Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City.[1] Her production company, Mirabai Films, specializes in films for international audiences on Indian society, whether in the economic, social or cultural spheres. Among her best known films are Mississippi Masala, The Namesake, the Golden Lion–winning Monsoon Wedding, and Salaam Bombay!, which received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language.
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MiraNair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. Her production company, Mirabai Films, specializes in films for...
Washington in the 1991 romantic drama film Mississippi Masala directed by MiraNair, for which she received her Screen Actors Guild (SAG) card. She was still...
Mississippi Masala is a 1991 romantic drama film directed by MiraNair, based upon a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, starring Denzel Washington, Sarita...
worked as second assistant director with Academy Award-nominated director MiraNair on the indie hit Monsoon Wedding. She scripted and directed the film Dhobi...
Monsoon Wedding is a 2001 comedy-drama film directed by MiraNair, written by Sabrina Dhawan, and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah...
of Katwe is a 2016 American biographical sports drama film directed by MiraNair and written by William Wheeler. Starring David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o...
Cuarón, Adam Curtis, Ethan Hawke, Rachel Kushner, Steve McQueen, and MiraNair, all of them past guests, were invited to return as Guest Directors. The...
Nair’s directed tv series Not Fit as Raunak. In 2019, he acted as Khalifa in Abhishek Chaubey’s directed film Sonchiriya. Again, he appeared in Mira Nair...
(directed by Mira Nair), Positive (directed by Farhan Akhtar) and Blood Brothers (directed by Vishal Bhardwaj) in a joint initiative of MiraNair's Mirabai Films...
starring Tom Hanks; director: Penny Marshall 1988 Salaam Bombay!; director: MiraNair; nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film (India)...
co-production of Black Gold; The Reluctant Fundamentalist, directed by MiraNair, which was the opening film in the 69th Venice International Film Festival;...
and British-American films. His on-screen debut was a minor role in MiraNair's Salaam Bombay! in 1988. He followed this with appearances in a variety...
debut in 2010 in Payal Sethi's Grant St. Shaving Co which was produced by MiraNair. In 2012, he won the Best Actor Commendation Award at the NYU Tisch School...
Ming-liang, Trần Anh Hùng, Takeshi Kitano, Kim Ki-duk, Jafar Panahi, MiraNair, and Lav Diaz. Russian filmmakers have also won the Golden Lion several...
Person of the Year 2008 award on 20 March 2009, in New York. Filmmaker MiraNair, who won the award for year 2007, honored her successor. He has received...
appeared with stalwarts such as Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, and MiraNair.[citation needed] In 1997, she made a rare public appearance on Shekhar...