Download or read book The Films of Mira Nair written by Amardeep Singh and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mira Nair's diaspora vérité -- "Our hearts and eyes are wide open": Mira Nair's documentaries -- Salaam Bombay! (1988): the aesthetics of disillusionment -- A tale of two "chunaris": the critique of Bollywood in Monsoon Wedding -- Into the diasporic mixing bowl: Mississippi Masala (1991), the Perez Family (1995), and My Own Country -- Feminist period pieces: Vanity Fair (2004) and Kama Sutra: a tale of love -- "Every day since then has been a gift": The Namesake -- "I had a Pakistani once": The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) and Nair's post-9/11 short films -- "Where do you belong?": returning to Uganda in Queen of Katwe