Mira Nair Biography - Birth date, Achievements, Career, Family, Awards

Meera Nair was born on 15 October 1957 in Odisha. His father's name is Amit Nair and mother's name is Praveen Nair. His father was an Indian Administrative Service officer and his mother is a social worker who always looks after and focuses on children.

Before becoming a filmmaker, Mira Nair was originally interested in acting, and at one time she performed plays written by Bengali artist Badal Sarkar. While she studied at Harvard University, Nair joined the theater program and won a Boylstone Award for performing Jocasta's speech from Seneca's Oedipus. 'Salaam Bombay "was Meera Nair's debut feature film. Before beginning her filmmaking career, she also made a documentary on Indian Culture and Tradition. She made a black and white film' Jama Masjid Street Journal 'between 1978 and 1979. Meena Nair's first film won 23 International Awards. At the beginning of his film career, Nair primarily made documentaries in which he explored the Indian cultural tradition. For his film thesis at Harvard between 1978 and 1979, Nair produced a black and white film called Jama Masjid Street Journal. The musical adaptation of the Monsoon Wedding, directed by Nair, took place at the Berkeley Repertory Theater from May 5 to July 16, 2017. As of 2015, she lives in New York City, where she is an assistant professor in the Film Division of the School of Arts for Columbia University. The university has collaborated with Nair's Maisha Film Lab, and offers international students opportunities to work together and share their interest in film making. In July 2020, journalist Ellen Barry announced that her Pulitzer Prize-nominated story, "The Jungle Prince of Delhi", about "The Royal Family of Oudh", published in the New York Times, a web series for Amazon Studios with Nair Will be converted into.