Get to know Mira Nair, the acclaimed Indian-American director who is the mother of New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrates during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York on November 4, 2025. New Yorkers elected leftist Zohran ...

New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani made history on Tuesday as the youngest person to be elected in over a century, as ...

Zohran’s parents are filmmaker Mira Nair and academic Mahmood Mamdani. Besides being the mum of everyone’s favourite ...

Award-winning Indian screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala has been tapped to write “Street Dreams,” a biopic based on the remarkable true story of Vicky Roy, a former street child who rose to international ...

Mississippi Masala (1991) Cast: Sarita Choudhury, Denzel Washington, Roshan Seth. Mira weaves a complex narrative of ...

Cinema has become not just a medium of entertainment but also a means of emotional bonding across the world. Every year, countless films of different genres are released, sometimes romantic, sometimes ...

How his public intellectual parents have shaped the New York mayoral frontrunner’s politics has been a persistent line of ...

An obsessive film watcher, a hardcore pop culture nerd, an ardent dog lover, a big foodie and a compulsive daydreamer who ideates, writes, manages and consumes entertainment. A self-proclaimed ...

New York City’s newly-elected mayor Zohran Mamdani steps into office as local film and TV production rebounds post-strikes ...