Filmmaker Mira Nair is back with a TV mini-series, A Suitable Boy, now streaming on Netflix. She talks to Giridhar Jha about her latest work, career and more.
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Updated: 30 Oct 2020 2:16 pm
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair, known for classics such as Salaam Bombay (1988) and Monsoon Wedding (2001), is back with a BBC One television mini-series, A Suitable Boy, now streaming on Netflix. In an interview with Giridhar Jha, the New York-based filmmaker talks about her latest work, career and more. Excerpts:
How did A Suitable Boy with BBC happen?
Saffron In Cinemascope: How Bollywood Took Up Right-wing Agenda 
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