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Mira Nair

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q932650&amp;oldid=2563765883" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Padma Bhushan
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1637390&amp;oldid=2562281494" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Salaam Bombay!
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q49088&amp;oldid=2564982848" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Columbia University
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q13371&amp;oldid=2560802993" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Harvard University
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q775091&amp;oldid=2561479131" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Caméra d&#39;Or · dated 1988
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1624299&amp;oldid=2563152717" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

Wikidata describes Mira Nair as Indian-American filmmaker (born 1957).

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