SynopsisBorn in India, documentary filmmaker and author Nasreen Munni Kabir has written several books on Indian cinema, including Guru Dutt, a life in cinema, Talking Films & Talking Songs with Javed Akhtar, Yours Guru, the intimate letters of a great Indian filmmaker, Lata Mangeshkar in her own voice, and four different publications featuring the dialogue of Mughal-e-Azam, Awaara,
Mother India and Pyaasa.She has also made several documentaries on Hindi cinema for Channel 4 TV, UK, including In Search of Guru Dutt, Follow that Star: a profile of Amitabh Bachchan and The Inner/Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan. Former governor on the board of the British Film Institute, Kabir continues to programme an annual Indian film season for Channel 4 TV, UK.Her forthcoming book is The Dialogue of Devdas: Bimal Roy
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Nasreen Munni Kabir is a reputed documentary film-maker and film writer. Based in London, she has made several programmes on Hindi cinema for Channel 4 TV, UK, including the forty-six part series Movie Mahal and The Inner/Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan. Her several books are, among others, Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema, Talking Films and Talking Songs with Javed Akhtar, A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music, Lata Mangeshkar: In Her Own Voice and, most recently, In the Company of a Poet, a book of conversations with Gulzar.
