Mira Nair reacts after her son ZohranMamdani’s win in the NYC Mayoral race

The 34-year-old son of Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair made headlines with his electoral victory in the New York mayoral election.

On Tuesday, Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair shared Indian movie director Zoya Akhtar’s praise for the former’s son, ZohranMamdani, who claimed victory in the crucial New York Mayor elections.

ZohranMamdani wins the NYC Mayoral race.

Zoya Akhtar posted an Instagram Story about ZohranMamdani’s big win in NYC, and the proud mother, Mira Nair, reshared it on her social media. Akhtar’s story was captioned, “Zohran, you beauty”, with emojis of hearts and fireworks. Akhtar also said, “ZohranMamdani has officially won the NYC mayoral race at 34 years old.” The development came hours after New Yorkers elected young leftist ZohranMamdani as their next mayor and Democrats won two key state governor races with US voters delivering an early warning to President Donald Trump ahead of the 2026’s midterms.

ZohranMamdani’s speech after his victory.

Mamdani, born in Uganda, is the son of renowned historian Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair, who directed the classic “Salaam Bombay!” Some of his detractors earlier called him a “nepo baby.” In a victory for the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, Mamdani defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. He declared to a roaring crowd at the victory party, “The conventional wisdom would tell you that I am far from the perfect candidate. I am young, despite my best efforts to grow older. I am Muslim. I am a democratic socialist. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologise for any of this.”

ZohranMamdani cast his win as a boon for blue-collar workers struggling to get by and said, “New York, tonight you have delivered a mandate for change.” He vowed to “wake up each morning with a singular purpose: To make this city better for you than it was the day before.”