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	''' Nasreen Munni Kabir''' (born 1950)<ref name=exp/> is an [[India]]-born television producer, director and author based in the ~~U.K~~.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Noteworthy! \|work= The Hindu \| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/noteworthy/article1762552.ece \|date=24 April 2011\| access-date = 29 March 2014 \| first = Anuj \| last = Kumar }}</ref> She is best known for producing an annual season of ~~Indian~~ films ~~for~~ the British terrestrial television channel [[Channel 4]].		''' Nasreen Munni Kabir''' (born 1950)<ref name=exp/> is an [[India]]-born television producer, director and author based in the UK.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Noteworthy! \|work= The Hindu \| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/noteworthy/article1762552.ece \|date=24 April 2011\| access-date = 29 March 2014 \| first = Anuj \| last = Kumar }}</ref> She is best known for producing an annual season of films from [[Bollywood]] that aired on 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.		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 [[Hindi film industry]], [[Javed Akhtar]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[A.R. Rahman]], [[Gulzar]], and [[Waheeda Rehman]].<ref name=exp/><ref name=mint/> Her latest book is a biography of legendary tabla virtuoso [[Zakir Hussain (musician)\|Ustad Zakir Hussain]]<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Kabir\|first=Nasreen Munni\|title=The Zakir Hussain interview: 'What do I bring to the tabla? I think it is openness and clarity'\|url=https://scroll.in/magazine/865112/zakir-hussain-on-how-the-band-shakti-paved-the-way-for-world-music\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=Scroll.in\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Zakir Hussain\|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/59642388-zakir-hussain-a-life-in-music\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>		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 [[Hindi film industry]], [[Javed Akhtar]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[A.R. Rahman]], [[Gulzar]], and [[Waheeda Rehman]].<ref name=exp/><ref name=mint/> Her latest book is a biography of legendary tabla virtuoso [[Zakir Hussain (musician)\|Ustad Zakir Hussain]]<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Kabir\|first=Nasreen Munni\|title=The Zakir Hussain interview: 'What do I bring to the tabla? I think it is openness and clarity'\|url=https://scroll.in/magazine/865112/zakir-hussain-on-how-the-band-shakti-paved-the-way-for-world-music\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=Scroll.in\|date=16 January 2018 \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Zakir Hussain\|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/59642388-zakir-hussain-a-life-in-music\|access-date=2020-11-18\|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
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	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.<ref>{{cite web \| title = 'I wish he had lived to see it' \|work= The Hindu \| url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/i-wish-he-had-lived-to-see-it/article2573386.ece \|date=29 October 2011\| access-date = 29 March 2014 }}</ref>		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.<ref>{{cite web \| title = 'I wish he had lived to see it' \|work= The Hindu \| url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/i-wish-he-had-lived-to-see-it/article2573386.ece \|date=29 October 2011\| access-date = 29 March 2014 }}</ref>

	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.<ref name=mint>{{cite ~~web~~ \| title = Nasreen Munni Kabir: My biggest problem is, who next? \|publisher= Livemint \| url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/vszsnH7XCQCnC8PoE2oSoN/Nasreen-Munni-Kabir--My-biggest-problem-is-who-next.html \|date=29 March 2014\| access-date = 29 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/conversations-waheeda-rehman</ref>		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.<ref name=mint>{{cite news \| title = Nasreen Munni Kabir: My biggest problem is, who next? \|newspaper= Mint \|publisher= Livemint \| url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/vszsnH7XCQCnC8PoE2oSoN/Nasreen-Munni-Kabir--My-biggest-problem-is-who-next.html \|date=29 March 2014\| access-date = 29 March 2014 \|last1= Ramnath \|first1= Nandini }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/conversations-waheeda-rehman \| title=Home }}</ref>

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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* [http://www.bfi.org.uk/about/people/governors/kabir.html Biography of Nasreen Munni Kabir] at [[British Film Institute]]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060211131803/http://www.bfi.org.uk/about/people/governors/kabir.html Biography of Nasreen Munni Kabir] at [[British Film Institute]]
	* {{IMDb name\|1203083}}		* {{IMDb name\|1203083}}

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''' Nasreen Munni Kabir''' (born 1950)<ref name=exp/> is an [[India]]-born television producer, director and author based in the U.K.<ref>{{cite web | title = Noteworthy! |work= The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/noteworthy/article1762552.ece |date=24 April 2011| access-date = 29 March 2014 | first = Anuj | last = Kumar }}</ref> 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 [[Hindi film industry]], [[Javed Akhtar]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[A.R. Rahman]], [[Gulzar]], and [[Waheeda Rehman]].<ref name=exp/><ref name=mint/> Her latest book is a biography of legendary tabla virtuoso [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Ustad Zakir Hussain]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kabir|first=Nasreen Munni|title=The Zakir Hussain interview: 'What do I bring to the tabla? I think it is openness and clarity'|url=https://scroll.in/magazine/865112/zakir-hussain-on-how-the-band-shakti-paved-the-way-for-world-music|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Zakir Hussain|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/59642388-zakir-hussain-a-life-in-music|access-date=2020-11-18|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born in [[Hyderabad, India]], Kabir's parents moved to London when she was age three. She did her master's in cinema studies.<ref name=exp>{{cite web | title = Coffee with kabir |publisher= The Indian Express| url = http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/coffee-with-kabir/ |pages=1–3|date=30 March 2014|access-date = 30 March 2014}}</ref>

==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 [[Robert Bresson]] as his trainee assistant on the film FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER. She also worked as a consultant with [[Pompidou Centre]] in Paris, where she organised two Indian film festivals in 1983/85. In 1982, she resettled in London where she began her current job as Channel 4 TV's consultant on Indian Films. In 1986, she directed and produced a 46-part television docu-series on [[Indian cinema]] titled ''Movie Mahal'' for [[Channel 4 TV UK]].<ref name=exp/> and other series on Hindi cinema.

In 2005, she produced a two-part documentary on [[Shah Rukh Khan|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.<ref>{{cite web | title = 'I wish he had lived to see it' |work= The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/i-wish-he-had-lived-to-see-it/article2573386.ece |date=29 October 2011| access-date = 29 March 2014 }}</ref>

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.<ref name=mint>{{cite web | title = Nasreen Munni Kabir: My biggest problem is, who next? |publisher= Livemint | url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/vszsnH7XCQCnC8PoE2oSoN/Nasreen-Munni-Kabir--My-biggest-problem-is-who-next.html |date=29 March 2014| access-date = 29 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/conversations-waheeda-rehman</ref>

==Personal life==
She lives in London.<ref name=exp/>

==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==
* {{cite book|author1=Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=Bollywood: The Indian Cinema Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JxRiQgAACAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Channel 4 Books|isbn=978-0-7522-1943-1}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=Talking Films: Conversations on Hindi Cinema with Javed Akhtar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m6gmnwEACAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-566462-1}}
* {{cite book|author=Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=Guru Dutt: a life in cinema|title-link=Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema|year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-567233-6}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=Yours Guru Dutt: intimate letters of a great Indian filmmaker|title-link=Yours Guru Dutt|year=2006|publisher=Lustre Press, Roli Books|isbn=9788174363886}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=Talking Songs: Javed Akhtar in Conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VRYgf5qVYiIC|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-568712-5}}
* {{cite book|author1=K. Asif|authorlink=K. Asif|author2=Nasreen Munni Kabir|author3=Suhail Akhtar|title=The immortal dialogue of K. Asif's Mughal-e-azam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSEcAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-568496-4}}
* {{cite book|author=Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=Farah Khan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ym7zSAAACAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Zubaan}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=Lata Mangeshkar ...in Her Own Voice|title-link=Lata Mangeshkar ...in Her Own Voice|year=2009|publisher=Niyogi Books|isbn=978-81-89738-41-9}}
* {{cite book|author1=Vajahat Mirza|author2=S. Ali Raza|author3=Suhail Akhtar|author4=Vijay Jani, Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=The Dialogue of Mother India: Mehboob Khan's Immortal Classic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7cV4RAAACAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Niyogi Books|isbn=978-81-89738-58-7}}
* {{cite book|author1=Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|authorlink=Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|author2=Vasant Sāthe|author3=Suhail Akhtar|author4=Vijay Jani, Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=The Dialogue of Awaara: Raj Kapoor's Immortal Classic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ln3LSAAACAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Niyogi Books|isbn=978-81-89738-54-9}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music |title-link= A. R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music |year=2011|publisher=Om Books International|isbn=978-93-80070-14-8}}
* {{cite book|author1=Abrar Alvi|authorlink=Abrar Alvi|author2=Vijay Jani|author3=Suhail Akhtar|author4=Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=The Dialogue of Pyaasa: Guru Dutt's Immortal Classic|title-link=The Dialogue of Pyaasa|year=2011|publisher=Om Books International|isbn=978-93-80070-53-7}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=In the Company of a Poet: Gulzar in Conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir|title-link=In the Company of a Poet|year=2012|publisher=Rainlight|isbn=978-81-291-2083-0}}
* {{cite book|author1=Rajinder Singh Bedi|authorlink=Rajinder Singh Bedi|author2=Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=The Dialogue of Devdas: Bimal Roy's Immortal Classic Based on the Bengali Novella by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HGd0MwEACAAJ|year=2012|publisher=Om Books International|isbn=978-93-80069-88-3}}
* {{cite book|author=Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=A Sideways Glance at Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6q-QngEACAAJ|year=2012|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-341936-5}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nasreen Munni Kabir|title=Conversations with Waheeda Rehman|title-link=Conversations with Waheeda Rehman|year=2014|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-642-7}}
* {{cite book |last=Kabir |first=Nasreen Munni |title=Jiya Jale: The Stories of Songs |title-link=Jiya Jale: The Stories of Songs |date=2018 |publisher=[[Speaking Tiger Books]] |isbn=978-93-88070-95-9 }}

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.bfi.org.uk/about/people/governors/kabir.html Biography of Nasreen Munni Kabir] at [[British Film Institute]]
* {{IMDb name|1203083}}

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