AKHTAR-IMAN and Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

A highly successful stage director and a co-founder of "The Actors Studio" in New York, Elia Kazan brought his psychological and emotional philosophy of stage phttp://www2.blogger.com/img/gl.link.giferformance to Hollywood in 1945 and sparked a radical redefinition of screen acting during the 1950s while at the same time producing socially conscious films which challenged societal norms and addressed such controversial topics as anti-Semitism, racism, alcoholism, public corruption and the cult of celebrity. Further marked by compelling personal stories, Kazan's films also showcased career-defining performances by such 1950s film icons as Marlon Brando, James Dean and Natalie Wood.




Elia Kazan

Kazan became increasingly active in filmmaking after World War II, and his screen adaptation of Laura Z. Hobson's novel GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (1947) proved a compelling indictment of socially accepted anti-Semitism, earning eight Academy Award nominations and three Oscars, including one for Best Picture of the Year. Starring Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire, and featuring notable supporting performances by John Garfield, Celeste Holm and Anne Revere, the film relates the story of a reporter who pretends to be Jewish for a story. Kazan earned his first Best Director Oscar for his work on GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT and followed that success with the crime drama BOOMERANG! (1947) starring Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb and Arthur Kennedy( From REEL CLASSIC)







AKHTAR-IMAN (1915-96)
He is Hindi -Urduborn in Bijinor Dist.,Up.He joined Filistan Studio a dialogue writer ( 1945 ) .He was Major Urdu writer with seven poetry anthologies ( e,g, Yaadin,1961) and one verse play,Sabrang ( 1948) .His Urdu poetry emphasises anti-romantic humanism,moving away from the traditional ghazal into new formal and symbolic articulations of modernity,as in the counter between traditional metres and in the rythm of everyday prose in his major poem,Abd-e-Wafaa ( Time of promise).









Akhtar Iman directed one film,Labu Pukarega (1980).He wrote Hindi scripts ,dialogues or both fot Najam Naqvi( Actress,1948;Nirdosh,1950) B.R Chopra ( Kanoon,1960,Gumrab,1963;Hamraaz ,1967,Dastaan,1972,Dhund,1973)Raj Khosla ,( Mera Saaya)1966,Yash Shopra(Dharmaputra,1961,Waqt;1965;Ittefaq and Admi Aur Insaan both 1969;Daag and Joshiba,both 1973),Ramesh Sharma ( Flat No.9,1961;)Nandhal Jaswantlal(Akeli Mat Jaiyo,1963).A.Bhimsing ( Admi,1968;Joru Ka Gulam,1972) and Manmohan Desai's Roti (1974).
AKHTAR-IMAN wrote Sunil Dutt's monologue,Yaadein (1964) and Vimal Tewari's Kunwara Badan (1973).