Mira Nair finds India distributor for `... Fundamentalist`

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 13:08

Mira Nair wasn`t sure whether ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’, on Islamic fundamentalism with a Pakistani protagonist, would get released in India.

Lahore is Delhi 50 years ago, says filmmaker Mira Nair

Last Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012, 13:53

Mira Nair managed to shoot in Lahore for four days, but had to shoot the remaining part in locations in New Delhi.

Dharmendra, Shabana, Mira Nair to get Padma Bhushan

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 15:41

Veteran actors Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi and filmmaker of international repute Mira Nair were named for the Padma Bhushan, the country`s third highest civilian honour on the eve of Republic Day Wednesday.

We would have never used the name `Slumdog`: Mira Nair

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 15:24

The title of Danny Boyle`s film `Slumdog Millionaire` raised many eyebrows in India but all was forgotten in its Oscar glory. Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair, who explored the subject far more deeply in her film `Salaam Bombay`, feels calling Mumbai street children as dogs was in poor taste. Mira, who is here to attend a retrospective of her cinema at IFFI, feels the name did not come from the soil.

Near political campaigning needed for Oscar: Mira Nair

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 14:14

An Oscar award cannot be won with a campaign, nearly political in nature, noted filmmaker Mira Nair said Tuesday.

Ranbir, not Shahid in fray for role in Mira Nair`s next

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 18:39

Mira Nair says she in talks with Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor for the role of Changez in her film `The Reluctant Fundamentalist`.

Shahid’s starry <i>nakhras</i> gets him booted from Mira Nair film

Last Updated: Thursday, November 18, 2010, 14:23

After months of dillydallying with Mira Nair over her film adaptation of Pakistani author Mohsin Hadmi’s ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’, Shahid Kapoor has been finally kicked out of the project. Apparently, sick and tired of Shahid’s waiting game, Nair could not take his starry ways anymore. Buzz has it that without informing Shahid, Nair has already started auditioning fresh faces for the film.

Rishi-Neetu forbid their son Ranbir from shooting in Pakistan

Last Updated: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 20:43

Whether Ranbir Kapoor will be shooting in Pakistan or not has become a million dollar question for ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ director Mira Nair. Buzz has it that Mira, who arrives in Mumbai next week, will soon be deciding on the hero – Ranbir and Shahid, depending on whom she can convince to shoot in Pakistan. Apparently, Mira`s first choice for the lead actor in ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ was Ranbir Kapoor.

Shahid Kapoor may shoot in Pakistan for Mira Nair film

Last Updated: Friday, October 22, 2010, 18:05

In exciting news for his Pakistani fans, Bollywood heartthrob Shahid Kapoor could be shooting in Pakistan for a Mira Nair film, Aaj TV channel reported Friday.

Shahid to pick between Deepa Mehta and Mira Nair’s film

Last Updated: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 18:58

Shahid Kapoor is spoilt for choice as he has two coveted filmmakers up in arms for him.

Shahid Kapoor to play the lead role in Mira Nair’s film

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 12:58

Mira Nair may be facing a casting crisis for her flick ‘Midnight’s Children’ but the talented director has shift her focus onto a different flick now.

Mira Nair`s film kickstarts short film fest on development

Last Updated: Saturday, September 18, 2010, 15:59

Mira Nair`s `How Can It Be`, starring Konkona Sen and Ranvir Shorey, opened the international film festival `Eight` here, which features short films on development issues.