who described himself as a “Communicator” and used almost all media available to put forward his ideas, feelings and thoughts in order to create a secular, socialist and democratic nationfree of the blemishes of poverty, hunger, caste prejudices and communal hatred. He was an internationalist to the core and believed in universal brotherhood. His journalism, literary writings and films are best illustrations of his commitment.

In a life span of seventy three years Abbas wrote more than seventy three books, wrote, directed and produced about a dozen films and wrote scripts for more than fifty films. The much talked about ‘Common Man’ was valorized and brought centre stage in the films like Awara, Shri 420, Jagte Raho, Saat Hindustani, Dr.Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani, Do Boond Paani ,Mera Naam Joker, Shehar aur Sapna and Aasmaan Mahal.It was the scripts of Abbas with a socialist leaning which gave Raj Kapur an image of the common man and endeared him to