We speak to director Mira Nair, Riz Ahmed and Liev Schreiber about their provocative film about Islam in America.

New York City has a new presumptive Democratic mayoral primary winner, which means it also has a new frontrunner in November’s election. But what do Harry Potter, Harold & Kumar, and Denzel Washington ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Her feature film directorial debut was 1988's "Salaam Bombay!," which centered on children living on the streets of India. In a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mira Nair attends 2024 DGA Honors at DGA Theater on October 17, 2024 in New York City. Nair's breakthrough came in 1988 with ...

“Did you know that Mira Nair’s son is Zohran Mamdani?” my South Asian friends and I would say over the last year, holding each other firmly by the forearms. While New York City’s mayor-elect made ...

Zohran Mamdani told director mom Mira Nair to pass on Harry Potter movie - The Indian-American filmmaker had the opportunity to direct the fourth Harry Potter movie ...

Monsoon Wedding and A Suitable Boy filmmaker Mira Nair has been announced as the Head of Jury for the South Asia Competition at this year’s Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival (October 27-November 5). The ...

A mix of old-fashioned Hollywood optimism with an unblinking view of contemporary struggles, the new film “Queen of Katwe” is an upbeat tale from an impoverished place. With its Disney imprint, ...

There’s a scene halfway through “Mississippi Masala,” where Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury are just talking. They’re both lying in their respective beds, a phone cradled to their ears. His ...

NEW YORK, December 10, 2009 - Internationally acclaimed director Mira Nair discussed the differences between her more India-centric films (The Namesake, Monsoon Wedding, and Salaam Bombay) and those ...

Shafiq Syed won a National Award and starred in Oscar-nominated 'Salaam Bombay!' as a child, discovered on Mumbai's streets.