India @ Toronto – 8 Films by Mira Nair
By Pickle September 1, 2025
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Indian-American director Mira Nair started her TIFF run, like Mehta, aged 26 with the 52-minute documentary So Far from India (1983). The film is about a young Indian newspaper dealer in the subways of New York who returns home to Ahmedabad to reunite with his wife and is confronted with a conflict between his traditional upbringing and his new life. Nair has made it to TIFF on seven more occasions since. Her last appearance was in 2020 with the British television miniseries A Suitable Boy, featuring Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala and Shahana Goswami. A TIFF Tribute Award was also bestowed on Nair that year.
So far from India (1983); Salaam Bombay! (1988); Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996); Monsoon Wedding (2001); The Namesake (2006); The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012); Queen of Katwe (2016); A Suitable Boy (2020)
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