Nasreen Munni Kabir
Nasreen Munni Kabir (born 1950)[1] is an India-born television producer, director and author based in the U.K.[2] She is best known for producing an annual season of Indian films for the British terrestrial television channel Channel 4.
Her work includes the 46-part series Movie Mahal, In Search of Guru Dutt, Follow that Star (a profile of Amitabh Bachchan), and Channel 4 series such as How To Make It Big in Bollywood & The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan. She won the 1999 Women of Achievement Award in Arts & Culture in the UK and became a governor on the board of the British Film Institute in 2000, serving a six-year term.
Over the years, she has directed several documentaries and published 15 books on cinema, including five books featuring the dialogue of Indian celebrated classic films and book-length biographical conversations with personalities in the
Early life and education
Born in
Career
Kabir moved to Paris and lived there for 19 years, studying film and working as an assistant on various documentaries. She also worked with French film director
In 2005, she produced a two-part documentary on Shahrukh Khan, The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan. It featured the superstar's 2004 Temptations concert tour, the film contrasts Khan's "inner world" of family and daily life, with the "outer world" of his work. She continues to curate an annual season of Indian films for Channel 4 each year. She has also directed a six-part series for Channel 4 UK on the legendary playback singer Lata Mangeshkar called LATA IN HER OWN VOICE.
In April 2011, a book titled "A. R. Rahman The Spirit of Music" written based on the conversations with Nasreen Munni Kabir was released. Also in 2011, she produced Bismillah of Benares a documentary on shehnai maestro, Bismillah Khan. It was presented by A.R. Rahman's KM Musiq and distributed by Sony Music in India.[6]
April 2014 saw the release of a book named 'Conversations with Waheeda Rehman' which was based on her conversations with Waheeda Rehman about the latter's life and work.[3][7]
Personal life
She lives in London.[1]
Filmography
- Movie Mahal (1986/88) 49-part TV series
- In Search of Guru Dutt (1989) 3-part
- The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan (2005)
- Bismillah of Benares (2011)
Bibliography
- Nasreen Munni Kabir (2001). Bollywood: The Indian Cinema Story. Channel 4 Books. ISBN 978-0-7522-1943-1.
- Nasreen Munni Kabir (2002). Talking Films: Conversations on Hindi Cinema with Javed Akhtar. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-566462-1.
- Nasreen Munni Kabir (2005). ISBN 978-0-19-567233-6.
- Nasreen Munni Kabir (2006). ISBN 9788174363886.
- Nasreen Munni Kabir (2007). Talking Songs: Javed Akhtar in Conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-568712-5.
- ISBN 978-0-19-568496-4.
- Nasreen Munni Kabir (2009). Farah Khan. Zubaan.
- Nasreen Munni Kabir (2009). ISBN 978-81-89738-41-9.
- Vajahat Mirza; S. Ali Raza; Suhail Akhtar; Vijay Jani, Nasreen Munni Kabir (2010). The Dialogue of Mother India: Mehboob Khan's Immortal Classic. Niyogi Books. ISBN 978-81-89738-58-7.
- ISBN 978-81-89738-54-9.
- Nasreen Munni Kabir (2011). ISBN 978-93-80070-14-8.
- ISBN 978-93-80070-53-7.
- Nasreen Munni Kabir (2012). ISBN 978-81-291-2083-0.
- ISBN 978-93-80069-88-3.
- Nasreen Munni Kabir (2012). A Sideways Glance at Hindi Cinema. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-14-341936-5.
- Nasreen Munni Kabir (2014). ISBN 978-93-5118-642-7.
- Kabir, Nasreen Munni (2018). ISBN 978-93-88070-95-9.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Coffee with kabir". The Indian Express. 30 March 2014. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ Kumar, Anuj (24 April 2011). "Noteworthy!". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ a b Ramnath, Nandini (29 March 2014). "Nasreen Munni Kabir: My biggest problem is, who next?". Mint. Livemint. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ Kabir, Nasreen Munni (16 January 2018). "The Zakir Hussain interview: 'What do I bring to the tabla? I think it is openness and clarity'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Zakir Hussain". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "'I wish he had lived to see it'". The Hindu. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ "Home".
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