Nandita Das
- Active years (films on this site)
- 2002–2007
- Schools and movements
- Indian Parallel CinemaPopular Indian Cinema
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
Directors worked with
3 films on this site
- Kannathil Muthamittal 2002 · Mani Ratnam · IMDb 8.3 · Cast
- My Land 2002 · Mrinal Sen · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
- Before the Rains 2007 · Santosh Sivan · IMDb 6.5 · Cast