The New York City mayor-elect's mother has made some incredible movies.
The film has its cinematic moments but is too simplistic story-wise.
Riz Ahmed tells Aseem Chhabra that most people can relate to the film, as it is the story of an outsider trying to find a home in a new society.
'There's this one scene in Gulmohar that belongs to Manojji and everyone was excited for him.' 'The evening before we were to shoot it, everyone, from Sharmilaji to the junior most actor, wished him luck.'
'He was suddenly nervous.'
'The next day, 14 actors, from Sharmilaji and Amol Palekar to Suraj Sharma, all watched him perform.' 'It was like being back in film school.'
The Great Gatsby and The Reluctant Fundamentalist are two attempts to make moralising novels into spectacular movies. Here's why the first succeeds and the other fails.
'I don't feel that I get typecast. I'm an actor who is widely accepted in the comedy genre.'
Mira Nair's Reluctant Fundamentalist at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Here's a look at the star arrivals.
Nationalism only comes second to a writer whose primary morality is as a human being, Mohsin Hamid tells us, as Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, based on his book, hits the theaters this Friday.
Three Indian films -- Midnight's Children, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and English Vinglish -- will be showcased at the festival.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, based on Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid's book of the same name, is the story of a Pakistani banker in the US, caught between his American dream and the aftermath of 9/11.
After five years of hard work, and many months of film festival touring, Mira Nair is finally getting ready for the theatrical release of The Reluctant Fundamentalist in India.
Mira Nair promotes her new film at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The fate of The Reluctant Fundamentalist at the Toronto International Film Festival will determine its future.
The director said that she will turn the post-9/11 novel, set in America and Pakistan, into a thriller, with the writer Moshin Hamid guiding her.
'I have had a US passport for 26 years. I have a Hindu name. But none of that matters it seems.' 'Today I have also become an immigrant from Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Syria.'Today I am Changez Khan and Rizwan Khan.' 'All of us brown people have been put in the same boat by Trump,' says Aseem Chhabra.
Mira's films are alive, rocking and so true to the reality I know. They are gifts that I keep revisiting, and I cannot wait for what more she will share with us, notes Aseem Chhabra.
'The more I lived in India, the more I realised that America was my home too.'
Going behind the scenes with director Mira Nair.
And no, the list doesn't start and stop with Boman Irani!
Farhan Akhtar's Bhaag Milkha Bhaag does not offer anything new
How many of the 354 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2017 have you seen?
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