Mira Nair's movies that are based on famous books; from 'A Suitable Boy' to 'The Namesake'

Mira Nair, born on October 15, 1987, is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. Before she became a filmmaker, she was originally interested in acting, and at one point, she performed plays written by Bal Sarkar, a Bengali performer. While studying at Harvard University, she was involved in atre program and won a Boylston Prize for her performance of Jocasta’s speech from Seneca’s Oedipus. 

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Salaam Bombay! 

Nair’s first film Salaam Bombay! won Best First Feature Film at Cannes Film Festival and Best Hindi Film and Best Child Artist at prestigious National Film Awards. Based on daily lives of one of India’s most common and unconsidered community - children on street. She employed real street kids in her movie as she felt that y h a unique quality of combination of childhood and wisdom that could t be found in or kids. 

Namesake

film features prominent actors like Irrfan Khan, Tabu, and Kal Penn. film revolves around an immigrant couple settled in United States and ir son who struggles to embrace his Indian name and herit. film brings up Indian arranged marris and American practices of love and dating.

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Reluctant Fundamentalist

This movie revolves around how aftermath of 9/11 trdy opens floodgates of prejudice against actor. A man trying to achieve American dream but faces problems because of herit. He is hunted down by authorities and is prime suspect in a kidnapping. Due to which, his American-ness and patriotism are constantly questioned. 

About Mira Nair's next - A Suitable Boy

Mira’s newest series “A Suitable Boy” is set to release on Netflix on 23 October. Some of her or upcoming projects include:

Architectural Digest India

Vanity Fair: Bringing Thackeray's Timeless vel to Screen

Amelia: Motion Picture

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However, certain principles Mira has stuck throughout her career such as loyalty to her roots and commitment to meaningful and deep cross-cultural cinema. Her work deals with universal emotions of love, loss, trauma, generation gap, marri, etc. Her films about seemingly exotic cultural rms elicited a deeply emotional response from international viewers.