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Honour for Mira
Nair
Salaam Bombay, which won several awards, is considered a classic which is often discussed in classrooms where students are trained in the art of filmmaking. It was nominated for Oscar in the foreign film category. Besides making movies on themes which most commercial filmmakers shun, the citation notes, Nair founded in 2003 a film laboratory Maisha dedicated to support visionary screen writers and directors in East and South East Asia. Nair’s company, Mirabai Films, is currently producing a series of four films to raise awareness about AIDS epidemic in India. Mississippi Masala is about a family of Ugandan Indians living in the United States and Monsoon Wedding shows the chaotic Punjabi marriage. Her latest film The Namesake has also brought her honours. — IANS
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India-born
filmmaker Mira Nair, who rose to fame when her debut movie Salaam
Bombay was nominated for Oscar, will be honoured with at the 17th
annual Gotham Awards here next month for her contributions to
independent cinema. She will receive a Gotham Awards ‘Tribute’ on
November 27 at Brooklyn’s Steiner Studios.