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Indian director's connection to 'Vanity' is fairly obvious Nair jumped at chance to bring Thackeray classic to big screen

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 20040831
Author:Mary Houlihan

In her career as a film director, Mira Nair is best-known for work that captures the vibrant intricacies of modern-day India ("Salaam Bombay!" and "Monsoon Wedding"), as well as the South Asian diaspora ("Mississippi Masala"). So at first glance she may seem an odd choice to direct a period drama set in Regency England. But dig deeper and it all makes sense.

Nair's connection to William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair goes back to her high school days as a student in a proper Irish Catholic boarding school in India. It was there among Shakespeare, Blake and Keats that she discovered ...

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