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Nasir Hussain

Indian film director (1931-2002) · India · On the map · Directors · Died at 71

Mohammad Nasir Hussain Khan, better known as Nasir Hussain, was an Indian film producer, film director, and screenwriter. With a career spanning decades, Hussain has been credited as a major trendsetter in the history of Hindi cinema.

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2002Died13 March 20021992Jo Jeeta Wohi SikandarFilm, Writer, Producer1985ZabardastFilm, Director1984Manzil ManzilFilm, Director1977Chala Murari Hero BanneFilm1975Ek Gaon Ki KahaniFilm, Mangal's Father-Dindayal1972RivaajFilm, Pujariji1969Pyar Ka MausamFilm, Director, Writer1967Baharon Ke SapneFilm, Director, Writer1965PurnimaFilm, Ratan Lal1963Phir Wohi Dil Laya HoonFilm, Director, Writer1961Jab Pyar Kisise Hota HaiFilm, Director, Writer1956New DelhiFilm, Lala Daulatram Khanna1955MunimjiFilm, Writer1950Pehla AadmiFilm, Writer1931Born3 February 1931

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Filmography 25

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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, 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. Akshay Manwani wrote a book on Hussain's cinema titled Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Hussain.

Country
India
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1931 to 2002 · aged 71

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