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{{short description|Indian film director}}
{{about|the film producer|the cricketer|Nasser Hussain|the actor|Nazir Hussain}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Nasir Husain
| image = Nasir Hussain Director.jpg
| imagesize =
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| caption =
| birth_name = Mohammad Nasir Hussain Khan
| birth_date = {{birth-date|16 November 1926}}<ref>Manwani, Akshay. ''Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Husain''. HarperCollins Publishers India. (2016)</ref>
| birth_place = [[Bhopal]], [[Bhopal State]], [[British Raj|British India]]<ref name="Narwekar1994">{{cite book | author=Sanjit Narwekar | title=Directory of Indian film-makers and films | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYUjAQAAIAAJ | access-date=14 December 2012 | year=1994 | publisher=Flicks Books | page=21| isbn=9780948911408 }}</ref><ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book | author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha | author2=Paul Willemen | title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema | url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja | url-access=registration | access-date=14 December 2012 | date=26 June 1999 | publisher=British Film Institute | page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja/page/107 107]}}</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2002|03|13|1926|11|16}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
| othername =
| occupation = Film director and producer, screen writer
| yearsactive = 1948–1996
| spouse = Ayesha Hussain (m. ?–2001)
| relatives = [[Tahir Hussain]] (brother)<br>[[Tariq Khan (actor)|Tariq Khan]] (nephew)<br>[[Aamir Khan]] (nephew)<br>[[Faisal Khan]] (nephew)<br>[[Imran Khan (Bollywood actor)|Imran Khan]] (grandson)
| children = [[Mansoor Khan]]
| nationality = Indian
}}

'''Mohammad Nasir Hussain Khan''' (16 November 1926 — 13 March 2002), better known as '''Nasir Hussain''', was an [[Indian film]] producer, director, and screenwriter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adieu:Nasir Husain – HUM KISISE KUM NAHEEN (1977) |url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/20020322/ftribute.html |publisher=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]] |access-date=10 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815061559/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20020322/ftribute.html |archive-date=15 August 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 [[Bollywood]] [[masala film]] genre that defined Hindi cinema in the 1970s and 1980s,<ref>{{cite news|title=How film-maker Nasir Husain started the trend for Bollywood masala films|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/how-film-maker-nasir-husain-created-the-prototype-for-bollywood-masala-films/story-ckL6zPLHJFDYoupjFBtbfN.html|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=30 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> and he wrote and produced ''[[Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak]]'' (1988), which set the Bollywood [[Musical film|musical]] [[Romance film|romance]] template that defined Hindi cinema in the 1990s.<ref name="Ray"/><ref name="Chintamani"/> Akshay Manwani wrote a book on Hussain's cinema titled ''Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Husain''.<ref name="Manwani"/>

==Career==

===Early career===
Hussain first worked with Qamar Jalalabadi when he joined [[Filmistan]] as a writer in 1948. The famous films he wrote for Filmistan include ''[[Anarkali (1953 film)|Anarkali]]'' (1953), ''[[Munimji]]'' (1955), and ''[[Paying Guest]]'' (1957). Filmistan was the breakaway studio from [[Bombay Talkies]]; it used mid-budget formula productions and sold on star value and music. [[Sashadhar Mukherjee]] was a part of the breakaway team, and he gave Hussain ''[[Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957 film)|Tumsa Nahin Dekha]]'' to direct. The film made a star of [[Shammi Kapoor]].

Kapoor and Hussain made another hit, ''[[Dil Deke Dekho]]'' (1959), for Filmalaya, the breakaway group of Filmistan. The film introduced [[Asha Parekh]], who would be the lead in all of Hussain's films until ''[[Caravan (1971 film)|Caravan]]'' (1971). He was also in a long romantic relationship with her, but it ended because he was already a married man with two children, and Parekh didn't want to be labeled a homewrecker.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/interviews/i-was-enamoured-by-nasir-saab-asha-parekh-21139.html|title=I was enamoured by Nasir saab - Asha Parekh|website=filmfare.com}}</ref> Hussain's wife was Margaret Francina Lewis, an assistant choreographer he met at Filmistan. They married and then she changed her name to Ayesha Khan. She worked as an assistant choreographer on some of his productions.<ref name="Manwani">Manwani, Akshay. ''Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Hussain''. HarperCollins Publishers India. (2016)</ref> He outlived his wife.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/mar/13nasir.htm|title=rediff.com, Movies: Filmmaker Nasir Husain dead|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>

===Own production===
Hussain then set up Nasir Hussain Films and turned producer-director. He made musical hits like ''[[Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai]]'' (1961), ''[[Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon]]'' (1963), ''[[Teesri Manzil]]'' (1966), ''[[Baharon Ke Sapne]]'' (1967), ''[[Pyar Ka Mausam]]'' (1969), ''[[Caravan (1971 film)|Caravan]]'' (1971), ''[[Yaadon Ki Baraat]]'' (1973), and ''[[Hum Kisise Kum Naheen]]'' (1977).

Hussain, [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]], and [[R.D. Burman]] collaborated on ''Teesri Manzil'', ''Baharon Ke Sapne'', ''Pyar Ka Mausam'', ''Caravan'', ''Yaadon Ki Baraat'' and ''Hum Kisise Kum Naheen''.

Hussain wrote and produced the musical cult hit ''Teesri Manzil''. [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]] directed the film, which starred Hussain's regular actors Shammi Kapoor and Asha Parekh. Originally Dev Anand was signed for the film but due to differences with Hussain he opted out and Kapoor was cast.<ref>Interview by Shammi Kapoor to CNN IBN telecast after his death, on 15 August 2011.</ref> He also hired [[R.D. Burman]] for the first time to compose the songs ("O Haseena Zulfonwali", "O Mere Sona Re", "Deewaana Mujhsa Nahin", "Tumne Mujhe Dekha", "Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyaar Tera"). After the songs became evergreen hits, Burman would compose for all of Hussain's films for the next 19 years, ending with ''[[Zabardast]]'' (1985).

Hussain's ''Yaadon Ki Baraat'' was written by [[Salim–Javed]], who had written ''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]'' the same year. Both films dealt with the hero wanting to avenge his father's death, and both featured [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]] as the villain. ''Yaadon Ki Baraat'' has been identified as the first [[masala film]].<ref name="bhaumik">Kaushik Bhaumik, [https://thewire.in/24564/an-insightful-reading-of-our-many-indian-identities/ An Insightful Reading of Our Many Indian Identities], [[The Wire (Indian web publication)|The Wire]], 12/03/2016</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cri9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT58|title=Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters|last=Chaudhuri|first=Diptakirti|date=2015-10-01|publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin UK]]|isbn=9789352140084|language=en|page=58}}</ref>

===Late career===
As ''[[Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai]]'' (1981), ''[[Manzil Manzil]]'' (1984) and ''[[Zabardast]]'' (1985) all flopped, Hussain's son [[Mansoor Khan]] took over the reins of Nasir Hussain Films, although Hussain continued to write scripts and dialogues for films like ''[[Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak]]'' (1988) and ''[[Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander]]'' (1992). In ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'', he introduced his nephew [[Aamir Khan]] as a hero. ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'' was a milestone in the history of Hindi cinema, setting the template for Bollywood musical romance films that defined Hindi cinema in the 1990s.<ref name="Ray">{{cite news|last=Ray|first=Kunal|title=Romancing the 1980s|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Romancing-the-1980s/article16898867.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 December 2016|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="Chintamani">{{cite book|last=Chintamani|first=Gautam|title=Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak: The Film That Revived Hindi Cinema|date=2016|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=9789352640980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BZYOvgAACAAJ|language=en}}</ref>

Hussain received a special Filmfare Award in 1996 for his contribution to Hindi cinema.

Hussain died in Mumbai on 13 March 2002 following a heart attack.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-HnGCwAAQBAJ&q=nasir+hussain+died&pg=PA144|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|first=Harris M. Lentz|last=III|date=9 April 2003|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786414642|via=Google Books}}</ref> After his death, Asha Parekh stated in an interview that she had not seen him the last year of his life, as he became reclusive because of his wife's death.<ref>[http://www.indiavarta.com/Startrek/Archives.asp?Page=&ID=IEE20020314053551&dt=3/14/2002 indiavarta.com – Startrek]</ref>

==Associations==
Hussain had several "favourites" with whom he worked repeatedly.
*The first was mentor Sashadhar Mukherjee, for whose [[Filmistan]] Studio Hussain wrote and directed his earlier films.
*Sashadhar's brother [[Subodh Mukherjee]] directed two films that Hussain wrote for Filmistan, ''[[Munimji]]'' and ''[[Paying Guest]].'' Both films had Dev Anand as the hero and [[S.D. Burman]] as the music composer. Hussain cast Dev Anand in his own first production, ''[[Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai]]''.
*[[Pran (actor)|Pran]] was also a constant villain in [[Ziddi (1964 film)|''Ziddi'']], ''[[Love in Tokyo]]'', ''[[Paying Guest]]'' and ''[[Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon]]''.
*Hussain also produced a film and cast his mentor Sashadhar's son [[Joy Mukherjee]] in ''[[Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon]]''.
*Hussain used [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]] in 10 of his productions, apart from working with him in ''Paying Guest''.
*Hussain directed [[Shammi Kapoor]] in his early hits and created Shammi's image with films like ''[[Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957 film)|Tumsa Nahin Dekha]]'' and ''[[Dil Deke Dekho]]'' as well as his later production ''[[Teesri Manzil]]''.
*Actor [[Rajindernath]] was a fixture in almost all of his early productions. He was in ''[[Dil Deke Dekho]]'' (1959), ''[[Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai]]'' (1961), ''[[Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon]]'' (1963), ''[[Baharon Ke Sapne]]'' (1967), ''[[Pyar Ka Mausam]]'' (1969), ''[[Zabardast]]'' (1985) and ''[[Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai]]'' (1981).
*One of his longest associations was with leading lady [[Asha Parekh]], from ''[[Dil Deke Dekho]]'', through ''[[Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai]]'', ''[[Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon]]'', ''[[Teesri Manzil]]'', ''[[Baharon Ke Sapne]]'', ''[[Pyar Ka Mausam]]'' until ''[[Caravan (1971 film)|Caravan]]''. After a gap of 13 years, she did a cameo in his film ''[[Manzil Manzil]]'' (1984).
*He worked with [[R.D. Burman]] in 9 films from ''[[Teesri Manzil]]'', through ''[[Baharon Ke Sapne]]'', ''[[Pyar Ka Mausam]]'', ''[[Caravan (1971 film)|Caravan]]'', ''[[Yaadon Ki Baraat]]'', ''[[Hum Kisise Kum Naheen]]'', ''[[Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai]]'', ''[[Manzil Manzil]]'' and ''[[Zabardast]]''.
*Hussain also collaborated with writer [[Sachin Bhowmick]], comic Wasti, and editors Babu Lavande and Gurudutt Shirali in many of his films.
*Hussain's wife was assistant choreographer Ayesha Khan and she worked on several of his films: [[Baharon Ke Sapne]], ''[[Hum Kisise Kum Naheen]]''

==Awards and nominations==
*[[Filmfare Best Movie Award]] - "[[Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak]]" (1988)
*[[Filmfare Best Screenplay Award]] - ''[[Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak]]'' (1988)
*[[Filmfare Best Movie Award]] – ''[[Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar]]'' (1992)
*[[Filmfare Special Award]] (1996)

==Filmography==

;As director

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Film
!Notes
|-
|1957
|''[[Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957 film)|Tumsa Nahin Dekha]]''||Debut film as director
|-
|1959
| ''[[Dil Deke Dekho]]'' ||
|-
|1961
| ''[[Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai]]''||
|-
|1963
| ''[[Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon]]'' ||
|-
|1967
| ''[[Baharon Ke Sapne]]'' ||
|-
|1969
| ''[[Pyar Ka Mausam]]''||
|-
|1971
| ''[[Caravan (1971 film)|Caravan]]''||
|-
|1973
| ''[[Yaadon Ki Baaraat]]''||
|-
|1973
| ''[[Aangan (1973 film)|Aangan]]'' || Story also
|-
|1977
| ''[[Hum Kisise Kum Naheen]]''||
|-
|1981
|''[[Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai]]'' ||
|-
|1984
| ''[[Manzil Manzil]]''||
|-
|1985
| ''[[Zabardast]]''||
|}

;As producer

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Film
!Notes
|-
|1961
| ''[[Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai]]'' ||
Debut film as producer
|-
|1963
| ''[[Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon]]''|| First colour production
|-
|1966
|''[[Teesri Manzil]]'' ||
|-
|1967
| ''[[Baharon Ke Sapne]]'' || Starred [[Rajesh Khanna]]
|-
|1969
| ''[[Pyar Ka Mausam]]''||
|-
|1973
| ''[[Yaadon Ki Baaraat]]'' ||
|-
|1977
| ''[[Hum Kisise Kum Naheen]]'' ||
|-
|1981
| ''[[Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai]]'' ||
|-
|1984
| ''[[Manzil Manzil]]'' ||
|-
|1988
| ''[[Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak]]'' || Directed by [[Mansoor Khan]]
|-
|1992
|''[[Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar]]'' || Directed by [[Mansoor Khan]]
|-
|}

;As writer for others

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Film
!Notes
|-
|1953
| ''[[Anarkali (1953 film)|Anarkali]]'' ||Story
|-
|1954
| ''[[Biraj Bahu]]'' ||Dialogue
|-
|1955
| ''[[Munimji]]'' ||
|-
|1957
| ''[[Paying Guest]]''||
|-
|1973
| ''[[Aangan (1973 film)|Aangan]]''|| Story, screenplay and dialogue
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0403826}}
{{FilmfareAwardBestScreenplay}}

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