As Zohran Mamdani rises in New York politics, his roots trace back to a home shaped by formidable intellect and creative defiance. His mother, filmmaker Mira Nair, transformed her Harvard ...

Mira Nair is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker who worked with a string of A-listers, including Academy Award winners Denzel Washington, Reese Witherspoon and Lupita Nyong’o.

Nair has not only credited Mamdani with influencing her decision to direct 2006’s “The Namesake” instead of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” but she also acknowledged that he ...

Discover how Mira Nair's son, Zohran Mamdani, not only influenced the casting of Kal Penn in The Namesake but is now on the brink of becoming New York City's first Indian-origin mayor.

Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist and state assemblyman, appears poised to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for New York City mayor. His leading primary opponent, former New York ...

Zohran Mamdani, the Indian-origin nominee for New York City Mayor, has played a key role in his mother, director Mira Nair’s career, having even persuaded her to turn down a Harry Potter film.

In the late 2010s, while attempting to launch a rap career under the memorable moniker “Young Cardamom,” Mamdani recorded a rap song, “#1 Spice,” which made the soundtrack of Nair’s 2016 ...

His mother, Mira Nair, is an Oscar-nominated director. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 📚 Celeb news ⭐ U.S. Politics Sports Entertainment Life Money Travel Opinion Crossword ...

Zohran Mamdani’s parents, a filmmaker and a professor, gave him the foundation for his run for mayor of New York. But their own political views may open him up to attacks.

Grantchester is peeling back the layers of its new(ish) vicar and revealing his “secrets,” according to star Rishi Nair.Season 10 marks Nair’s first full season (second overall) as Reverend ...

Nair also explores family and romantic dynamics in 2001’s Monsoon Wedding, an ensemble piece centering on the arranged marriage of Aditi (Vasundhara Das), from Dehli, to Hemant (Parvin Dabas ...