Mira Nair

LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - Freckle-faced, prairie-voiced and fiercely independent, Hilary Swank's depiction of aviator Amelia Earhart in Mira Nair's biographical film "Amelia" is of a high order. It ranks with recent portrayals of Ray Charles by Jamie Foxx and Truman Capote by Philip Seymour Hoffman and could be similarly awards-bound. The classically structured bio will appeal to grown-ups, history buffs and lovers of aeronautics, but in showing how the flier was one of the most lauded celebrities of her time, it also might appeal to youngsters. Smart marketing by Fox Searchlight, which releases the film stateside Friday (October 23), will expose the film to ... Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Expect bloody competition for the top spot at the weekend box office. Lionsgate's horror sequel "Saw VI" does battle with Paramount's similarly targeted supernatural thriller "Paranormal Activity" as three other wide releases hit multiplexes: Fox Searchlight's Hilary Swank-starring "Amelia," Summit's animated feature "Astro Boy" and Universal's John C. Reilly-toplined "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant." The "Saw" sequel had been expected to perform much in line with franchise predecessors, bowing just north of $30 million to top the weekend rankings. But "Paranormal" has been doing abnormally strong business, first in limited release and last weekend from a barely wide ... Read Full Story

Before they became staples of the runway, bomber jackets, flight suits and protective aviator sunglasses were born in the cockpit of an early — and cold — airplane. They were necessary in drafty flying machines with metal doors that were a struggle just to keep closed. But as aviation pioneers such as Amelia Earhart brought their style around the world, they sparked fashion trends that have been with us ever since. The leather bomber jacket shown in the new Earhart biopic "Amelia" starring Hilary Swank marries function and style in a way that finicky fashion has embraced through the years, says Franco DiCarlo, executive ... Read Full Story

Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, the second Indian film ever to be given the accolade, Mira Nair's family drama centred around a very chaotic Indian wedding, charmed audiences and critics alike in the year 2001. Britt Parrot of Perhapses , a fantastic film site; check out Britt's Auteur Tennis , his attempt at broadening his 'self education in film history' by taking two directors from the same era, from different countries, contrasting their films over a series of essays which makes for riveting read, takes a look at a film that 'offers a deeper look in to issues facing ... Read Full Story

Mira Nair went to Oscars with her first film Salam Bombay . Mira’s every film is a sensation. Her concepts mostly revolve around facts and problems. She mostly works with her best friend Sooni Taraporevala ’s scripts. She has been working mostly for international projects but has never forgot Bollywood. Monsoon Wedding (2001) is her second movie in India after Salam Bombay (1988). Mira was born in Rourkela, Orissa. She did her schooling in Shimla and went to Delhi unversity for higher education. There she joined theatre arts. With the scholarship from Harvard unversity she went to U.S.A. There only she met Sooni and ... Read Full Story