The Mom-Dani speaks! In her first major interview since her son’s stunning ascent, the acclaimed director reveals what she did to shape the man and set the stage for his epic political upset. By ...

The next mayor of New York City is also the son of an acclaimed filmmaker, who has worked with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival and once turned ...

Mira Nair's women have always been unapologetically alive. They weep, desire, plot, and stumble with a self-awareness that makes them difficult to contain. Across her decades-long filmography, they ...

Filmmaker Mira Nair took to social media to share a touching note about her son, New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, and it’s winning hearts online. In her message — posted as part of the Moms for ...

Mira Nair, born in Odisha, is married to Mahmood Mamdani, a Mumbai-born Ugandan scholar who serves as the chancellor of Kampala International University. Their son, Zohran Mamdani, made history on ...

The year was 1988. Filmmaker Mira Nair was in Cannes for the screening of her movie Salaam Bombay. Her mother, Praveen Nair, had accompanied her to the prestigious festival frequented by eminent ...

Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair on Tuesday shared Indian movie director Zoya Akhtar's praise for the former's son, Zohran Mamdani, on his electoral victory in the crucial New York Mayor elections.

Mira Nair attends 2024 DGA Honors at DGA Theater on October 17, 2024 in New York City. Nair’s breakthrough came in 1988 with Salaam Bombay!, a gritty portrayal of street children in Mumbai made for ...

One can safely say the combination of public service and social awareness shaped her early trajectory. Mira Nair is all over the headlines today. This time, it’s not for her celebrated legacy in ...

Zohran Mamdani has been elected as New York City’s new mayor. His parents are scholar Mahmood Mamdani and filmmaker Mira Nair. His wife, Syrian-American artist Rama Duwaji, lives and works in Brooklyn ...

Zohran Mamdani made history when he won New York City’s mayoral election on Tuesday night, becoming its youngest mayor in over a century and the first Muslim to lead the city. But his mother had ...