Nasir Hussain

This article is about the film producer. For the cricketer, see Nasser Hussain. For the actor, see Nazir Hussain.

Nasir Hussain
Born
Mohammad Nasir Hussain Khan

16 November 1926 (1926-11-16)[1]
Bhopal, Bhopal State, British India[2][3]
Died13 March 2002(2002-03-13) (aged 75)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter
Years active1948–1996
SpouseAyesha Khan (m. ?–2001)
ChildrenMansoor Khan
RelativesSee Khan–Hussain family

Mohammad Nasir Hussain Khan (16 November 1926 – 13 March 2002), better known as Nasir Hussain, was an Indian film producer, film director, and screenwriter.[4] With a career spanning decades, Hussain has been credited as a major trendsetter in the history of Hindi cinema. For example, he directed Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973), which created the Hindi language masala film genre that defined Hindi cinema in the 1970s and 1980s,[5] and he wrote and produced Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), which set the Hindi language musical romance template that defined Hindi cinema in the 1990s.[6][7] Akshay Manwani wrote a book on Hussain's cinema titled Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Husain.[8]

  1. ^ Manwani, Akshay. Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Hussain. HarperCollins Publishers India. (2016)
  2. ^ Sanjit Narwekar (1994). Directory of Indian film-makers and films. Flicks Books. p. 21. ISBN 9780948911408. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  3. ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (26 June 1999). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. p. 107. ISBN 9780851706696. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Adieu:Nasir Hussain – HUM KISISE KUM NAHEEN (1977)". Screen. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  5. ^ "How film-maker Nasir Husain started the trend for Hindi language masala films". Hindustan Times. 30 March 2017.
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