Nandita Das

Nandita Das

Birthday: 1969-11-07

Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Biography: Nandita Das is an actor and director, one of the leading figures in the Indian film industry. She has acted in more than 40 feature films in ten different languages. Das has been acclaimed for numerous performances, including in Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Bawandar (2000), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Azhagi (2002), Kamli (2006), and Before The Rains (2007). Her directorial debut was with Firaaq (2008), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, traveled to more than 50 festivals, and won more than 20 awards.

Movies

Fire
Fire

In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's...

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Earth
Earth

It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witness...

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Kannathil Muthamittal
Kannathil Muthamittal

A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her f...

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Provoked: A True Story
Provoked: A True Story

Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marr...

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I Am
I Am

I Am is a 2011 Indian anthology film by Onir. It consists of four short films: "Omar", "Afia", "Abhi...

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Daughters of This Century
Daughters of This Century

This film is based on five shot stories of Rabindranath Tagore's Jibito O Mrito, Sarat Chandra Chatt...

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Aks
Aks

On the trail of an underworld contract killer, a dedicated police officer is thrust into a battle be...

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Four Women
Four Women

A drama centered around four women at Kuttanad in Kerala's Alappuzha district....

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Neerparavai
Neerparavai

A skeleton is found at the home of Esther (Nandita Das), whose fisherman husband Arulappasamy (Vishn...

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Punaradhivasam
Punaradhivasam

In a world where the meaning of love and relationships is dwindling, a father-son duo, a married wom...

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Mother of 1084
Mother of 1084

Dibyanath Chatterji, his bank-employed wife, Sujata, and only child, a son, Brati, live a middle-cla...

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Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai?
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai?

Albert Pinto goes missing one day and his girlfriend and family start making rounds at the police st...

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Vishwa Thulasi
Vishwa Thulasi

Thulasi, returns to her village to become a dance teacher. She cannot forget her love, Vishwa, but i...

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Shubho Muharat
Shubho Muharat

An actress mysteriously dies after the "Shubho Mahurat," a celebration of the first shot of the film...

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Traces of Sandalwood
Traces of Sandalwood

Despite her fame and fortune, Mina, a successful Indian actress in Mumbai, can't forget her little s...

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This, My Land
This, My Land

After Shokhina's marriage to Noor ends, she remarries Meher but faces many complications in her marr...

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Pitaah
Pitaah

A small town in rural India gets to witness a confrontation between two fathers - one a rich, powerf...

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Birthday
Birthday

As a mother waits with her pregnant daughter for the arrival of a grandchild, the story flashes back...

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One Day, 24 Hours
One Day, 24 Hours

Set in a hectic world that takes place in 24 Ghante, this film features Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Kab...

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Before the Rains
Before the Rains

Set in southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caug...

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Azhagi
Azhagi

Shanmugam meets his childhood sweetheart after many years and employs her as his housemaid as she ur...

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Kaleidoscope Now
Kaleidoscope Now

A tribute to auteur Mrinal Sen, the film intricately weaves the personal and professional journeys o...

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Kamli
Kamli

Kamli was actually inspired by a K.N.T. Sastry's award winning documentary harvesting babies. K.N.T....

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Parinati
Parinati

Based on a folk tale from Rajasthan, "Parinati" deals with the inherent tragedy of human avarice, wh...

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A Knock on the Door
A Knock on the Door

As they prepare to celebrate their wedding anniversary, politically committed professors Hari and Ra...

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Hari-Bhari
Hari-Bhari

Family Planning issues in a Muslim Hyderabadi family struggling between new and old values...

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A Drop of Life
A Drop of Life

A Drop of Life is a futuristic film about the intersecting lives of two women on two hemispheres, bo...

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Deveeri
Deveeri

A young spirited boy, Kyatha, lives in the slums along with his protective elder sister, who works a...

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Ramchand Pakistani
Ramchand Pakistani

Based on a actual events, the story is about a Pakistani Hindu boy and his father who accidentally c...

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Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hai
Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hai

A mock trial during the rehearsal of a play quickly turns into a gripping drama about desire, gender...

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Bawandar
Bawandar

Shoba T. Mathur works for the Central Government in India and her job is to create awareness against...

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Ek Alag Mausam
Ek Alag Mausam

A movie about an Indian woman who finds out that she is HIV positive....

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Rockford
Rockford

The movie chronicles the arrival of a (Hindu) student to a strict all-boys Christian boarding school...

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Kannaki
Kannaki

Villagers Manickan and Choman are very close friends. Manickan is in love with Kannaki and wants to ...

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Lal Salaam
Lal Salaam

Based on the true stories of families, politics and tribes in Nagpur, India. Growing crime and mili...

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Bas Yun Hi
Bas Yun Hi

Comedy - Aditya is a young man who does not believe in astrology, but when a friend makes his astrol...

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Biswaprakash
Biswaprakash

On his journey to self realization, Biswaparakash faces a changing value system in a new consumerist...

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Dhaad
Dhaad

Drama centred around a dacoit named Ghela who believes in the power of the gun and regards it as a n...

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Supari
Supari

Four best friends end up owing 500,000 rupees to Mamta Sekhri, a woman involved in various underworl...

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Viraata Parvam
Viraata Parvam

Vennela has fallen for Aranya aka Ravanna’s poetry and the man both. What happens when she sets out ...

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Kagaar
Kagaar

Naive, simple-minded, and illiterate Bhaskar Sarnaik (Amitabh Dayal) comes to Bombay from his far-of...

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Bird of Dusk
Bird of Dusk

An insight into the life of late writer-director Rituparno Ghosh, the iconic cultural figure from We...

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Listen To Her
Listen To Her

The film is a spontaneous response to the irony of “STAY HOME, STAY SAFE” for millions of women in I...

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Footsteps
Footsteps

At the end, the only love which lasts is the love that has accepted everything, every disappointment...

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Nadhi
Nadhi

1970s, Andhra Pradesh. Deep in the forest, the last of an ancient tribe tenuously holds onto its way...

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