Mira Nair

Mira Nair in NDTV Good Times on CUT Mira Nair in an exclusive rendezvous with NDTV Good Times on CUT From the bylanes of Mumbai to the skyline of New York – Director Mira Nair is one of the few Indian filmmakers of international repute Meet Mira Nair in an exclusive rendezvous with NDTV Good Times on this special episode of CUT! Whether it’s Salaam Bombay, Namesake or Monsoon Wedding – award-winning filmmaker Mira Nair has mostly expressed the outlook of the cosmopolitan Indian. But...Read Full Story

Waste Land Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores” — or self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s initial objective was to “paint” the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as...Read Full Story

Full Frame Documentary Shorts, Vol. 1 FULL FRAME – 7 COMPLETE DOCUMENTARY SHOR (DVD MOVIE) LAUGHING CLUB OF INDIA (By Mira Nair) From Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding), this humorous documentary explores the power of laughter through the strangely popular phenomenon of laughing clubs in contemporary Bombay. (30min)An often-stirring selection of seven documentary shorts culled from the annual Full Frame Documentary film festival, this DVD provides a...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...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...Read Full Story

By now its common knowledge that Irrfan Khan and Tabu would be seen together in internationally acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee's ambitious project Life Of Pi . However, what is surprising or rather shocking is the fact that Tabu would be playing the role of Irrfan's mother in the film. Life of Pi is the story of self-discovery of Piscine Molitor 'Pi' Patel and is based on the Booker Prize winning novel of the same name. While 17 year old Delhi boy Suraj Sharma would be playing the role of...Read Full Story

By now its common knowledge that Irrfan Khan and Tabu would be seen together in internationally acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee's ambitious project Life Of Pi. However, what is surprising or rather shocking is the fact that Tabu would be playing the role of Irrfan's mother in the film. Life of Pi is the story of self-discovery of Piscine Molitor 'Pi' Patel and is based on the Booker Prize winning novel of the same name. While 17 year old Delhi boy Suraj Sharma would be playing the role of the...Read Full Story

Mira Nair is known as the first women who make a film which different and cross-culture film. Mira Nair bagged an Oscar nomination for her debut movie Salaam Bombay. Catch her in conversation as the auteur makes the right noises with her new work- a screen adaptation of Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid’s novel ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist.’ There is a story that you used to challenge your teachers. True?I had come with my father on deputation for two years in Delhi and gone to a proper school...Read Full Story

Hey everyone, my paperback book tour starts this weekend but don't worry, I will do my best to post as many opportunities as I can during yet another busy season. I hope to see some of you at my events across the country. This Saturday, August 20th, I will be reading at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT at 7 pm. You can find more info about the event here: http://www.northshire.com/events.php I'll also be reading in New York City next week for the Bryant Park Festival that happens behind...Read Full Story

Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding Ten years ago I was attending the Toronto Film Festival for the first time. The day before 9/11 I had met legendary film critic Roger Ebert, a personal hero of mine, for the first time as well. We were interested in figuring out a way we could work together as he was a fan of the site and we were fans of his. September the 10th is my birthday (and my wedding anniversary) and, as I was far away from home, Roger had kindly taken me to a late-night screening of a...Read Full Story