Vanity Fair (2004)
Drama
Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia Sedley.
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Angelica Mandy, Gabriel Byrne, Ruth Sheen, Roger Lloyd Pack, Romola Garai
Director: Mira Nair
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
Crime | Drama | History | Romance
Two female friends become sexual rivals at maturity.
Starring: Rekha, Indira Varma, Naveen Andrews, Sarita Choudhury, Ramon Tikaram, Harish Patel
Director: Mira Nair
Queen of Katwe (2016)
Biography | Drama | Sport
A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.
Starring: Lupita Nyong'o, David Oyelowo, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Russel Savadier
Director: Mira Nair
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Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Crime | Drama
The story of Krishna, Manju, Chillum and the other children on the streets of Bombay. Sometimes they can get a temporary job sellng tea, but mostly they have to beg for money and keep out of the way of the police.
Starring: Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chanda Sharma, Raghuvir Yadav, Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar
Director: Mira Nair
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Cultures and families clash in Mira Nair's exuberant Monsoon Wedding, a mix of comedy and chaotic melodrama concerning the preparations for the arranged marriage of a modern upper- middle-class Indian family's only daughter, Aditi. Of course there are hitches-Aditi has been having an affair with a married TV host; she's never met her husband to be, who lives in Houston; the wedding has worsened her father's hidden financial troubles; even the wedding planner has become a nervous wreck-as well as buried family secrets. But Nair's celebration is ultimately joyful and cathartic: a love song to her home city of Delhi and her own Punjabi family.
Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty, Roshan Seth
Director: Mira Nair
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)
Thriller
A young Pakistani man is chasing corporate success on Wall Street. He finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family's homeland.
Starring: Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Om Puri, Haluk Bilginer
Director: Mira Nair
The Namesake (2006)
Drama
While traveling by train to visit his grandfather in Jamshedpur, Calcutta born, Bengali-speaking Ashoke Ganguli meets with fellow-traveler, Ghosh, who impresses upon him to travel, while Ashoke is deep into a book authored by Nicholai Gogol. The train meets with an accident, and after recuperating, Ashoke re-locates to America, settles down, returns home in 1977 to get married to aspiring singer, Ashima, and returns home to New York. Shortly thereafter they become parents of a boy, who they initially name Gogol, and a few years later both give birth to Sonia. The family then buy their own house in the suburbs and travel to India for the first time after their marriage. The second time they travel to India is when Gogol and Sonia are in their late teens, and after a memorable visit to Kolkata and then to the Taj Mahal, they return home. Gogol falls in love with Maxine Ratliff and moves in with her family…
Starring: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson, Brooke Smith
Director: Mira Nair
