Updated on: Nov 05, 2025 10:29 am IST
Filmmaker Mira Nair celebrated her son Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral win, sharing “Zohran, you beauty” with Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” on Instagram.
Zohran Mamdani’s mother, Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair, reacted to her son winning the mayoral election in New York City Tuesday with a story on Instagram.
Mamdani, 34, is the son of Mira Nair and academic Mahmood Mamdani. As soon as the news of Mamdani winning the NYC Mayoral election dropped, Nair shared a story by Indian film director Zoya Akhtar with the words: “Zohran, you beauty.” The story was accompanied by Jay-Z’s iconic track, ‘Empire State Of Mind.’
Here’s Nair’s Instagram post:
Mamdani, a Democratic-Socialist, defeated former Democrat New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa to become the first Muslim Mayor of New York City. With over 91% of the votes counted in the New York City, Mamdani secured 1,035,646 votes – a 50% of the total ballot polled, the Associated Press. Andrew Cuomo secured 854,738 ballots – 41.6% of the ballots.
This story is being updated.
