Bunny Reuben (1926 – 15 February 2007) was an Indian film historian, journalist, and

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. He wrote several books, both fiction and non-fiction. He started his career as a film-focusing journalist in the 1940s, and worked for several publications, including ''

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''. According to

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, a son of the actor

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, whose biography Reuben wrote, "It is a great loss to the RK family and the film industry. He was not only a good journalist and publicist, he was a great film historian." Navras Jaat Aafreedi of the

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described Reuben in 2016 as one of the most prominent

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figures of India.

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1926 births 2007 deaths Indian film historians Indian male journalists {{India-historian-stub