Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair`s son, Zohran Mamdani, has made history. He may soon become the next mayor of New York City, having been nominated in the Democratic mayoral primary after Andrew Cuomo conceded the race.

That 2006 movie, which focused on a family of first-generation Indian immigrants, was further shaped by the future mayoral candidate when he convinced his mom to watch Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle,