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Author's Name: Kabir Nasreen Munni
About Author
Born in Hyderabad, India, Nasreen Munni Kabir is a London-based documentary filmmaker/author who has written several books on Hindi cinema, including Guru Dutt, a life in cinema (OUP, India, 1996), Talking Films/Talking Songs with Javed Akhtar (OUP, India 1999/2005), Bollywood, the Indian Cinema Story (Channel 4 Books/ PanMacmillan, 2000) Yours Guru Dutt (Roli Books, 2004) and The Immortal Dialogue of Mughal-e-Azam (Oxford, Delhi, 2006), The Immortal Dialogue of Awaara (Niyogi Books, Delhi, 2009) and The Immortal Dialogue of Mother India (to be released February 2010, Niyogi Books, Delhi, 2009). She is currently working on Talking Music with A R Rahman, to be released in 2011.
Her many documentaries, produced for Channel 4 TV (UK), include Follow that Star (Amitabh Bachchan), the 49-part series Movie Mahal, Lata in her own voice (1991), How to make a Bollywood Movie (1999), How to make it Big in Bollywood (2000) and The Inner/Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan (2005, Channel 4/Red Chillies). In 1999, she won the first Asian Womens’ Achievement Award for her work promoting Indian cinema in the UK, and is a former governor on the board of the British Film Institute, serving a six-year term. A consultant to Channel 4 for over 27 years, she continues to curate their annual 20-part Indian film season.
About Book
In this richly entertaining book, gulzar shares his life and passions with inimitable charm and candour poet, storyteller, director, scriptwriter and lyricist, gulzar is a towering figure of contemporary indian literature and cinema ever since he wrote his first song the unforgettable mora gora ang lai le for bimal roys bandini (1963) he has won countless admirers with his nuanced, sensitive and quietly innovative work from the endearing lakdi ki kaathi, that a generation grew up singing, to the oscar-winning jai ho his songs have enthralled millions his unique and much acclaimed contribution to the world of poetry continues to reflect our changing times, with fresh idiom and delicate turn of phrase in this book of conversations with nasreen munni kabir, gulzar speaks with insight, candour and gentle humour about his life and work: his school days in old delhi, where he wrote his early poems; working in a garage in mumbai before entering films; his association with legends such as bima.
- Publisher's Name: Rainlight/Rupa Publications India Pvt.Ltd.
- Publish Year: 2012
- Binding: Hb
- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9788129120830
- ISBN-13: 978-8129120830
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