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Mira Nair: Monsoon Wedding
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Like her previous films VANITY FAIR, MONSOON WEDDING, and HBO’s HYSTERICAL BLINDNESS, Mira Nair’s THE NAMESAKE is a lush, beautiful film bursting with rich color and visual texture. Based on the bestselling book by Jhumpa Lahiri, the film follows two generations of the Ganguli family....
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In her 2001 film, Monsoon Wedding, Mira Nair captures the anticipation, chaos, and beauty of a Punjabi wedding, set in New Delhi. An Indian bride, Aditi (Vasundhra Das), is marrying Indian-American Hemant (Parvin Dabas) in an arranged marriage set up by Aditi’s parents, Lalit (Nasserudin Shah) and his wife Pimmi (Lillete Dubey). The film starts a few days before the wedding as preparations are being made and the extended family of the bride and groom arrive.
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For the first time in its history, last September's Venice Film Festival awarded its top prize to a film directed by a woman: Mira Nair's "Monsoon Wedding." Nair, who is Indian but lives in Man...(Continue Reading)
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Nair has one son, Zohran, born in 1991. Her husband, Mahmood Mamdani, is Ugandan. Citizens of the world, this family travels constantly, and maintains residences on three continents (Africa, Asia, and North America). Nair is currently working on an adaptation of Tony Kushner's play HOMEBODY/KABUL for HBO, and there is ... talk of taking MONSOON WEDDING to Broadway.
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Mira Nair knows that her best movies have been the ones that are the most challenging, independent and personal, films such as "Monsoon Wedding" and "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love." But it's hard to resist Hollywood's siren call.
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In the summer of 2000, Nair and her crew shot the audience favorite "Monsoon Wedding," the story of a Punjabi wedding starring Naseeruddin Shah and a large ensemble of Indian actors, in just 30 days. Winner of the Golden Lion at the 2001 Venice Film Festival, it was ... a Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.
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