Comments on: Mira Nair’s Amelia Releases Today

By: shlok

shlok — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:50:05 +0000

Mira and Hilary came down to the NYTimes building and had a little q&a. Me and my lil sis checked it out. The program is called TimesTalk and is pretty cheap to see prominent figures. We got a chance to meet Penelope and Almodovar the week before!

By: Orville

Orville — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:29:04 +0000

Denzel already won a best supporting Oscar for his performance in the film Glory prior to being in Mira Nair`s film. I think Mississippi Masala was a good movie but Nair did NOT make Denzel famous he already was famous PRIOR to the release of that film.

By: No_To_Maoists

No_To_Maoists — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:21:51 +0000

I would have enjoyed seeing this movie, but the Nair's reported support for a terrorist group in India makes me stay away.

Demand a stop to the Indian government's assault on the CPI-Maoist

Wiki on Maoists

By: Pravin

Pravin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:21:19 +0000

Mira Nair can get a little annoying at times in movies like Monsoon Wedding or laughable with Kamasutra. But I thought she did a good job with movies like Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala. I thought the Roshan Seth character was a damn good one. One overlooked movie is Hysterical Blindness with Uma Thurman. She nailed that NJ bar scene very well.

By: phillygrrl

phillygrrl — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:06:40 +0000

So perhaps it would have been a better statement to say that Mira Nair put him on the desi radar PhillyGirl?

Noted. Thanks, AnjaliToo. Other folks pointed that out as well. My facetiousness went a bit over the top.

By: Amrita

Amrita — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:44:02 +0000

"I thought her name was Earhart?"

Probably anglicized from Ehrhardt.

By: desis-n-amelia

desis-n-amelia — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:27:38 +0000

Interesting time. Another desi just published a novel on Earhart:

Breathe The Sky http://www.amazon.com/Breathe-Sky-Inspired-Amelia-Earhart/dp/1932279393

It would be interesting to get her impressions.

By: jazz

jazz — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:40:13 +0000

I watched it yesterday. Meh..

By: AnjaliToo

AnjaliToo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:24:33 +0000

Mira Nair! The one who made Denzel famous in Mississippi Masala, brought us Monsoon Wedding and finally gave Kal Penn a serious role in* The Namesake*.–PhillyGirl Truth be told, Denzel Washington was already famous…he won an Oscar in “Glory” before he made Mississippi Masala. If anything, Mira Nair made Denzel a romantic lead/sex symbol in “Mississippi Masala.”

He also won Golden Globe and NAACP Image awards for Glory, and had already acted in some pretty well received films like Cry Freedom for which he was also nominated for Golden Globe and Academy awards, so we can probably assume that he was already pretty famous in his own right. So perhaps it would have been a better statement to say that Mira Nair put him on the desi radar PhillyGirl?

By: Manju

Manju — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:19:38 +0000

Is that after they crash into the water?

correct. but just when you think the movie is over, jason appears from under the water.