Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- At the age of just 34, Indian-American Johran K Mamdani has made history by becoming the first Muslim mayor of New York. Behind his success is a strong family atmosphere.

Johran's mother is Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair, a bold name in world cinema.

Her films do not have commercial flashiness, but stories of people, society, pain, migration and self-struggle.

She is the director of internationally acclaimed films like 'Salaam Bombay', 'Monsoon Wedding', 'Mississippi Masala'. Johran's father is renowned Gujarati writer Professor Mahmud Mamdani.

He is a thinker of Indian origin from Uganda. Zohran grew up with Bengali culture because of his mother.

He closely watched his mother's film world from a young age. Mira...