Mira Nair

15.10.1957, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa

 

Director
Nair is an Indian director who began her career as an actress. Before directing her first feature film, Salaam Bombay (1988), she made documentaries. Her other films include Mississippi Masala (1991), The Perez Family (1995), My Own Country (1988), Monsoon Wedding (2001) for which she won the Golden lion at the 58th Venice Film Festival. Afterwards she made Hysterical Blindness (2002), and, in 2004, directed the costumed drama Vanity Fair starring Reese Witherspoon.

Filmography


Films by this director

Monsoon Wedding

(2001)

Directed by: Mira Nair
PHOTOGRAPHY: Declan Quinn
Synopsis:

Aditi Verma (Vasundhara Das) is an Indian girl awaiting an arranged marriage. Her parents have organized everything and the wedding preparations are in full swing. The groom and relatives arrive from all sides of the world, but Aditi is lost. She still has not forgotten her old love…

color, 114 minuta
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