Nari Hira

Nari Hira is the owner of the Mumbai-based Magna Publishing Co. Ltd. that publishes magazines such as Stardust, Savvy, Showtime, Society and Health. He is also into film production through Magna Films, a subsidiary of his publishing company.

Nari Hira at his birthday bash, July 2012

Nari Hira started his career working in an advertising agency. Later, he moved to the publishing business and started Magna Publishing. His first and largest success came through the magazine Stardust launched in 1971.

He also pioneered the video films genre in the 1980s by producing around 15 video films under his banner Hiba Films. The films did reasonably well and launched several well-known stars such as Aditya Pancholi and Urmila Matondkar. Most of these films were targeted for Adult viewers.[1]

In 2007, he again got into the film production business through Magna Films, a subsidiary of his publication group. His first production was the 2008 film Bhram.[2] He had a couple of films lined up for a 2009 release.

Movies Produced by Hiba Films

(selected list)

Movies Produced by Hiba Films
YearFilmCastDirector
1985 Scandal Urmila Matondkar, Balbinder Pavan Kaul
1986 Shingora Aditya Pancholi, Marc Zuber, Persis Khambatta, Anju Mahendru, Ardhendu Bose, Neeta Puri Anil Tejani
1986 Kalank Ka Tika Aditya Pancholi, Kanwaljeet Singh, Zarina Wahab, Narendranath, Neeta Puri, Rita Bhaduri, Anju Mahendru Sp. Appearance Pavan Kaul
1986 Sone Ka Pinjara Aditya Pancholi, Sanjay Dutt, Adi Irani, Anju Mahendru, Anil Dhawan, Neeta Puri, Anirudh Agarwal, Mac Mohan Surendra Bhatia
1987 Abhishek Aditya Pancholi, Archana Puran Singh, Neeta Puri Pavan Kaul
1987 Shahadat Om Puri, Supriya Pathak, Aditya Pancholi, Archana Puran Singh, Neeta Puri, Rita Bhaduri, Jeet Upendra (his First film) Anil Tejani
1987 Khatarnak Irade Aditya Pancholi, Neeta Puri, Anju Mahendru, Ardhendu Bose, Rajendra Gupta, Mac Mohan, Uday Shankar Pani, Nari Hira (story)
1987 Naqli Chehra Urmila Matondkar, Neeta Puri, Jeet Upendra, Bharti Achrekar, Pavan Kaul
1989 Shaamat Sahil Chaddha, Kanwaljeet Singh Anil Tejani

References
  1. "Nari Hira to make adult content movies only for DVD release". realbollywood.com. 8 February 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. "Nari Hira ventures into filmmaking with 'Bhram'". nowrunning.com. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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