The highly acclaimed director from India, Mira Nair leapt into the world's spotlight with her film Salaam Bombay .  This film is considered by many to be her best work although she may be better known for the controversial subject matter of her latest film Kama Sutra :  A tale of Love.

  
Mira Nair was born in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa to a civil servant in 1957. She went on to attend the University of New Delhi where she studied Sociology and Theater. Dissatisfied with the quality of the education, she applied elsewhere. As result she came to Harvard in 1976 on full scholarship to continue studying Sociology. While at Harvard her focus drifted to documentary film. She describes documentary as "a

marriage of my interests in the visual arts, theatre, and life as it is lived".
  
Mira's first film was Jama Masjid Street Journal  which was also her Master's thesis project.  And her other films were :
So Far From India  (1982)
India Cabaret   (1985)
Children of a Desired Sex   (1987)
Salaam Bombay   (1988)
Mississippi Masala   (1991)
The Perez Family    (1993)
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love   (1997)
And the lastest award winning movie the Monsoon Wedding