Zohran Mamdani, the Indian-origin nominee for New York City Mayor, has played a key role in his mother, director Mira Nair’s career, having even persuaded her to turn down a Harry Potter film.

Mira Nair's film, The Namesake, gained renewed attention when she shared that her son, Zohran Mamdani, played a crucial role in casting Kal Penn as Gogol. Zohran, as a teenager, advocated for Penn after seeing his potential in 'Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle,

Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist and state assemblyman, appears poised to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for New York City mayor. His leading primary opponent, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo,