I’m little ashamed to admit that only today I got to know that Zohran Mamdani is Mira Nair’s son.

Which in a way is good, as I have only followed him for what he is (from his speeches, protests and interviews!) and not focussed on his antecendants!

Zohran Mamdani, as most readers know by now, is the son of a filmmaker, Mira Nair. His parents met while she was working on Mississippi Masala (1992); his father, Mahmood Mamdani, is a professor of international affairs and anthropology who had lived through the events from the 1970s described in the film.

https://pghrev.com/what-mamdani-learned-from-his-mothers-films/