Cast

Nandita Das

1969

Active years (films on this site)

1996–2007

Genres

DramaRomanceCrimeWar

Schools and movements

Indian Parallel CinemaCanadian CinemaWomen Directors

Directors worked with

Deepa Mehta2 filmsGovind Nihalani1 filmAdoor Gopalakrishnan1 film

Biography

Nandita Das is an Indian actress and director. She has acted in over 40 feature films in ten different languages. Das appeared in the films Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Bawandar (2000), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Azhagi (2002), Kamli (2006), and Before The Rains (2007). Her directorial debut Firaaq (2008), premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and travelled to more than 50 festivals, winning more than 20 awards. Her second film as a director was Manto (2018). Based on the life of 20th Century Indo-Pakistani short story writer Sadat Hasan Manto, the film was screened at Cannes Film Festival in the "Un Certain Regard" section. In September 2019, Das produced a two-minute Public Service Announcement music video India's Got Colour. The music video is about the issue of colourism and urges the audience to celebrate India's diversity of skin colour.

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Awards and honours

International

• Nandi Award for Best Actress 2007
• Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 2008

National / local

• Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut 2000

4 films on this site

1. Fire 1996 · Deepa Mehta · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
2. Earth (1998) 1998 · Deepa Mehta · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
3. Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa 1998 · Govind Nihalani · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
4. Naalu Pennungal 2007 · Adoor Gopalakrishnan · IMDb 6.6 · Cast