Mira Nair needs no introduction for most of you, but if you don’t know her, she is an award-winning film and theatre director, producer, and screenwriter, known for movies such as Monsoon Wedding (2001), Vanity Fair(2004), Amelia (2009), The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012), Queen of Katwe (2016), and more.
Now, a interesenting thing that you propably dont konw: Mira Nair is a Yogi and dedicated student of Iyengar Yoga for more than 20 years. Every time she works on a project, she wants to practice Iyengar Yoga and invites her crew to participate.
It is cool to hear her talking about yoga in this video, don’t you agree?
Now about this picture (A full circle moment for me)
From the left to the right: me, Aparna, Mira Nair.
Aparna Jayakumar (accomplished photographer, my friend, and student) recommended me to Mira Nair to teach her Iyengar Yoga in 2016 while she was shooting the movie for the museum. I never wanted to disturb Mira Nair asking for a picture after class as it was her private moment. But then, three years later, Mira Nair came back to Doha to finally release the movie during the Opening Ceremony of the National Museum of Qatar. I went with Aparna to watch her speak about her movie, and at the end of it, we all took a picture together, closing that circle.
Why I am publishing this picture only today, after three years?
Because I am excited that Mira Nair is back in Doha for her premiere of Monsoon Wedding, The Musical, so all the memories came back to me.
Are you coming to The Musical? I am definitely attending the wedding of the season
