Leading ethnic newspaper in the US, ‘India Abroad' has honored India-born globally praised filmmaker Mira Nair with the 'Person of the Year' award in recognition of her work.

The award was presented last evening to the Oscar-nominated director by PespiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, who herself received the honor last year, at a grand dinner attended by a large number of community leaders at the Gotham Hall in New York City.

Noting the contributions made by Nair to cinema and the community, Nooyi said she has captured the popular imagination through her excellence. On the other hand, in her acceptance speech, the 50-year-old filmmaker paid rich tributes to her mother and all those women who had been a source of inspiration to her.

Nair's successful movies are award winning ‘Salaam Bombay', ‘Monsoon Wedding' and ‘The Namesake'. The producer-director-writer is scheduled to shoot her next film ‘Amelia' with leading Hollywood actress Hillary Swank in locations in Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Canada