Mira Nair
Director | Producer | Actress
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Filmography
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Known For
Salaam Bombay! Director (1988) -
Mississippi Masala Director (1991) -
Monsoon Wedding Director (2001) -
Known For
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Director (2012) -
Director
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 (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 (2003) -
![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
First read William Makepeace Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair' when she was 16. She would later adapt it into a film.
Quotes
But if I have an obsession at all, it is with hands. I love hands and I love lips. I never cast lipless actors. So Kenneth Branagh, no thank you. It's a weird thing but I do have these two obsessions.
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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