Mira Nair
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Salaam Bombay! (1988)
 
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal 
- Breakthrough Indian film that eschews Bollywood tradition is a compassionate account of an 11–year–old village boy, stranded on the…
 
Mississippi Masala (1992)
 
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Denzel Washington, Roshan Seth, Sarita Choudhury 
- A poignant gem about a tabooed romance between a beautiful Indian girl and a black carpet cleaner (Denzel Washington) in the deep South.
 
Perez Family, The (1995) 
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Marisa Tomei… 
- A gently humorous tale about Cuban refugees who pose as a family in order to gain entry into the U.S. The director of SALAAM BOMBAY well harnesses…
 
Kama Sutra (1996) 
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Indira Varma, Sarita Choudhury, Ramon Tikaram… 
- The director of SALAAM BOMBAY returns to her native land for this enticing, beautifully photographed tale of love, jealousy and revenge among the…
 
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
 
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Naseeruddin Shah, Shafali Shetty, Lillete Dubey 
- Exotically charmed with a glamorous cast and a tremendous soundtrack, various members of an extended Indian family busy themselves with the mystery…
 
11'09'01 (September 11) (2002)
 
- Dir. Ken Loach, Claude Lelouch, Sean Penn
Feat. Ernest Borgnine 
- A consistently intriguing omnibus of 11 short films made by various top directors about the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001 in New York –…
 
Hysterical Blindness (2002) 
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Uma Thurman, Juliette Lewis, Gena Rowlands 
- A red–maned Uma Thurman comes to terms with her 'Jersey Girl' existence in this noted telemovie from dir. Mira Nair (MONSOON…
 
Full Frame Documentary Shorts Volume I (2003) 
- Dir. Mira Nair, Roger Weisberg, Eva Saks
 
- Inaugural selection of titles from the Full Frame Documentary Festival held annually in Durham, North Carolina, which screens over 100 docos each…
 
Vanity Fair (2004) 
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rhys Ifans… 
- Sumptuous and intelligent adaptation of William Thackeray's novel, about the rise of an unscrupulous orphan lass to the aristocracy in Britain during…
 
Namesake, The (2006)
 
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Irfan Khan, Kal Penn, Jagannath Guha… 
- Cutting right to the heart of the 'immigrant experience', this outstanding melodrama from the dir. of MONSOON WEDDING beautifully explores the…
 
Amelia (2009) 
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor… 
- A conventional retelling of the Amelia Earhart legend, examining the ground–breaking aviator’s turbulent love life during the years between…
 
New York, I Love You (2009)
 
- Dir. Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Andy Garcia, Hayden Christensen… 
- Not to be mistaken as a cynical American remake of PARIS, JE'TAIME, this – on the contrary – naturally extends the short–story…
 
Reluctant Fundamentalist, The (2012) 
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber… 
- A Pakistani Princeton graduate's life in America is shattered in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in this searing adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's…
 
Queen of Katwe, The (2016) 
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo 
- The true story of a young girl from the streets of Uganda whose world changes when she is introduced to the game of chess. A widely acclaimed Disney…