Direction: Mira Nair

Direction Mira Nair

Cast Shafiq Syed · Raghuvir Yadav · Aneeta Kanwar · Nana Patekar

Synopsis Mira Nair's first feature was an acclaimed drama depicting the desperate lives of homeless children in one of India's poorest cities. Krishna is a 10-year-old country boy forced to live on his own in the streets of Bombay after his...

Direction Mira Nair

Cast Naseeruddin Shah · Lillete Dubey · Shefali Shetty · Vijay Raaz

Synopsis Set in New Delhi, as the Verma family prepare for their daughter's arranged marriage, the father of the bride, Lalit Verma (Shah), and his wife endure the ups and downs with their daughter Aditi (Das) preparing to marry and leave...

Direction Mira Nair

Cast Lupita Nyong'o · David Oyelowo · Madina Nalwanga · Charity Rose Pimer

Synopsis A young girl from Uganda trains to become a world chess champion.

Direction Mira Nair

Cast Kal Penn · Tabu · Irrfan Khan · Jacinda Barrett

Synopsis THE NAMESAKE is the story of the Ganguli family whose move from Calcutta to New York evokes a lifelong balancing act to meld to a new world without forgetting the old. Though parents Ashoke and Ashima (Irfan Khan, Tabu) long...

Direction Samira Makhmalbaf · Claude Lelouch · Youssef Chahine · Danis Tanovic

Cast Ernest Borgnine · Ken Ogata · Tetsurô Tanba · Tomorô Taguchi

Synopsis A reaction piece to the United States' terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, this controversial film calls upon eleven directors from various countries to contribute 11-minute 9-second films about the event. Variously political, violent, disturbing, abstract, opinionated,... A reaction piece...

Direction Mira Nair

Cast Riz Ahmed · Kiefer Sutherland · Kate Hudson · Liev Schreiber

Synopsis A young Pakistani (Riz Ahmed) graduated in Princeton and living in New York 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...

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Cast Denzel Washington · Roshan Seth · Sarita Choudhury · Charles S. Dutton

Synopsis Demetrius is a stalwart, self-made man and owner of a carpet-cleaning business. A chance traffic accident introduces him to Mina, a beautiful young Indian woman whose family fled Uganda under the rule of Idi Amin. As Demetrius and Mina begin...

Direction Jane Campion · Gael García Bernal · Jan Kounen · Mira Nair

Cast Nigist Anteneh · Tefera Gizaw · Fekadu Kebede · Ingvar Eggert Sigurdsson

Synopsis 8 shorts centered around 8 themes directed by 8 famous film directors involved and sharing their opinion on progress, on the set-backs and the challenges our planet faces today.

Direction Mira Nair

Cast Indira Varma · Sarita Choudhury · Naveen Andrews · Ramon Tikaram

Synopsis Set in 16th Century India, "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love" is the story of two girls, Maya and Tara, who are raised together but come from very different social classes. Tara is a upper-caste princess while Maya is her...

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Cast Reese Witherspoon · Eileen Atkins · Jim Broadbent · Gabriel Byrne

Synopsis One of America's most popular stars unites with one of the world's most acclaimed directors to bring to the screen one of the greatest female characters ever created. The new film version of the classic novel by William Makepeace Thackeray...

Direction Mira Nair · Shimit Amin

Cast Tanya Maniktala · Ishaan Khattar · Vivek Gomber · Shahana Goswami

Synopsis TV Series (2020-). 6 Episodes. A vast, panoramic tale charting the fortunes of four large families and exploring India and its rich and varied culture at a crucial point in its history. Year 1951. In a newly independent India, passionate...

Direction Fatih Akin · Yvan Attal · Randall Balsmeyer · Allen Hughes

Cast Bradley Cooper · Hayden Christensen · Andy García · Rachel Bilson

Synopsis An anthology film joining several love stories set in one of the most loved cities of the world, New York.

Direction Mira Nair

Cast Juliette Lewis · Uma Thurman · Gena Rowlands · Justin Chambers

Synopsis Hysterical Blindness centers around three New Jersey women's search for love. Deb Miller (Uma Thurman) has major insecurity issues because her father abandoned her and her mother when she was thirteen, which made her really needy, neurotic and loose. Beth...

Direction Guillermo Arriaga · Héctor Babenco · Bahman Ghobadi · Emir Kusturica

Cast Demian Bichir · Emir Kusturica · Sarai Givaty · Emilio Echevarría

Synopsis Composed of 10 short films on the major religions in the world. The directors are: Jose Padilha (Brazil), Warwick Thornton (Australia), Bahman Ghobadi (Iran), Mira Nair (India), Hideo Nakata (Japan), Emir Kusturica (Serbia) and Guillermo Arriaga (Mexico). This whole film,...

Direction Mira Nair

Cast Hilary Swank · Richard Gere · Ewan McGregor · Christopher Eccleston

Synopsis A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.

Direction Mira Nair

Cast Marisa Tomei · Alfred Molina · Anjelica Huston · Chazz Palminteri

Synopsis In an attempt to secure a sponsor, an unlikely group of Cuban refugees become a "family" as the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service gives families priority over others. In the process, a political prisoner who hasn't seen his wife for...

Direction Cormac Wibberley · Marianne Wibberley · Mira Nair · Nathan Hope

Cast Lisette Olivera · Zuri Reed · Antonio Cipriano · Jordan Rodrigues

Synopsis TV Series (2022). 1 Season. 10 Episodes. Lisette Olivera stars as Jess Valenzuela, an adventurous 20-year-old dreamer who, along with the help of her friends, sets off on a journey to recover lost Pan-American treasures from around the globe, while...

Direction Mira Nair

Cast Konkona Sen Sharma · Ranvir Shorey · Birsa Chatterjee

Synopsis The story of Zainab and Arif, who live their son, Munna, in Brooklyn. Zainab makes the complicated decision to leave her protected life and follow her heart. One of eight shorts commissioned by the United Nations on themes concerning global...

Direction Mira Nair

Direction Mira Nair

Synopsis Via the New York Times: “…film examines the marriage of Ashok Sheth and his wife, Hansa. Ashok moved to New York only days after the wedding, to a woman he barely knew; the match was arranged in the traditional way....