About the Book

Nasreen Munni Kabir is a well-known writer on cinema and has published several books on the subject, including a series of conversations with some of Bollywood’s best-known personalities, such as Javed Akhtar, Waheeda Rehman and Lata Mangeshkar. In 2021, she conceptualised a beautiful paperback to commemorate the birth centenary of the much-loved poet and songwriter Sahir Ludhianvi: it could be used as a diary, as well as read and admired. For 2025, she has created a similarly elegant diary as a tribute to the life and work of Guru Dutt, one of India’s most celebrated film-makers. Like In the Year of Sahir, The Legacy of Guru Dutt is both functional and a lovely keepsake that you can put on your shelves as a book to treasure long after you have made your notes in it for the year.

About the Author

Nasreen Munni Kabir has made over a hundred documentaries on Hindi cinema and written over twenty books on the subject. She has subtitled over 800 films from Hindi to English. She has been instrumental in introducing Hindi cinema to wider audiences in the UK and in Paris since the 1980s. Continuing to curate Channel 4’s annual Indian film season, Nasreen has served as a governor on the board of the British Film Institute (2000–2006). Working between London and Mumbai, she has documented and archived Hindi film history through her books and TV programs for over forty years. She is the author of Talking Life with Javed Akhtar and In the year of Sahir, among many others.