Nair directed `` Monsoon Wedding , '' ` ` Vanity Fair , '' `` Salaam Bombay ! '' Her film , `` The Namesake , '' is based on Jhumpa Lahiri 's novel . She has also worked with directors like Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bhardwaj, and Vikas Bahl. Calcutta and New York City -- Nair : Indian and American audiences `` not that different ''
Nair directed `` Monsoon Wedding , '' ` ` Vanity Fair , '' `` Salaam Bombay ! '' Her film , `` The Namesake , '' is based on Jhumpa Lahiri 's novel . She has also worked with directors like Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bhardwaj, and Vikas Bahl. Nair : Indian and American audiences `` not that different ''