Mira Nair

Mira Nair discusses her new film, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist." Based on Mohsid Hamid’s bestselling novel, it tells the story of Changez, a young man from Pakistan climbing the corp...

Director Mira Nair’s films take place all over the Indian diaspora – from the rough city streets of “Salaam Bombay” to the American Deep South in “Mississippi Masala.” Her latest film spans the distance from Calcutta to New York: “The Namesake” is about a young Indian couple ...

For “The Namesake”’s edgy young protagonist, director Mira Nair cast Kal Penn, best known as Kumar in “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.” She also put novelist Jhumpa Lahiri and more than 20 members of Lahiri’s family in small roles – after all, the original story ...