The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Mira Nair's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' comes ten years too late

Can 9/11 work as a metaphor for cataclysmic change? Not unless you accept it has created more ambiguity than certainty . Perhaps that's why The Reluctant Fundamentalist feels dated as a film.

Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a film for the young: Mira Nair

Mira Nair, who is equally at home directing stories from the sub-continent and from Hollywood, has merged both the worlds in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a coming-of-age story where she deals with questions of identity and belonging.

Don't confuse The Reluctant Fundamentalist with 9/11 story: Mira Nair

Acclaimed US-based Indian filmmaker Mira Nair said the audience shouldn't confuse "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" with a 9/11 story as the event is only a game-changer in her movie.

Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist to open in 300 screens across India

PVR pictures has said it will release Mira Nair's film across 300 screens in India

Muslim, Pakistan, America: Why Reluctant Fundamentalist's release is important

“Why did young men who grew up and studied here (US), as part of our communities and our country, resort to such violence?” Perhaps, the answer lies in The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

Pak so different from what you read about it in newspapers: Mira Nair

Nair, an Indian filmmaker based in New York, who would very much like her film to bridge the gulf between east and west, also believes the time has come to focus on the subcontinent in a "bridge-making way".

'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' to release in India in April

Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist is set to hit the Indian screens in April next year.

From book to big screen: Mohsin Hamid on The Reluctant Fundamentalist

“The pitfall here is if the writer-director relationship is not good, then it can be very exasperating" says Hamid of the experience of having both his novels translated to the big screen.

I was dazzled by the culture: Mira Nair on Pak and The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist opened to a standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival. But has 9/11 lost its punch in 2012? Mira Nair tells us why she made the movie now.