Mira Nair
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Salaam Bombay! (1988)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal
- Breakthrough Indian film that eschews Bollywood tradition is a compassionate account of an 11–year–old village boy, stranded on the…
- Mississippi Masala (1992)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Denzel Washington, Roshan Seth, Sarita Choudhury
- A poignant gem about a tabooed romance between a beautiful Indian girl and a black carpet cleaner (Denzel Washington) in the deep South.
- Perez Family, The (1995)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Marisa Tomei…
- A gently humorous tale about Cuban refugees who pose as a family in order to gain entry into the U.S. The director of SALAAM BOMBAY well harnesses…
- Kama Sutra (1996)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Indira Varma, Sarita Choudhury, Ramon Tikaram…
- The director of SALAAM BOMBAY returns to her native land for this enticing, beautifully photographed tale of love, jealousy and revenge among the…
- Monsoon Wedding (2001)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Naseeruddin Shah, Shafali Shetty, Lillete Dubey
- Exotically charmed with a glamorous cast and a tremendous soundtrack, various members of an extended Indian family busy themselves with the mystery…
- 11'09'01 (September 11) (2002)
- Dir. Ken Loach, Claude Lelouch, Sean Penn
Feat. Ernest Borgnine
- A consistently intriguing omnibus of 11 short films made by various top directors about the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001 in New York –…
- Hysterical Blindness (2002)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Uma Thurman, Juliette Lewis, Gena Rowlands
- A red–maned Uma Thurman comes to terms with her 'Jersey Girl' existence in this noted telemovie from dir. Mira Nair (MONSOON…
- Full Frame Documentary Shorts Volume I (2003)
- Dir. Mira Nair, Roger Weisberg, Eva Saks
- Inaugural selection of titles from the Full Frame Documentary Festival held annually in Durham, North Carolina, which screens over 100 docos each…
- Vanity Fair (2004)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rhys Ifans…
- Sumptuous and intelligent adaptation of William Thackeray's novel, about the rise of an unscrupulous orphan lass to the aristocracy in Britain during…
- Namesake, The (2006)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Irfan Khan, Kal Penn, Jagannath Guha…
- Cutting right to the heart of the 'immigrant experience', this outstanding melodrama from the dir. of MONSOON WEDDING beautifully explores the…