Yasser Usman | |
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 Yasser Usman in 2017 | |
| Born | 1980s India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation(s) | Writer,TV anchor, film journalist |
Yasser Usman (born 1980s) is an Indian television journalist, author, news presenter, and biographer. He began his career by working as a television presenter and was awarded the 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 primarily focus on the great cinematic journeys of stars, delving not only into their stardom but also their turbulent personal lives and tragic downfalls.[1]
His latest biography 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.[2]
In January 2025, Usman's first work of fiction, a crime novel called As Dark As Blood was published by Simon & Schuster.
- ^ "The curious life of an unauthorised Bollywood biographer". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Book seeks to reveal unknown facets of Rajesh Khanna's life". The Indian Express. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
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