It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for ’Monsoon Wedding ’ and most of my film, are women. We get the work done, you know, much lesser play of ego... And I really believe in harmony, I believe in working in a spirit of egolessness and that the film is bigger than all of us.

Mira Nair links her pride in a predominantly female crew on Monsoon Wedding to a broader philosophy of collaborative filmmaking. The remark suggests that she associates women-led or women-majority production environments with reduced ego-driven competition and a stronger emphasis on collective purpose. Her emphasis on “harmony” and “egolessness” frames film as an art that depends on coordinated labor rather than individual dominance, implying that the best work emerges when personal status yields to the needs of the project. The quote also functions as an implicit critique of hierarchical, macho, or auteur-centered production cultures, proposing an alternative ethic of shared authorship and mutual respect.