| Publisher |
Westland Books |
| Publication Year |
2024 |
| ISBN-13 |
9789360457617 |
| ISBN-10 |
9360457612 |
| Binding |
Paperback |
| Number of Pages |
144 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Weight (grms) |
340 |
Nasreen Munni Kabir is a well-known writer on cinema and has published several books on the subject, including a series of conversations with some of Bollywood’s best-known personalities, such as Javed Akhtar, Waheeda Rehman and Lata Mangeshkar. In 2021, she conceptualised a beautiful paperback to commemorate the birth centenary of the much-loved poet and songwriter Sahir Ludhianvi: it could be used as a diary, as well as read and admired. For 2025, she has created a similarly elegant diary as a tribute to the life and work of Guru Dutt, one of India’s most celebrated film-makers. Like In the Year of Sahir, The Legacy of Guru Dutt is both functional and a lovely keepsake that you can put on your shelves as a book to treasure long after you have made your notes in it for the year.
Nasreen Munni Kabir
Nasreen Munni Kabir is a London-based documentary filmmaker/author who has made several documentaries produced for Channel 4 TV (UK) including Follow that Star (a profile of Amitabh Bachchan, 1989), the series Movie Mahal and The Inner/Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan (2005, Chanel 4/Red Chillies). She has also written several books on Hindi cinema, including Guru Dutt, a life in cinema, Talking Films/Talking Songs with Javed Akhtar, and The Immortal Dialogue of Mughal-e-Azam. Born in Hyderabad, India, she has lived most of her life in the UK. In 1999, she won the first Asian Womens’ Achievement Award for promoting Indian cinema in the UK, and has been a governor on the board of the British Film Institute. She has also been a consultant to Channel 4 for over 25 years.
Nasreen Munni Kabir
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