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Studio 360 – Episode 841B – Mira, Miles, Sticky Fingers – Segment 1

Mira Nair

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 most recent 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. Nair tells Kurt why unconventional love stories have inspired so many of her films.

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