Nandita Das
Born November 7, 1969 (age 41)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Occupation Actress, director
Years active 1989, 1996 - present
Spouse Soumya Sen (2002–2009)
Subodh Maskara (2010-present)
Awards Best Actress – Santa Monica Film Festival
2001 Bawandar
Best Actress – Cairo Film Festival
2002 Amaar Bhuvan
Zee Cine Award for Best Actress
2002 Amaar Bhuvan
Nandi Award for Best Actress
2006 Kamli
Best Film – Asian Festival of First Films
2008 Firaaq
Best Screenplay – Asian Festival of First Films
2008 Firaaq
Purple Orchid Award for Best Film – Asian Festival of First Films
2008 Firaaq
Special Jury Award – International Film Festival of Kerala
2009 Firaaq
Special Prize – International Thessaloniki Film Festival
2009 Firaaq
Website;find2india.blogspot.com
Nandita Das (born 7 November 1969) is an award-winning Indian film actress and director. As an actress, she is known for her performances in Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Bawandar (2000) and Aamaar Bhuvan (2002). As a director, she is known for her directorial debut Firaaq (2008), which has won a number of national and international awards. She has been awarded the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France for her work.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Acting
2.2 Directing
3 Personal life
4 Philanthropy
5 Awards and honours
6 Filmography
6.1 Actor
6.2 Director
7 References
8 External links
[edit]Early life
Das was born in Mumbai to noted Indian painter, Jatin Das, an Oriya Hindu, and a Gujarati Jain mother named Varsha who is a writer. Nandita was brought up in Delhi. [2]
She went to Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Lodhi Estate in New Delhi. She received her bachelor's degree in Geography from Miranda House (University of Delhi) and Post Graduation from the Delhi School of Social Work.[3]
[edit]Career
[edit]Acting
Nandita Das started her acting career with a theatre group called Jan Natya Manch. She taught at the Rishi Valley School.
She is best known for her performances in Deepa Mehta Films Fire, Earth alongside Aamir Khan, Bawander (directed by Jagmohan Mundhra) and Amaar Bhuvan (directed by Mrinal Sen).
Das has played storyteller/narrator in the audiobook series for kids "Under the Banyan" by Karadi Tales. She has also been the narrator in the audiobook of Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography by Charkha Audiobooks "The Story of My Experiments with Truth". She has also lent her voice for the children's series, The Wonder Pets as the Bengal Tiger.
Nandita has acted in films in ten different languages to date: English, Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Marathi, Oriya and Kannada.
[edit]Directing
In 2008, she completed filming her directorial debut, Firaaq.[4] Firaaq is a work of fiction, based on a thousand true stories and is set a month after the Gujarat carnage in 2002. It is an ensemble film that interweaves multiple stories over a 24 hour period, as the characters from different strata of society, grapple with the lingering effects of violence. The film traces the emotional journeys of ordinary people- some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who chose to watch silently. The film’s stellar cast includes Naseeruddin Shah, Raghubir Yadav, Paresh Rawal, Deepti Naval, Sanjay Suri, Tisca Chopra, Shahana Goswami and Nowaz.
The film won top honours at the Asian Festival of First Films 2008 in Singapore, where it won the awards for "Best Film", "Screenplay / Script", and "Foreign Correspondents Assn. Purple Orchid Award for Best Film".[5][6] The film has also won awards at other international film festivals, including the Special Prize award at the International Thessaloniki Film Festival in Greece, the Special Jury Award at the International Film Festival of Kerala, and the Best Editor award for the film's editor Sreekar Prasad at the Dubai International Film Festival.[7] It will be released in India on the 20th of March 2009.[8] The film also won an award at the Kara Film Festival.
"I'm so glad 'Firaaq' has been applauded by audiences around the world, from Toronto, London, Pusan to Kolkata and Trivandrum. After all, human emotions are universal and after the kind of feedback I have got in different parts of the world, I understand that more. Audiences have been able to empathize with the journeys of the characters everywhere. It's more so in India, where it's set and hence people can identify with it more. It's been said that the film gave a voice to so much that remains silent and that it should be seen at least once. Though it's always great to win awards at every competitive festival we entered the film in, but it's actually the audience reaction that really matters," Nandita Das told Radio Sargam.[9]
[edit]Personal life
In 2002, Das married long-time boyfriend Saumya Sen.[10] The couple began Leapfrog, an advertising organization geared towards making socially conscious ad films.[11] The couple divorced in 2009.[12] After dating Subodh Maskara, an industrialist based out of Mumbai for a couple of months, she married him on January 2, 2010 and moved to Mumbai.[13][14] Das and Maskara had a baby boy named Vihaan on 11 August 2010.[15]
[edit]Philanthropy
Das gives talks around the world about the impact of her films and the need for powerful social movements in India. She spoke at MIT on 12 April 2007 after a screening of Fire.
She also speaks to campaign for child survival, against AIDS, and violence against women.[16] She was appointed as the chairperson of the Children's Film Society of India in 2009.[17]
[edit]Awards and honours
2001 Santa Monica Film Festival
Won - Best Actress - Bawander
2002 Cairo Film Festival
Won - Best Actress - Amaar Bhuvan
2002 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
Won - Special Prize - Kannathil Muthamittal
2005 Cannes Film Festival
May 2005 - Das served as a Member of the Jury at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
2006 Nandi Awards
Won - Best Actress - Kamli
2008 Asian Festival of First Films
Won - Best Film - Firaaq
Won - Best Screenplay - Firaaq
Won - Foreign Correspondents Association Purple Orchid Award for Best Film - Firaaq
2008 Government of France
Won - Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
2009 International Film Festival of Kerala
Won - Special Jury Award - Firaaq
2009 International Thessaloniki Film Festival
Won - Special Prize (Everyday Life: Transcendence or Reconciliation Award) - Firaaq
Nominated - Golden Alexander - Firaaq
2010 Filmfare Awards
Won - Special Award - Firaaq
[edit]Filmography
[edit]Actor
Year Title Role Language Notes
1989 Parinati Oriya
1996 Fire Sita English
1998 Earth Shanta, the Ayah Hindi
Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa Nandini Mitra Hindi
Janmadinam Sarasu Malayalam
Biswaprakash Anjali Oriya
1999 Deveeri Deveeri (Akka) Kannada
Rockford Lily Vegas English
Punaradhivasam - Malayalam
2000 Hari-Bhari Afsana Hindi
Saanjh Urdu
Bawandar Sanwari Rajasthani Won, Best Actress at Santa Monica Film Festival.
2001 Aks Supriya Verma Hindi
Daughters of the Century Charu Hindi
2002 Aamaar Bhuvan Sakina Bengali Won, Best Actress at Cairo Film Festival.
Won, Zee Cine Award for Best Actress
Kannaki Kannaki Malayalam
Pitaah Paro Hindi
Azhagi Dhanalakshmi Tamil
Kannathil Muthamittal Shyama Tamil
Lal Salaam Rupi(alias Chandrakka) Hindi
2003 Ek Alag Mausam Aparna Verma Hindi
Bas Yun Hi Veda Hindi
Supari Mamta Sikri Urdu
Shubho Mahurat Mallika Sen Bengali
Kagaar: Life on the Edge Aditi Hindi
Ek Din 24 Ghante Sameera Dutta Hindi
2004 Vishwa Thulasi Sita Tamil
2005 Fleeting Beauty Indian woman English
2006 Maati Maay Chandi Marathi Marathi Film by Chitra Palekar with Atul Kulkarni
Podokkhep Megha Bengali
Kamli Kamli Telugu Won, Nandi Award for Best Actress (Telugu)
2007 Before the Rains Sajani English
Provoked Radha Dalal English
Naalu Pennungal Kamakshi Malayalam
Paani: A Drop of Life Mira Ben Hindi
2008 Ramchand Pakistani Champa Urdu
2009 Before the Rains Sajani English, Malayalam
2010 Winds of Change Padma Announced[18]
[edit]Director
Year Title Language Others
2008 Firaaq Hindi
Urdu &
Gujarati Won, Best Film and Best Screenplay at Asian Festival of First Films.
Won, Purple Orchid Award for Best Film at Asian Festival of First Films.
Won, Special Jury Award at International Film Festival of Kerala.
Won, Special Prize at International Thessaloniki Film Festival.
Nominated, Golden Alexander at International Thessaloniki Film Festival.
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