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.

I interviewed Zohran Mamdani’s mom once. She told me that she’d had an offer to direct HARRY POTTER but he told her she should make THE NAMESAKE instead because “anyone can direct HARRY POTTER, but only you can make THE NAMESAKE.

If Zohran Mamdani looks comfortable on camera, there’s a reason for that. The 33-year-old democratic socialist stunned the political world after he was backed by voters in the Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday.