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2 days ago · Mira Nair stands as a luminary in the film industry, celebrated for her masterful ability to bridge cultural divides through her storytelling. Born on October 15, 1957, in Rourkela, Odisha, India, she has crafted a career that resonates on an international scale. Her films, which often explore rich, multifaceted cultural narratives, highlight ...
5 days ago · Mira Nair, Indian director known for her documentaries and feature films dealing with controversial subject matter. Her notable movies included Mississippi Massala (1997), Monsoon Wedding (2001), Vanity Fair (2004), Amelia (2009), and Queen of Katwe (2016). Learn more about Nair’s life and career.
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2 days ago · For him, this looked like being cast as the aspiring suicide bomber Omar in Chris Morris’s comedy feature Four Lions and finance professor Changez Khan in Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Now, at 41 years old, Riz has reached a kind of nirvana, paved with the bricks he used to breach a notoriously homogeneous industry.
1 day ago · From ruminations on Mira Nair’s classic Afro-Asian love story Mississippi Masala to the visceral confrontation of anti-Blackness in South Asian communities, Nina approaches her own life with equal parts raw vulnerability, humor, and empathy. Yes, Nina is a woman in love. However, her love extends beyond the context of marriage.
2 days ago · ‘Queen of Katwe’: Mira Nair, Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo talk about the film and its inspirations. October 22 2016 Mira Nair has been based in Kampala, Uganda for a long time but even she did not…read more →
1 day ago · Leading the individual awards, Balbinka Korzeniowska won The Mira Nair Award for Rising Female Filmmaker for her work on Playing Through, and Jean-Pierre Canerwon Best Narrative Director for Stakes is High, while Christopher Nostrand won Best Documentary Director for Firefly: The Tay Fisher Story.
3 days ago · Vanity Fair is a 2004 historical drama film directed by Mira Nair, based on the 1848 novel of the same name by William Makepeace Thackeray. The film received critical acclaim and awards for its portrayal of the ambitious and complex character Becky Sharp, played by Reese Witherspoon.
