Director Mira Nair’s films take place all over the Indian diaspora – from the rough city streets of “Salaam Bombay” to the American Deep South in “Mississippi Masala.” Her latest film spans the distance from Calcutta to New York: “The Namesake” is about a young Indian couple who makes a life together in the US, and the struggles of their American-born son. Mira tells Kurt why unconventional love stories have inspired so many of her films.
- The Fox Searchlight website for "The Namesake"
- Buy Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair by John Kenneth Muir
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