Director Mira Nair’s latest film Monsoon Wedding won the main prize at 2001’s Venice Film Festival. Currently shooting in New York, she spoke to Peter Machen during a brief break in her schedule
Mira Nair, is one of contemporary global cinema’s most widely and dearly regarded talents. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay, was a sprawling view of Bombay through the eyes of a street child, the greyness of poverty, infused with the sparkle of childhood reality. It reaped prizes at festivals everywhere, even garnering an acknowledgement from Hollywood with an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Picture. Continue reading