The Legacy of Guru Dutt

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.