Zohran Mamdani's surprising victory in the NYC mayoral primary election signals a shift in city politics. His campaign, ...

Mira Nair is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker who worked with a string of A-listers, including Academy Award winners Denzel Washington, Reese Witherspoon and Lupita Nyong’o.

The Democratic pick for New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, once advised his mother, director Mira Nair, not to work on the Harry Potter film series.

Other films Nair has directed include 2004’s “Vanity Fair,” 2006’s “The Namesake,” and 2016’s “Queen of Katwe,” the latter two of which Mamdani had a hand in.

Zohran Mamdani, the Indian-origin nominee for New York City Mayor, has played a key role in his mother, director Mira Nair’s career, having even persuaded her to turn down a Harry Potter film.

Indian-American politician Zohran Mamdani, the son of filmmaker Mira Nair, played a pivotal role in his mother's film.

In interviews both adjacent to the primary and years earlier, Nair has spoken about her son’s influence on her work. She apparently cast Kal Penn in The Namesake because lil’ Zohan made her ...

Here’s a closer look at the education and career that shaped Mira Nair into the storyteller who helped shape her son’s political conscience.

Zohran Mamdani was raised by his hard-working and successful parents, his mother, Mira Nair, and father Mahmood Mamdani.

Did you know Zohran Mamdani, son of Mira Nair, convinced her to direct ‘The Namesake’ instead of ‘Harry Potter’? The 33-year-old Democrat nominee for New York Mayoral election also convinced his ...

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