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Abdullah Khan is an Indian author and scriptwriter. He is best known for his novel Patna Blues.[1]

Abdullah Khan
Author Abdullah Khan
Born	Motihari, Bihar, India
Occupation	Author and screenplay writer
Spouse(s)	Tarannum Parween since (2002)

Early life and education

Abdullah Khan[2][3] was born in a village near Motihari, Bihar, India. An M.Sc. in chemistry from Anugrah Narayan College, Patna, Bihar, Abdullah Khan started his career as a banker with Bank of Baroda in 1998. He is currently working with Axis Bank since 2007.

Writing career

He discovered his urge of being a writer at the age of 21 when he came across George Orwell’s[4] Animal Farm while helping his brother with an English assignment. His journey as a freelance writer began in 1993 with a local edition of The Hindustan Times while studying B. Sc and wrote first five chapters of his novel Patna Blues[5][6][7] in 1997 but left writing after he started career as a banker. According to an interview he revealed how his wife blackmailed him into taking up his passion again and pursue writing. "I used to write long-hand with pen and paper and she would type it out"[8]- he told in an interview to The Hindu.

Novel

After writing and rewriting his novel more than 200 times he finally finished the first draft of it in 2009 but it took him another 9 years to get Patna Blues[9][10] published. He finally signed a contract with Juggernaut Books[11] in 2016 and Patna Blues[12][13] was published in September, 2018. The tale of Arif Khan, a young Bihari Muslim[14] boy who dares to desire a Hindu woman[15] received huge positive reviews[16] and got translated into nine languages including Urdu, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Bangla,[17] Telugu,[18] Odia and Marathi within a year. The Arabic version of the novel is soon to be released in Egypt. His second novel Aslam, Orwell and Porn Star[19] is about a man who was born in the same room as George Orwell in Motihari.

Other works

Abdullah Khan regularly writes articles, reviews and short stories for Indian and international magazines and newspapers. Some of his writings have been published in The Hindu, Friday Times, Scroll.in, Outlook India , Brooklyn Rail and Wasafiri.[2]

Screenplay

Abdullah Khan has always been interested in acting and tried his luck in it while in college. His first experience as screenplay writer came with a Channel V project based on adaptation of Indian Classics. His story Rehaan Meets Jamila[20] based on Romeo And Juliet was selected but it was later shelved. He has also written the story and dialogue of the film Viraam[21][22] (2017) directed by his brother Ziaullah Khan.

References

External links

• Abdullah Khan's Website
• "Abdullah Khan - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos". BookMyShow. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
• Goodreads Page of Abdullah Khan
• "Abdullah Khan:The News on Sunday (TNS) » Weekly Magazine - The News International". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
• Articles by Abdullah Khan in Scroll.in
• Articles by Abdullah Khan in Outlook India
• Syllabus of English Language and Foundation Courses B.A/B.Sc/B.Com of University of Kerala.

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