About the Author

Born in India, documentary filmmaker and author Nasreen Munni has written several books on Indian cinema, including Guru Dutt, a life in cinema, Talking Films & Talking Songs with Javed Akhtar, Yours Guru, the intimate letters of a great Indian filmmaker, Lata Mangeshkar in her own vice, and four different publications featuring the dialogue of Mughal-e-Azam, Awaara, Mother India and Pyaasa. She has also made several documentaries on Hindi cinema for channel 4 TV, UK, including In Search of Guru Dutt, Fellow that Star: a profile of Amitabh Bachchan and The Inner/Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan. Former governor on the board of the British Film Institute Kabir continues to programme an annual Indian film season for Channel 4 TV, UK. Her forthcoming book is The Dialogue of Devdas: Bimal Roy's Immortal Classic.