Lady directors and debut movies seem to be a very lethal combination. If Aparna Sen managed the Swarna Kamal with her debut, Mira Nair went even further. Her debut film, Salaam Bombay in 1988 was nominated for the Oscars in the Best Foreign language film category and is considered a timeless classic, must see for every keen follower of good cinema. She also made a movie titled Misisippi Masala starring Denzel Washington. Her first shot at commercial cinema came in 2001 with Monsoon Wedding (everyone would have heard of that) which did not do too badly besides garnering the positive critic response. Her latest film The Namesake starring Tabu was also hailed as a classic and met with commercial classic. She received the prestigious Darmouth Film Award for The Namesake. She is currently planning a movie titled Shantharam which might in all probability star Johnny Depp. Now, how big will that be.