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Nair, Mira Filmography
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)
- Words with Gods (2012)
- Solace in the Dark (2011)
- Femme (2011)
- New York, I Love You (2009)
- Amelia (2009)
- Gangsta M.D. (2008)
- Migration (2008)
- 8 (2008)
- Prarambha (2008)
- Migration (2008)
- 8 (2008)
- Positive (2007)
- Blood Brothers (2007)
- Zoom In: Stories Behind the Best Independent Films of 2007 (2007)
- Lights! Action! Music! (2007)
- The 17th Annual Gotham Awards (2007)
- Drinks with LX (2007)
- The Namesake (2006)
- The Namesake (2006)
- Wanderlust (2006)
- The 15th Annual Gotham Awards (2005)
- Bollywood Remixed - Das indische Kino erobert den Westen (2004)
- Vanity Fair (2004)
- Five Directors on 'The Battle of Algiers' (2004)
- Still, the Children Are Here (2004)
- Bollywood Calling (2003)
- Women on Top: Hollywood and Power (2003)
- Hysterical Blindness (2002)
- 11'09''01 - September 11 (2002)
- Monsoon Wedding (2001)
- Monsoon Wedding (2001)
- The Laughing Club of India (2001)
- Monsoon Wedding (2001)
- My Own Country (1998)
- My Own Country (1998)
- My Own Country (1998)
- Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
- Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
- Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
- The Perez Family (1995)
- The Perez Family (1995)
- The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat (1993)
- Mississippi Masala (1991)
- Mississippi Masala (1991)
- Mississippi Masala (1991)
- Salaam Bombay! (1988)
- Salaam Bombay! (1988)
- Salaam Bombay! (1988)
- Children of a Desired Sex (1987)
- India Cabaret (1985)
- So Far from India (1983)
- Jama Masjid Street Journal (1979)
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Koffee With Karan - Season 2 - Mira Nair and Tabu
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- Duration: 43:52
- Updated: 10 Nov 2012
Karan Johar welcomes the renowned film maker Mira Nair and actress Tabu. Tabu explains to Karan about her personal constraints in perspective with movies and lacks confidence in judging her own skill. Mira Nair appreciates Tabu's efficient roles in her movies. Mira believes in making creative films based on the sensibility and exquisite features. Karan reminds Mira of her noted movie Monsoon Wedding. He also hosts Farah Khan in the Coffee Hamper round and declares Mira as the winner.
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Koffee With Karan - Season 2 - Mira Nair and Tabu (HD)
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- Duration: 43:52
- Updated: 04 Nov 2012
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Mira Nair on The Reluctant Fundamentalist (69th Venice International Film Festival)
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- Duration: 10:49
- Updated: 02 Nov 2012
Mira Nair's rise to international recognition as a filmmaker has been hard won and determined. She has overcome major challenges including being female, a foreigner and an independent filmmaker. Mira Nair believes her role in life is to tell stories and she has been relentless in her pursuit to do this. Her latest film "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" is groundbreaking. She wanted to make a film that would change the way people think and she has done it. She felt she was the perfect person to tell a story of East and West that would allow people to go beyond the stereotypes. Mira Nair was inspired by Mohsid Hamid's book. The film budget was minimal although it would be shot on location in New York, Atlanta, Istanbul, Lahore and Delhi. See full review on myETVmedia
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In conversation with Mira Nair and Riz Ahmed
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- Duration: 7:02
- Updated: 05 Nov 2012
Mira Nair and Riz Ahmed talk to Anupama Chopra about their new film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist that screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. Log on to www.thefrontrow.starworld.in for more info on the show. Like the page www.facebook.com/thefrontrowwithanupamachopra for daily updates. Follow the show on www.twitter.com/thefrontrow2012.
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Cinema Diaspora: Discussion with Mira Nair
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- Duration: 57:35
- Updated: 23 Oct 2012
Mira Nair films, Salaam Bombay, Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake, illuminate the ambiguities of the immigrant experience and highlight the conflicts between modern and traditional cultures. She is joined for a discussion of modern cinema by Gayatri Gopinath and Juli Wyman, both of UC Davis. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [9/2007] [Humanities] [Show ID: 11981]
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A Conversation with Filmmaker Mira Nair
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- Duration: 6:38
- Updated: 01 Oct 2012
This is the closed captioned version of athome.harvard.edu © Copyright 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. The daughter of a civil servant, Nair was born in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, a small town in India with one movie theater that "perennially showed Dr. Zhivago." As a child, she was "inspired" by mythological traveling theater—"the fuel of my first excitement about doing anything with the arts."
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The Fabulous Picture Show - Mira Nair Master Class
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- Duration: 22:58
- Updated: 15 Apr 2012
Al Jazeeras Head of Entertainment, Amanda Palmer, moderates a full-episode master class with Indian-born director Mira Nair, who discusses her eclectic career, from her early documentaries to her recent epic Amelia. The master class was hosted from this years Doha Tribeca Film Festival.
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The Namesake: A Conversation Between Mira Nair and Jhumpa La
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- Duration: 3:41
- Updated: 15 Nov 2012
A special THE NAMESAKE conversation between the director Mira Nair and the novelist Jhumpa Lahiri.
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69th Venice Film Festival - The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mira Nair
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- Duration: 5:01
- Updated: 02 Oct 2012
Let's give the floor to director Mira Nair and to the stars of her "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" Kate Hudson, Riz Ahmed and Liev Schreiber. Here the highlights of the press conference of the film that opened the 69th Venice Film Festival.
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Mira Nair on the film that changed her life
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- Duration: 3:51
- Updated: 16 Jul 2012
In an interview with Rajeev Masand, filmmaker Mira Nair talks about the film that changed her life. This interview first aired on CNN-IBN.
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How can it be - Mira Nair
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- Duration: 8:46
- Updated: 02 Nov 2012
Part of the film "8", Mira Neir delivers a film on gender equality. See more on youtube.com or youtube.com or youtube.com
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Mira Nair - BAFTA A Life in Pictures
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- Duration: 29:13
- Updated: 05 Apr 2012
The director of the BAFTA-nominated Monsoon Wedding, Mira Nair, talks to film critic Jason Solomons about her life in pictures. Watch the full-length version on the BAFTA website: bit.ly
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Director Mira Nair Interview The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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- Duration: 4:40
- Updated: 04 Nov 2012
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Director Mira Nair talks to Red Carpet News TV in an exclusive Interview at the BFI London Film Festival 2012. Based on the bestselling book by Mohsin Hamid The Reluctant Fundamentalist focuses on a young Pakistani man chasing corporate success on Wall Street. He finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family's homeland. Presented by Joe Forrester Camera and Post by Russell Nelson Copyright Red Carpet News TV
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Il fondamentalista riluttante: clip del film di Mira Nair
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- Duration: 8:08
- Updated: 02 Oct 2012
Mira Nair apre la Mostra del Cinema di Venezia 2012 con il film Il fondamentalista riluttante tratto dal romanzo di Moshin Hamid.In alto una clip del film Fuori Concorso al Festival.
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Richa Chadda Bags Mira Nair's Short Film
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- Duration: 0:32
- Updated: 18 Oct 2012
After winning accolades for her performance in mafia drama 'Gangs of Wasseypur', actress Richa Chadda will now be seen in a short film series to be made by acclaimed director Mira Nair. Join us at www.facebook.com
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Shashi Tharoor and Mira Nair's pretend kisses
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- Duration: 0:51
- Updated: 04 Sep 2012
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Mira Nair Is My Hero - Richa Chadda
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- Duration: 6:02
- Updated: 08 Nov 2012
In this second part of her Bollywood Hungama exclusive interview with Content Head Broadband Faridoon Shahryar, Richa Chadda says that contrary to reports, 'Gangs Of Wasseypur' is doing a good job at the box office and is confident that it'll be remembered for years. She then talks about her upcoming venture with Mira Nair and explains why she would not like to be marry someone from Bollywood. Don't miss! Visit www.bollywoodhungama.com to watch more bollywood news and gossips....
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NYIFF 2012: Mira Nair Welcome
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- Updated: 25 Aug 2012
A video welcome from Mira Nair, on opening night at The Paris Theater - May 23, 2012. Directed by Kabir Chopra 2012 New York Indian Film Festival.
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The Perez Family Official Trailer #1 - Alfred Molina Movie (1995) HD
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- Duration: 2:12
- Updated: 12 Nov 2012
The Perez Family Trailer - Directed by Mira Nair and starring Alfred Molina, Chazz Palminteri, Diego Wallraff, Ranjit Chowdhry, Jose Felipe Padron. In an attempt to secure a sponsor, an unlikely group of Cuban refugees become a "family" as the US Immigration and Naturalization Service gives families priority over others. In the process, a political prisoner who hasn't seen his wife for twenty years and a disaffected sugarcane cutter fall in love. An excitable brother and a lovestruck cop contribute to the general confusion. The inevitable humorous romantic entaglements ensue as a final confrontation is set up. MGM - 1995
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Mira Nair meets Irrfan
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- Duration: 1:47
- Updated: 25 Oct 2012
Irrfan met his mentor Mira Nair with whom he has worked in 4 films so far viz., Salaam Bombay, The Namesake, New York I Love You & Migration.
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Venice Film Festival 2012 (La Biennale di Venezia) - The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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jabcatmovies.com The Reluctant Foundamentalist by Mira Nair: Press conference and photocall. Venice Film Festival - La Biennale di Venezia The Reluctant Foundamentalist (2013) Director: Mira Nair Stars: Kate Hudson, Riz Ahmed, Kiefer Sutherland, Liev Schreiber, Martin Donovan, Om Puri
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R101 intervista la regista Mira Nair il cast del film "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"
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- Duration: 7:46
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R101, radio ufficiale della 69esima Mostra del Cinema di Venezia, intervista la regista del film "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" Mira Nair e il cast del film.
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Spotlight: Mira Nair
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- Duration: 2:34
- Updated: 26 Jul 2012
Whether in Hollywood or India, Amelia's director strives to make films that showcase the human condition.
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15 Nov 2012
As President Barak Obama resettles in the Oval Office and casts his gaze again beyond US politics, he may well be reminded that few eyes were on the ball when the Arab uprisings appeared to erupt...
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14 Nov 2012
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DNA India
First the good news: In July this year, the Reserve Bank of India finally decided to act on the recommendation of a committee set up under the chairmanship of MV Nair (former chairman and managing director of Union Bank of India). The RBI allowed loans given to individuals to set up off-grid solar...(size: 2.9Kb)
‘Puttu’ing plan B in place
16 Nov 2012
Khaleej Times
I suspect that the wise bureaucrat who proposed introducing puttu, the south Indian rice delicacy, on the inflight catering menu of the sad, beleaguered, hapless and clueless low-cost carrier Air India Express must be part of the so-called ‘North Indian lobby’ and never in his or her life savoured...(size: 3.6Kb)
Unilever elevates Leena Nair as global senior VP
16 Nov 2012
The Times of India
MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: Unilever, the world's second-largest FMCG company, has elevated Hindustan...(size: 0.6Kb)
DNA India
A recent survey conducted among college students in the city found out that when it comes to choosing a college, a good canteen matters for boys while girls care more about the reputation of the college. In the survey, 70.9% girls admitted that the name and reputation of the college is âvery...(size: 2.1Kb)
Fewer injuries in Mumbai this Diwali: Doctors
16 Nov 2012
DNA India
The awareness created about the ill effects of bursting firecrackers seems to have finally paid off as city hospitals received fewer number of burn cases this year. Doctors say that so far, the number of cases is unusually low this time. In the last three days, less than 20 people were brought into...(size: 2.3Kb)
Hamas targets Tel Aviv as part of rocket barage
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| Mira Nair | |
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 Nair at the 2008 IIFW Masterclass Directors Meet |
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| Born | (1957-10-15) October 15, 1957 (age 54) Rourkela, Orissa, India |
| Occupation | Film director, film producer |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse | Mitch Epstein (divorced) Mahmood Mamdani (1988–present) |
Mira Nair (born October 15, 1957) is an Indian film director and producer based in New York.[1] Her production company is Mirabai Films.
She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! (1988), won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and also earned the nomination for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She used the proceeds of the film, to establish an organization for street children, called the Salaam Baalak Trust in India.[2] She often works with longtime creative collaborator, screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala, whom she met at Harvard.
She has won a number of awards, including a National Film Award and various international film festival awards, and was a nominee at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards and Filmfare Awards. She was also awarded the India Abroad Person of the Year-2007, which was presented by Indra Nooyi, Chairperson and CEO, PepsiCo, Inc, and India Abroad Person of the Year-2006.[3] In 2012 she was awarded India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan by President of India, Pratibha Patil.[4]
Her most recent films included Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon, The Namesake, and Amelia.[5]
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Early life[link]
Mira Nair, a Punjabi and a malayali, was born in Rourkela, Orissa[6] where her father was employed. She was the youngest of three children from a middle-class family. Her father was a civil servant and her mother a social worker.
Mira did her early schooling at a boarding school, Loreto Convent Tara Hall in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. She studied sociology at Miranda House, Delhi University, where she became involved in political street theater and performed for three years in an amateur drama company. In 1976, at age 19 she left for the US[7] with a scholarship at Harvard University, where she continued her studies in sociology.[8] While at Harvard she met her first husband, photographer Mitch Epstein, as well as her screenwriter, Sooni Taraporevala and gradually moved towards making documentary films.
Career[link]
At the beginning of her career as a film artist, Nair directed four television documentaries. India Cabaret, a film about the lives of strippers in a Bombay nightclub, won the Blue Ribbon award at the 1986 American Film Festival. Salaam Bombay! (1988), with a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won many other awards. It is today considered a groundbreaking film classic, and is standard fare for film students.
The 1991 film Mississippi Masala starred Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury, and profiled a family of displaced Ugandan-Indians living and working in Mississippi. The screenplay was again by Sooni Taraporevala, and produced by Michael Nozik. In 1995 her film adaption of the book The Perez Family, by Christine Bell, was released. The film starred Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, and Angelica Huston, and was again produced by Michael Nozik.
She was also the director of the movie Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love a provocative movie set in 16th century India. In 1998 she made My Own Country starring Naveen Andrews. It was produced for HBO Films and adapted from the memoir by Abraham Verghese by Sooni Taraporevala.
In 2001 she released Monsoon Wedding (2001), a film about a chaotic Punjabi Indian wedding with a screenplay by Sabrina Dhawan. It was awarded the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, making Nair the first female recipient of the award.[9] After the success of Monsoon Wedding Nair collaborated with writer Julian Fellowes on her 2004 adaptation of Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair starring Reese Witherspoon. The same year she also founded Maisha, a film lab to help East Africans and South Asians learn to make films.[10] Maisha is headquartered in Nair's adopted home of Kampala, Uganda. Later that year she rejected an offer to direct Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix saying, "...I would prefer someone else make it. I am better suited to emotions, human beings, and less interested in special effects.".[11]
Her next film, The Namesake, premiered in fall 2006 at Dartmouth College where Nair was presented with the Dartmouth Film Award. Another premiere was held in fall 2006 with the Indo-American Arts Council in New York.[12] The Namesake, adapted by Sooni Taraporevala from the novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, was released in March 2007. The same year she was honoured with the Pride of India award at the 9th Bollywood Movie Awards for her contributions to the film industry.[13][14]
She directed a short film in New York, I Love You, a romantic-drama anthology of love stories set in New York and a 12-minute movie on AIDS awareness (funded by The Gates Foundation) called Migration.[15][16]
Her biographical film Amelia was released in October 2009 to predominantly negative reviews.[17][18]
For several years, Nair was attached to a big-budget adaptation of the novel Shantaram, but the production was shelved in 2009. Nair has also purchased the rights to Mohsin Hamid's 2007 novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist.[19]
Personal life[link]
Nair lives near Columbia University in New York City where she is an adjunct professor in the Film Division of the School of Arts, and where her husband, Professor Mahmood Mamdani, also teaches.[20][21] Nair and her husband first met in 1988, when she went to Uganda for the first time to research for the film Mississippi Masala.[7] Nair has been an enthusiastic yoga practitioner for decades; when making a film, she has the cast and crew start the day with a yoga session.[22] Nair has one son named Zohran.[23]
Filmography[link]
- Jama Street Masjid Journal (1979)
- So Far From India (1982)
- India Cabaret (1985)
- Children Of A Desired Sex (1987)
- Salaam Bombay! (1988)[5]
- Mississippi Masala (1991)[5]
- The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat (1993)
- The Perez Family (1995)[5]
- Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)[5]
- My Own Country (1998) (Showtime)
- Monsoon Wedding (2001)[5]
- Hysterical Blindness (2002)
- 11'9"01 September 11 (Segment - "India") (2002)
- Still, The Children are Here (2003)
- Vanity Fair (2004)[5]
- The Namesake (2006)[5]
- Migration (AIDS Jaago) (2007)[24]
- New York, I Love You (Segment - "Kosher Vegetarian") (2009)[25]
- 8 (Segment - "How can it be?") (2008)[26]
- Amelia (2009)[5]
Awards[link]
Wins[link]
- 1985: Best Documentary Film, Global Village Film Festival: India Cabaret
- 1986: Golden Athena, Athens International Film Festival: India Cabaret
- 1986: Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival: India Cabaret
- 1988: Audience Award, Cannes Film Festival: Salaam Bombay!
- 1988: Golden Camera (Best First Film), Cannes Film Festival: Salaam Bombay!
- 1988: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi: Salaam Bombay![27]
- 1988: National Board of Review Award for Top Foreign Films: Salaam Bombay!
- 1988: "Jury Prize", "Most Popular Film" and "Prize of the Ecumenical Jury" at Montreal World Film Festival: Salaam Bombay!
- 1988: New Generation Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1988: Lilian Gish Award (Excellence in Feature Film), Los Angeles Women in Film Festival: Salaam Bombay!
- 1991: Golden Osella (Best Original Screenplay), Venice Film Festival: Mississippi Masala (with Sooni Taraporevala)[28]
- 1991: Critics Special Award, São Paulo International Film Festival: Mississippi Masala
- 1992: Best Director (Foreign Film), Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Mississippi Masala
- 1992: Asian Media Award, Asian American International Film Festival
- 1993: Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature: Mississippi Masala
- 2000: Special Mention (Documentary and Essay), Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming: The Laughing Club of India
- 2001: Golden Lion (Best Film), Venice Film Festival: Monsoon Wedding
- 2001: Laterna Magica Prize, Venice Film Festival: Monsoon Wedding
- 2002: Audience Award, Canberra International Film Festival: Monsoon Wedding
- 2002: Special Award for International Cinema, Zee Cine Awards: Monsoon Wedding
- 2002: UNESCO Award, Venice Film Festival: 11'9"01 September 11
- 2004: Faith Hubley Web of Life Award, Rochester-High Falls International Film Festival
- 2007: "Golden Aphrodite", Love is Folly International Film Festival (Bulgaria): The Namesake
- 2012 ; Padma Bhushan by Govt. of India
Nominations[link]
- 1989: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Salaam Bombay!
- 1989: César Award for Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): Salaam Bombay!
- 1989: Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Salaam Bombay!
- 1990: BAFTA Film Award Best Film not in the English Language: Salaam Bombay!
- 1990: Filmfare Best Director Award: Salaam Bombay!
- 1990: Filmfare Best Movie Award: Salaam Bombay!
- 1991: Golden Lion (Best Film), Venice Film Festival: Mississippi Masala
- 1996: Golden Seashell, San Sebastián International Film Festival: Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
- 1999: Best Film, Verzaubert International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival: My Own Country
- 2001: Screen International Award (Best Non-European Film), European Film Awards: Monsoon Wedding
- 2001: Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Monsoon Wedding
- 2002: BAFTA Film Award Best Film not in the English Language: Monsoon Wedding
- 2003: Chlotrudis Award for Best Director: Monsoon Wedding
- 2003: Golden Star, International Film Festival of Marrakech: Hysterical Blindness
- 2003: César Award for Best Film from the European Union: 11'9"01 September 11
- 2004: Golden Lion (Best Film), Venice Film Festival: Vanity Fair
- 2007: Gotham Award for Best Film: The Namesake
Further reading[link]
- Jigna Desai: Beyond Bollywood: The cultural politics of South Asian diasporic film. New York: Routledge, 2004, 280 pp. ill. ISBN 0-415-96684-1 (inb.) / ISBN 0-415-96685-X (hft.)
- Gita Rajan: Pliant and compliant: colonial Indian art and postcolonial cinema. Women. Oxford (Print), ISSN 0957-4042 ; 13(2002):1, pp. 48–69.
- Alpana Sharma: Body matters: the politics of provocation in Mira Nair's films. QRFV : Quarterly review of film and video, ISSN 1050-9208 ; 18(2001):1, pp. 91–103.
- Pratibha Parmar: Mira Nair: filmmaking in the streets of Bombay. Spare rib, ISSN 0306-7971; 198, 1989, pp. 28–29.
- Gwendolyn Audrey Foster: Women Filmmakers of the African and Asian Diaspora: Decolonizing the Gaze, Locating Subjectivity. Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8093-2120-3
- John Kenneth Muir: Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair. Hal Leonard, 2006. ISBN 1-55783-649-3, ISBN 978-1-55783-649-6.
References[link]
- ^ Spelling, Ian (1 September 2004). "Director likes to do her own thing". Waterloo Region Record: pp. C4.
- ^ Crossette, Barabara (1990-12-23). "Homeless and Hungry Youths of India". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE0DA1531F930A15751C1A966958260. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
- ^ Mira Nair is India Abroad Person of the Year 2007 News, Rediff.com, 29 March 2008.
- ^ Mira Nair Gets Padma Bhushan News, Reuters.com, 25 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Mira Nair's works to be screened at IFFI 2010". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 25 November 2010. http://www.ndtv.com/article/iphone/bollywood/68585?from=ndtv.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ 'Namesake a tribute to Ritwik Ghatak', says Mira Nair - Mira Nair interview Indian Express, 22 May 2005.
- ^ a b Namesake Interview News, Rediff.com, 21 March 2007.
- ^ "Mira Nair". The South Asian Women's NETWork. http://www.sawnet.org/cinema/?Nair+Mira. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
- ^ Anna Whitney (10 September 2001). "Indian director is first woman to win Golden Lion". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/indian-director-is-first-woman-to-win-golden-lion-668799.html. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ Maisha Film Lab
- ^ Borpujari, Utpal (1 December 2004). "Mira Nair rejected Harry Potter offer". Deccan Herald. DH News Service. http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec012004/n7.asp. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ Sreenivasan, TP (3 November 2006). "The Namesake is excellent". Rediff. http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/03tps.htm. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ Bollywood to honour Mira Nair with 'Pride of India' award Hindustan Times, 23 April 2007.
- ^ "Mira Nair, Asha Parekh honoured at Bollywood awards in New York". Malaysia Sun. 28 May 2007. http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f825b92e19df636a/id/252152/cs/1/. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ Mira Nair’s latest film project takes the message to Indian cinema halls
- ^ "Migration". Jaman. http://www.jaman.com/movie/Migration/0mPGmGr2oVoU/. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
- ^ " 'Amelia' (2009): Reviews." Metacritic.
- ^ " 'Amelia' Reviews, Pictures." Rotten Tomatoes, IGN Entertainment.
- ^ Debesh Bannerjee (8 December 2009). "'Politeness can kill you in movies'". Screen. http://www.screenindia.com/news/-Politeness-can-kill-you-in-movies-/551446/. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ Faculty Columbia University School of the Arts
- ^ Solomon, Deborah (29 August 2004). "All's Fair". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/magazine/29QUESTIONS.html?ex=1224475200&en=6b81f2be99b9a74c&ei=5070. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ Mira Nair interview with International Herald Tribune
- ^ Miller, Winter (2007-03-18). "Personal Sound Effects: A Night Out with Mira Nair". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/fashion/18nite.html?pagewanted=print. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
- ^ "Mira can't wait to start Shantaram". Rediff. 29 November 2007. http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2007/nov/29mira.htm. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ Vashi, Ashish (1 November 2009). "Hollywood says ILU to Gujarati". Times of India. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-01/ahmedabad/28102259_1_gujaratis-culturalism-short-films. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "8 Official website". http://www.ldmproductions.fr/8/. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ^ Taraporevala, Sooni; Mira Nair (1989). Salaam Bombay!. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-012724-0.
- ^ Sloan, Jane (2007). Reel women. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-5738-3.
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- Video interview with The Namesake director on Sidewalks Entertainment
- Video: Mira Nair at the Asia Society, Dec. 10, 2009
- Mira Nair: A Life in Pictures, BAFTA event video
- The Fabulous Picture Show (part 1, part 2) - Master Class with Mira Nair at the Doha film festival, Al Jazeera English, Dec 2009
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| Date of birth | 15 October 1957 |
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