Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s5.t2.21

v2.c11.s5.t2.21

The connection between Indian film and China dates back to the anti-Japanese period. In 1944, learning the martyrdom of Dr Kotnis, Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, an Indian novelist, film director, playwright and news reporter, wrote a small book, titled And One Did Not Come Back, and adapted it into a screenplay, The Journey of Dr Kotnis. A famous film was produced, in Hindi as well as English. The film’s Hindi name is Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani. This bilingual film narrates Kotnis' heroic deeds and Chinese’ arduous Anti-Japanese War, and touches both Indians and English-speaking people.