Mira Nair – Scripts on Screen

Queen of Katwe Script

celluloid — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 21:22:54 +0000

Year:2016

Director:Mira Nair

Written by:William Wheeler (Screenplay), Tim Crothers (Book)

Script Synopsis:A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.

Queen of Katwe Script Resources:

Queen of Katwe Script PDF - [10-26-2014] at Script Fly ($)
Queen of Katwe Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Queen of Katwe ( tt4341582 ) at IMDb
Queen of Katwe ( 317557 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Salaam Bombay! Script

celluloid — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:18:25 +0000

Year:1988

Director:Mira Nair

Script Synopsis:Before Slumdog Millionaire came Salaam Bombay!, Mira Nair’s Oscar-nominated drama tells the moving story of life on the streets of Bombay as seen through the eyes of Chaipu, a twelve-year-old boy living rough in the city.

Salaam Bombay! Script Resources:

Salaam Bombay! Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

Salaam Bombay! ( tt0096028 ) at IMDb
Salaam Bombay! ( 45129 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Hysterical Blindness Script

celluloid — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:26:41 +0000

Year:2002

Director:Mira Nair

Script Synopsis:Set in the 1980's, Debby Miller (Uma Thurman) goes out in New Jersey looking for a man after she is diagnosed with "hysterical blindness".

Hysterical Blindness Script Resources:

Hysterical Blindness Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

Hysterical Blindness ( tt0290664 ) at IMDb
Hysterical Blindness ( 45069 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Mississippi Masala Script

celluloid — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:45:27 +0000

Year:1991

Director:Mira Nair

Written by:Sooni Taraporevala (Writer)

Script Synopsis:An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.

Mississippi Masala Script Resources:

Mississippi Masala Transcript at scripts.com

Other Links:

Mississippi Masala ( tt0102456 ) at IMDb
Mississippi Masala ( 41791 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Perez Family Script

celluloid — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 01:12:15 +0000

Year:1995

Director:Mira Nair

Written by:Robin Swicord (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that dissident Juan Raul Perez and Dorita Evita Perez are married. United by their last name and a mutual resolve to emigrate, Dorita and Juan agree to play along. But it gets complicated when the two begin falling for each other just as Juan reunites with his wife, Carmela, whom he hasn't seen in decades.

Perez Family Script Resources:

Perez Family Script PDF - 4/15/91 FIRST at Script City ($)
Perez Family Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Perez Family Transcript at subslikescript.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Perez Family ( tt0114113 ) at IMDb
Perez Family ( 63020 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Amelia

celluloid — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:24:10 +0000

Year:2010

Director:Mira Nair

Written by:Susan Butler (Author), Mary S. Lovell (Author), Ronald Bass (Writer), Anna Hamilton Phelan (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.

Amelia Script Resources:

Amelia Script PDF at CineFile
Amelia Script - 2007-09 Draft at IMSDb
Amelia Script PDF - [9/14/2007] at Script Fly ($)
Amelia Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Amelia ( tt1129445 ) at IMDb
Amelia ( 8915 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Namesake

celluloid — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:23:31 +0000

Year:2006

Director:Mira Nair

Script Synopsis:American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.

The Namesake Script Resources:

The Namesake Script PDF at Fox Searchlight

Other Links:

The Namesake ( tt0433416 ) at IMDb
The Namesake ( 16727 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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