Mira Nair
Director | Producer | Actress
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Filmography
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Known For
Salaam Bombay! Director (1988) -
Monsoon Wedding Director (2001) -
Mississippi Masala Director (1991) -
Known For
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Director (2012) -
Director
A Suitable Boy (2018) -
Queen of Katwe (2016) -
Words with Gods (2014) -
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)
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Amelia (2009) -
8 (2008) -
New York, I Love You (2008) -
Migration (2008) -
The Namesake (2006) -
Vanity Fair (2004) -
![September 11]( "September 11")
September 11 (2002) -
![Hysterical Blindness]( "Hysterical Blindness")
Hysterical Blindness (2002) -
![The Laughing Club of India]( "The Laughing Club of India")
The Laughing Club of India (2001) -
![Monsoon Wedding]( "Monsoon Wedding")
Monsoon Wedding (2001) -
![My Own Country]( "My Own Country")
My Own Country (1998) -
![Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love]( "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love")
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996) -
![The Perez Family]( "The Perez Family")
The Perez Family (1995) -
![The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat]( "The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat")
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![Mississippi Masala]( "Mississippi Masala")
Mississippi Masala (1991) -
![Salaam Bombay!]( "Salaam Bombay!")
Salaam Bombay! (1988) -
Children of a Desired Sex (1987)
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![India Cabaret]( "India Cabaret")
India Cabaret (1985) -
![So Far from India]( "So Far from India")
So Far from India (1983) -
DirectorJama Masjid Street Journal (1979)
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Producer
![Ayiti Mon Amour]( "Ayiti Mon Amour")
Ayiti Mon Amour (2016) -
![8]( "8")
8 (2008) -
Prarambha (2008)
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Migration (2008)
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![Positive]( "Positive")
Positive (2007) -
Blood Brothers (2007)
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![The Namesake]( "The Namesake")
The Namesake (2006) -
Still, the Children Are Here (2004)
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![Monsoon Wedding]( "Monsoon Wedding")
Monsoon Wedding (2001) -
![My Own Country]( "My Own Country")
My Own Country (1998) -
![Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love]( "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love")
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996) -
![Mississippi Masala]( "Mississippi Masala")
Mississippi Masala (1991) -
Producer
![Salaam Bombay!]( "Salaam Bombay!")
Salaam Bombay! (1988) -
Actress
![Bollywood Calling]( "Bollywood Calling")
Bollywood Calling Mira (2001) -
![Monsoon Wedding]( "Monsoon Wedding")
Monsoon Wedding Mrs. Mehta (2001) -
![My Own Country]( "My Own Country")
My Own Country Saryu Joshi (1998) -
![The Perez Family]( "The Perez Family")
The Perez Family Woman buying flowers (1995) -
Actress
![Mississippi Masala]( "Mississippi Masala")
Mississippi Masala Gossip 1 (1991) -
Writer
![Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love]( "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love")
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996) -
Writer
![Salaam Bombay!]( "Salaam Bombay!")
Salaam Bombay! (1988) -
Soundtrack
![The Reluctant Fundamentalist]( "The Reluctant Fundamentalist")
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012) -
Editorial DepartmentDadi's Family (1980)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Lost hours of footage for 'Monsoon Wedding' when the negative was shipped to New York and x-rayed.
Quotes
My father was educated in Lahore, before the partition of India. When I went there in 2004, I was dazzled by the ocean of familiarity - in terms of music, culture and food - but even more by the largeness of spirit of the people there. We are hardly...
Trademark
Credits are often set in an unusual typeface. End credits often feature pictograms, with the credit reel ending on a pictogram, as in Mississippi Masala and Kama Sutra.
Star Sign
Libra
Personal Details
Born
Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India
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