Why Mira Nair Did not direct Harry Potter 4 when she got the Offer
Mira Nair Reveals Why She Turned Down The Offer To Direct Harry Potter 4. Speaking at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the 60-year-old director said despite being a big budget and "completely hot button" film, she always wanted to make it. Critically-acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair has said her 2012 movie The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a post-9/11 political thriller based on an eponymous novel, was the "hardest" film she has ever made. Speaking at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the 60-year-old director said despite being a big budget and "completely hot button" film, she always wanted to make it. Nair said she was moved by the narrative of the 2007 best-selling novel by Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid. "The Reluctant Fundamentalist is the hardest film I ever made because it took five years to finance that film. I have never had trouble raising money but this was a big film. Many stars, global appetite and many countries, it cost mill...