Akshay Manwani has written on Indian cinema and popular culture for a variety of publications such as The Caravan, The Indian Quarterly, Scroll.in, Firstpost, Mint, Business Standard and Mumbai Mirror. He has written two books: Sahir Ludhianvi: The People's Poet (2013) and Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Husain (2016). He currently works as a commentator for NBA India. He can be found on twitter: @AkshayManwani and Instagram: @manwani.akshay
‘Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Husain’ was published in 2016 - here’s an excerpt from this Akshay Manwani’s biography on Husain’s musical inspirations and influence on the history of Indian films.