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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian publisher (1938–2024)}}<br />
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[[File:Nari Hira at Nari Hira's birthday bash 02.jpg|thumb| Hira in 2012]]<br />
'''Nari Hira''' (1938 – 23 August 2024) was an Indian publisher who was the owner of the [[Mumbai]]-based [[Magna Publishing Co. Ltd.]] that publishes magazines such as ''[[Stardust (magazine)|Stardust]]'', ''Savvy'', ''Showtime'', ''[[Society (magazine)|Society]]'' and ''Health''. He was also into film production through [[Magna Films]], a subsidiary of his publishing company.<br />
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Nari Hira started his career working in an advertising agency. Later, he moved to the publishing business and started Magna Publishing. His first and largest success came through the magazine ''Stardust'' launched in 1971.<br />
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He also pioneered the video films genre in the 1980s by producing around 15 video films under his banner Hiba Films. The films did reasonably well and launched several well-known stars such as [[Aditya Pancholi]] and [[Urmila Matondkar]]. Most of these films were targeted for Adult viewers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realbollywood.com/2009/03/nari-hira-adult-dvd.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130208174835/http://www.realbollywood.com/2009/03/nari-hira-adult-dvd.html|url-status=dead|title=Nari Hira to make adult content movies only for DVD release|date=8 February 2013|archivedate=8 February 2013|website=realbollywood.com|accessdate=31 August 2017}}</ref>{{cbignore}}<br />
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In 2007, he again got into the film production business through Magna Films, a subsidiary of his publication group. His first production was the 2008 film ''[[Bhram]]''.{{cbignore}} He had a couple of films lined up for a 2009 release.<br />
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Hira died on 23 August 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nari Hira|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-print-news/nari-hira-of-magna-publishing-passes-away-136661.html |access-date=24 August 2024 |publisher=e4m |date=24 August 2024}}</ref><br />
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==Movies Produced by Hiba Films==<br />
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{|class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="4" style="background:#bfd7ff"|Movies Produced by Hiba Films<br />
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!Year !! Film !!Cast !!Director<br />
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|1985<br />
|''Scandal'' <br />
|[[Urmila Matondkar]], Balbinder <br />
|Pavan Kaul <br />
|-<br />
|1986<br />
|''Shingora'' <br />
|[[Aditya Pancholi]], [[Marc Zuber]], [[Persis Khambatta]], [[Anju Mahendru]], Ardhendu Bose, [[Neeta Puri]] <br />
|Anil Tejani, Nari Hira (story)<br />
|-<br />
|1986<br />
|''Kalank Ka Tika'' <br />
|[[Aditya Pancholi]], [[Kanwaljit Singh (actor)|Kanwaljeet Singh]], [[Zarina Wahab]], [[Narendra Nath|Narendranath]], [[Neeta Puri]], [[Rita Bhaduri]], [[Anju Mahendru]] Sp. Appearance<br />
|Pavan Kaul <br />
|-<br />
|1986<br />
|''Sone Ka Pinjara'' <br />
|[[Aditya Pancholi]], [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Adi Irani]], [[Anju Mahendru]], [[Anil Dhawan]], [[Neeta Puri]], Anirudh Agarwal, [[Mac Mohan]]<br />
|Surendra Bhatia <br />
|-<br />
|1987<br />
|''Abhishek''<br />
|[[Aditya Pancholi]], [[Archana Puran Singh]], [[Neeta Puri]] <br />
|Pavan Kaul <br />
|-<br />
|1987<br />
|''Shahadat'' <br />
|[[Om Puri]], [[Supriya Pathak]], [[Aditya Pancholi]], [[Archana Puran Singh]], [[Neeta Puri]], [[Rita Bhaduri]], [[Jeet Upendra]] (his First film)<br />
|Anil Tejani<br />
|-<br />
|1987<br />
|''Khatarnak Irade'' <br />
|[[Aditya Pancholi]], [[Neeta Puri]], [[Anju Mahendru]], Ardhendu Bose, [[Rajendra Gupta]], [[Mac Mohan]], <br />
|Uday Shankar Pani, Nari Hira (story)<br />
|-<br />
|1987<br />
|''Naqli Chehra'' <br />
|[[Urmila Matondkar]], [[Neeta Puri]], [[Jeet Upendra]], Bharti Achrekar,<br />
|Pavan Kaul<br />
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|1989<br />
|''Shaamat'' <br />
|Sahil Chaddha, [[Kanwaljit Singh (actor)|Kanwaljeet Singh]]<br />
|Anil Tejani<br />
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|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19961225231614/http://magnamags.com/ Magna Publishing]}}<br />
* {{IMDb name|id=1834448}}<br />
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[[Category:1938 births]]<br />
[[Category:2024 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian publishers (people)]]<br />
[[Category:Film producers from Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Sindhi people]]</div>JennyRoyster668