'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' tries to explore the plight of an educated Pakistani man working in Wall Street. ...
05:06 PM, May 19, 2013
New Delhi: It's a story that we have heard before. Perhaps different versions, but the milieu has been the same- of that of the plight of innocent south Asians in US post 9/11. Mira Nair's latest 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' tries to explore the plight of an educated Pakistani man working in Wall Street post the terror attack. While the subject is not new- several films, documentaries and books have been...
10:56 AM, May 18, 2013
Acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' is based on a novel of the same name by Mohsin Hamid, and stars Riz Ahmed and Kate Hudson in the pivotal roles. Shabana Azmi and Om Puri will also be seen in the film. The film is about the meteoric rise and fall of a Pakistani migrant in the US. It shows a young man chasing corporate success on Wall Street and...
06:24 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' is hitting the Indian screens on Friday, May 17. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Mohsin Hamid, and stars Riz Ahmed and Kate Hudson in the pivotal roles. Shabana Azmi and Om Puri will also be seen in the film. The film is about the meteoric rise and fall of a Pakistani migrant in the...
04:20 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: Mira Nair, who is equally at home directing stories from the sub-continent and from Hollywood, has merged both the worlds in 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', a coming-of-age story where she deals with questions of identity and belonging. The director, who has previously helmed films like 'Salaam Bombay', 'Mississippi Masaala', 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'Amelia', has adapted Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid's novel to show a young Pakistani's love and subsequent disillusionment...
03:46 PM, May 14, 2013
Mumbai: Director Mira Nair will receive German Film Award for Peace, The Bridge 2013, for her movie 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'. The 55-year-old will be honoured with the award on July 4 at Cuvillies Theatre, Munich for her outstanding film and direction, said a statement. The Prime Minister of Bavaria, the Bernhard Wicki Memorial Fund and the Umbrella Organization of the German Film Industry will also be the part of the...
01:40 PM, May 12, 2013
Washington: Acclaimed Indian director Mira Nair is hopeful that her new thriller 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' would spur a dialogue between two worlds depicted in it particularly in the context of the Boston Marathon bombings. Based on the novel of the same name by Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid, the film tells the story of two conflicting ideologies - the 'fundamentalism' of the capitalists and that of the terrorists - through a...
04:30 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Los Angeles: Filmmaker Mira Nair says actress Kate Hudson was her first choice to play Erica in 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'. "We really fell in love with each other. We hung out for hours, which is something I never do. And then we went through many others and Kate kept sending me love notes," Mira said in a statement. Things did not work out between the filmmaker and actress in 2011...
06:20 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Irrfan says that the prestigious award has come his way after several disappointments. ...
10:23 AM, Mar 29, 2013
Indian American filmmaker Mira Nair has revealed how a funding crunch almost drove her to abandon her latest project 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'. ...
05:35 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Mira Nair has directed internationally acclaimed films like 'Salaam Bombay', 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'The Namesake'. ...
07:10 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair says she would love to work with Bollywood's star actors. ...
12:56 PM, Mar 18, 2013
US-based Indian filmmaker Mira Nair doesn't aspire to own a big production company, but she has one little wish: to direct Shimit Amin's next film. ...
11:08 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Mira Nair had initially considered Ranbir Kapoor for a role in her film 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'. ...
08:24 PM, Mar 14, 2013
Mira Nair's 1988 film 'Salaam Bombay!', which was even nominated for an Oscar, is being re-released on March 22. ...
05:26 PM, Mar 04, 2013
After completing an "exhausting shoot" of her much anticipated movie 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', filmmaker Mira Nair has started working on her next project, a musical adaptation of her movie 'Monsoon Wedding'. ...
12:38 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Adil Hussain is steadily making space for himself in Indian cinema as well as crossover films. ...
01:37 PM, Dec 11, 2012
