Nari Hira at Nari Hira's birthday bash 02

Nari Hira is the owner of the

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-based Magna Publishing Co. Ltd. that publishes magazines such as '' Stardust'', ''Savvy'', ''Showtime'', ''

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'' and ''Health''. He is also into film production through Magna Films, a subsidiary of his publishing company. 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

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and

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. Most of these films were targeted for Adult viewers. 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 ''Bhram'' (English: ''The Illusion'') is a 2008 Hindi suspense thriller film starring Dino Morea, Milind Soman and Sheetal Menon. It was produced by Nari Hira and directed by Pavan Kaul. Music of the film was composed by Pritam. Plot ''Bhram ...

''. He had a couple of films lined up for a 2009 release.

Movies Produced by Hiba Films

(selected list)

References

External links

Magna Publishing
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hira, Nari Indian publishers (people) Film producers from Mumbai Living people Sindhi people Year of birth missing (living people)