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Mira Nair sparked protest by casting her film about Cuban immigrants in Florida with Anjelica Huston, Chazz Palminteri, Alfred Molina and Marisa Tomei - but “The Perez Family” won over audiences with its fast-paced, witty dialogue and its unexpected twists. The romantic comedy plays with the common occurrence of the last name and recounts individual fates sympathetically yet without sentimentality. Nair gleefully exposes the grotesque sides of American immigration law, ridiculing them rather than the dreams and hopes of her characters.
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About 12 years back, Modi wanted to make a film on Buddha and Mira Nair was to direct the film. But the project had to be abandoned, following strong protest from various Buddhist groups who opposed the film project on several counts, including Buddha's projection as an incarnation of Vishnu, the preserver. Another reason of protest was that the more devout among the Buddha followers, for religious reasons opposed an enlightened Buddha being shown as an ordinary human being of bone and flesh.
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Dropping work on adaptations of Tony Kushner's play "Homebody/Kabul" and the Hari Kunzru novel "The Impressionist," Nair threw herself into the film, but not without remaining flexible about her artistic vision. It was, in fact, her 15-year-old son who talked her out of casting a Bollywood star in the title role of the American-born Gogol and into the riskier idea of giving the heavily dramatic part to someone like . . . Kal Penn.
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