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At their core, the films of Mira Nair are humanist in nature. They spotlight the inequities of traditional, patriarchal Indian society, the manner in which individuals are trapped and victimized because of economic status and gender, and the problems Indians face as they assimilate into foreign cultures.
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Mira Nair was born in 1957, Bhubaneshwar, India, a small town 300 miles south of Calcutta. She is the youngest of three children from a middle class family. Her father was a civil servant, and her mother was a social worker. Mira is married to Hehmood Mamdani; an Ugandan national.
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Nair believes she was picked by producers Warner Brothers because of her knowledge of India's financial capital Mumbai, where the film will be shot. She did not give any dates on when filming would begin.
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Yoga is the constant that allows Nair to keep her head together while having three homes on three continents, she says. Her time is now divided between commercial films and non-profit work, including Maisha, a Sundance-style lab in Kampala for East African and South Asian filmmakers. The foundation she established in the name of her Oscar-nominated 1988 film Salaam Bombay!, Salaam Baalak Trust, continues to provide support for street kids in several Indian cities.
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