The Reluctant Fundamentalist

A post-9/11 thriller about a talented Pakistani man’s journey from Wall Street guru to being chased by the CIA in the streets of Lahore. Changez Khan comes from upper class Pakistani origin. We follow him as he graduates from Princeton and gets headhunted by one of the leading financial traders on Wall Streets. We also see the same Khan in Lahore, where he is wanted by the CIA for the kidnapping of an American professor. The Reluctant Fundamentalist has the suspense of a Hollywood thriller, but also asks more fundamental questions about the relationship between the West and the Islamic world. kt

Suitable for persons 15 years and older.

Award-winning Mira Nair (b. 1957) was born and raised in India, and has studied in Delhi and at Harvard University. Nair has directed, produced and written a number of films, having first started out as an actor. She has directed over 20 feature films, documentaries and short films, including Vanity Fair (2004) and Monsoon Wedding (2005).