Nair approached for fifth Potter film

Indian director Mira Nair has been approached to take charge of the fifth Harry Potter film in 2007.

The Monsoon Wedding movie-maker is reading the script for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and considering whether she wants to join the string of directors - including Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuaron and Mike Newell - who have made the big screen adaptations of JK Rowling's best-selling books.