Yasser Usman | |
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 Usman in 2017 | |
| Born | 1980s India |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Occupation(s) | Writer,TV anchor, film journalist |
Yasser Usman (born 1980s) is an Indian television journalist, bestselling author,[1] news presenter, and biographer. Born in Delhi,[2] Yasser Usman began his career by working as a television presenter and was awarded the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for his contribution. Usman has been recognised by the media as one of India's most successful film biographers.
As a biographer, Usman's meticulously researched books[3] primarily focus on the great cinematic journeys of stars, delving not only into their stardom but also their turbulent personal lives and tragic downfalls.[4] His recent book is Guru Dutt An Unfinished Story. Before this book, Usman wrote the Untold trilogy, a series of three biographies on Hindi cinema- Bollywood. It started with Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India's First Superstar (2014), which marked his debut as a biographer, and concluded with Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood's Bad Boy (2018). Along with Rekha: The Untold Story (2016), Rajesh Khanna was nominated for the Crossword Book Award.
- ^ https://litfest.timesgroup.com/speakers/31
- ^ "Yasser Usman". Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Book seeks to reveal unknown facets of Rajesh Khanna's life". The Indian Express. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "The curious life of an unauthorised Bollywood biographer". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2 January 2023.