The Story Behind Viral Pic Of Mira Nair As Cleopatra & Shashi Tharoor As Antony Is A Must-Read!
Before?Mira Nair became an ace filmmaker and Shashi Tharoor a politician, they used to learn theatre together. The filmmaker who has some internationally acclaimed movies under her name like Mississippi Masala, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, The Namesake, Monsoon Wedding, and Salaam Bombay among others, turns a year older today. On the occasion of her birthday, an old photo has made its way to social media in which this duo can be seen performing a play together.?
What characters are they playing? Nair is in the role of?Cleopatra and Tharoor is essaying the role of Antony.?
If you're going bonkers over this picture, wait till you read the crazy story behind this.?
In an interview with the Times Of India earlier, Nair while talking about her college days had spilled the beans.?"I got seriously involved with theatre where Barry John became a big influence. In all the plays I always got to play the boyĄ¯s mother while my friend Lillete Dubey got to play the sexy girl. I must mention here that I used to eat onions before my love scenes with Shashi Tharoor because he was so pompous. I also remember playing Cleopatra where I had six slaves in langotis. Today, all those slaves are famous boys including Amitav Ghosh."
Shashi Tharoor had earlier shared this picture himself.
Writer and orator Joy Bhattacharjya shared another interesting anecdote about Nair and her mother.
Happy birthday, Mira Nair!
