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Way back in 1957, a film under the banner of Filmstan made the career of two legends. Nasir Hussain and Shammi Kapoor.The film was Tumsa Nahi Dekha.
Nasir Hussain’s films actually represented whatever Bollywood stood for in the 70’s to 80’s. He defined the Masala genre.
Tracking the career graph of Nasir Hussain is like tracking the history of Bollywood. When Hussain surfaced he was with Qamar Jalalabadi at Filmstan and wrote the story for Anarkali. He wrote the dialogues for Biraj Bahu and also wrote the story, screenplay and dialogue for Aangaan. Filmstan was a break away group from Bombay Talkies and founded by Sashadhar Mukherjee, Rai Bahadur Chunilal, Ashok Kumar and Gyan Mukherjee. In 1957, Sahadhar Mukherjee gave Nasir Hussain his first break as a director and that film was a superhit. However, there was a break in Filmstan and Filamlaya was born and Nasir Hussain directed Dil Dekhe Dekho with Shammi Kapoor and then went on to found his own banner, Nasir Hussain Films and turned Producer-Director.
The rest is the complete narrative of Hindi cinema, till 90’s. The star, the music, the action, the story. He also hired RD Burman and Salim Javed and we had evergreens like O Hasina Zulfon Wali janey jahan, Deewana Mujhsa Nahin is ambar ke Neechey, Aaja aaja main hoon pyar tera) as also Yadon Ki Barat, labeled as the first Masala Hindi film, a trend setter.
His last two bows were Qayamat se Qayamat Tak and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, both directed by his son Mansoor Khan. Both were adjudged the Best Movie of the Year 1988 & 1992 by Filmfare. He also won a Special Filmfare Award in 1996 for his contribution to Hindi cinema..
In QSQT, he introduced his nephew,Aamir Khan.
He passed away on this day, 13th March, 24 years ago.
