The next mayor of New York City is also the son of an acclaimed filmmaker, who has worked with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival and once turned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a young man Zohran Mamdani hated seeing his filmmaker mother Mira Nair leave for months at a time to go make movies. The only ...

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani marches in the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn on Sept. 1, 2025. Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images Yes, it matters that a Qatari royal has patronized the ...

(New York Jewish Week) — When he sat down for an interview in November with the Chronicle of Higher Education, Mahmood Mamdani offered one parameter: “Let’s not talk about the mayor thing.” It was ...

Criterion’s December offerings will give you plenty to add to your Christmas list, with Tim Burton and Mira Nair’s debut features joining, along with a collaboration between Spike Lee and David Byrne ...

Milind Soman revealed he was rejected from Mira Nair’s Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love despite being offered the king’s role, ...

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 ...