At Express Adda, Kal Penn shared how his breakout role as Kumar in Harold & Kumar almost sabotaged his chances to be cast in Mira Nair's The Namesake.

Young Shafiq Syed was a runaway child living on the streets of Mumbai when he was spotted by a casting agent and hired to ...

Discover the journey of Zohran Mamdani, Indian-origin Democratic nominee for New York Mayor, son of filmmaker Mira Nair, and ...

Nair used words that described the film as a kind of Rorschach test that, 12 years later, might also be applied to her son’s candidacy. “I made the film for this reason: dialogue,” she said.

Monsoon Wedding and A Suitable Boy filmmaker Mira Nair has been announced as the Head of Jury for the South Asia Competition at this year’s Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival (October 27-November 5).

Mira Nair attends "A Landmark Anniversary Celebration of Two Classic Films By Award-Winning Filmmaker Mira Nair" at Array HQ on Oct. 31, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Photo: Emma McIntyre via Getty Images) ...

Lupita Nyong'o is an alum of director Mira Nair's film lab, Maisha. — -- Director Mira Nair first moved to Uganda in 1989, when she made her film, "Mississippi Masala." She immediately ...

And Mira Nair, the award-winning director of "Monsoon Wedding," "Vanity Fair" and so many other films, joins us from New York. Thank you so much for being with us. MIRA NAIR: It's lovely to be here.

Director Mira Nair poses at the L'Ermitage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., Aug. 23, 2004. her new movie, "Vanity Fair," opens on Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)CHRIS PIZZELLO ...