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{{Short description|Indian actress and director}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nandita Das
| image = Nandita Das at the screening of Gattu in 2012 (01).jpg
| caption = Nanditha Das
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|7 November 1969}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| occupation = Actress, [[Film director|director]]
| children = 1
| birthname =
| othername =
| yearsactive = 1989 – Present
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Soumya Sen|2002|2007|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Subodh Maskara|2010|2017|reason=}}
}}
| honours = [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (2011)
}}
'''Nandita Das''' (born 7 November 1969) is an Indian actress and director. She has acted in over 40 feature films in ten different languages. Das won critical acclaim and accolades for numerous performances, including in ''[[Fire (1996 film)|Fire]]'' (1996), ''[[Earth (1998 film)|Earth]]'' (1998), ''[[Bawandar]]'' (2000), ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' (2002), ''[[Azhagi (2002 film)|Azhagi]]'' (2002)'','' ''[[Kamli (film)|Kamli]]'' (2006), and ''[[Before The Rains]]'' (2007). Her directorial debut ''[[Firaaq]]'' (2008), premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto Film Festival]] and traveled to more than 50 festivals, winning more than 20 awards. Her second film as a director was [[Manto (2018 film)|''Manto'']] (2018). Based on the life of 20th Century Indo-Pakistani short story writer [[Saadat Hasan Manto|Sadat Hasan Manto]], the film was screened at [[Cannes Film Festival]] in the "[[Un Certain Regard]]" section.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://scroll.in/reel/875407/nandita-dass-manto-to-be-premiered-at-cannes-film-festival |title=Nandita Das's 'Manto' to be premiered at Cannes Film Festival |author=Scroll Staff |date=12 April 2018 |work=Scroll.in |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref> In September 2019, Das produced a two-minute Public Service Announcement music video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_LlWPEvJOY India's Got Colour]. The music video is about the issue of [[Discrimination based on skin color|colourism]] and urges the audience to celebrate India's diversity of skin colour.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/newdelhi/about-this-office/single-view/news/indias_got_colour/ |title=India's got colour |website=www.unesco.org |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref> Her first book was 'Manto & I' chronicles her 6-year long journey of making the film. She wrote, directed, produced and acted in a short film called, Listen to Her, that sheds light on the increase in domestic violence and overburden of work that women have been facing during the lockdown.

Das has served twice on the jury of the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. In 2005, she served on the main competition jury alongside [[Fatih Akin]], [[Javier Bardem]], [[Salma Hayek]], [[Benoît Jacquot]], [[Emir Kusturica]], [[Toni Morrison]], [[Agnès Varda]], and [[John Woo]]. In 2013, she served on the [[Cinéfondation]] and short films jury with [[Jane Campion]], [[Maji-da Abdi]], [[Nicoletta Braschi]], and [[Semih Kaplanoğlu]].

In 2011, she was made Chevalier de l'[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Government, one of the nation's highest civilian awards.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/French-honour-for-Nandita-Das/article14685471.ece |title=French honour for Nandita Das |last=Ians |date=16 April 2011 |work=The Hindu |access-date=13 January 2018 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She was commended for her "contribution towards the development of Indo-French cooperation in the field of cinema."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://in.ambafrance.org/Distinction-conferred-on-Actor |title=Distinction conferred on Actor-Director Nandita Das, 2011 |website=La France en Inde / France in India |language=en |access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref> In 2009, France released a stamp featuring Das, from artist [[:fr:Titouan Lamazou|Titouan Lamazou]]'s project "Women of the World."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianphilately.net/nanditadas.html |title=Philatelic issues related to Nandita Das issued by Foreign Countries |website=www.indianphilately.net |access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/arts/31iht-lamazou.1.8125600.html |title=Titouan Lamazou: His vision of women around the world |last=Taber |first=Kimberly Conniff |date=31 October 2007 |work=The New York Times |access-date=13 January 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Das was the first Indian inducted into the International Hall of Fame of the [[International Women's Forum]] in [[Washington, DC]]. She was recognized in 2011 for "her sustained contributions to the arts and to the world as one of the most gripping cinema arts leaders of our time."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nandita-das-inducted-in-international-womens-forum-hall-of-fame/1/158674.html |title=Game for Fame -Nandita Das is first Indian to be inducted into the International Women's Forum Hall of Fame |magazine=[[India Today]] |date=5 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1111103/jsp/entertainment/story_14700103.jsp |title=The game changer |website=www.telegraphindia.com |access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-nandita-das-in-iwf-s-international-hall-of-fame-1604624 |title=Nandita Das in IWF's International Hall of Fame {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis |date=29 October 2011 |work=dna |access-date=13 January 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://iwforum.org/programs/international-hall-of-fame/ |title=International Women's Forum Programs |work=International Women's Forum |access-date=13 January 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> Her fellow inductees were [[Anna Fendi]], [[Heidi Klum]], and Madam [[Chen Zhili]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://iwfdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IWF-Brochure_2014_v1.pdf |title=International Women's Forum Brochure}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Das' father is the artist [[Jatin Das (painter)|Jatin Das]], and her mother is Varsha Das, a writer. She was born in [[Mumbai]] and grew up mostly in [[Delhi]] in an Odia family,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/art-culture/i-am-still-searching-for-a-place-to-call-home |title=I am still searching for a place to call home |publisher=[[Open (Indian magazine)|OPEN]] |access-date=13 August 2013}}</ref> where she attended the [[Sardar Patel Vidyalaya]] school.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Khushwant |first1=Singh |title=The Painter's Daughter |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/the-painters-daughter/261783 |magazine=[[Outlook India]] |date=21 September 2009 |access-date=2 October 2015}}</ref> She received [[Bachelor of Arts|bachelor's degree]] in Geography from [[Miranda House]] and [[Master of Social Work]] from the [[Delhi School of Social Work]], both affiliated with the [[University of Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Mendis |first=Isidore Domnick |title=Independent stardom |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2003/06/23/stories/2003062300180100.htm |date=23 June 2003 |work=[[Business Line]] |access-date=20 June 2009}}</ref>

Das was a [[Yale World Fellow]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://worldfellows.yale.edu/nandita-das |title=Nandita Das {{!}} Yale Greenberg World Fellows |website=worldfellows.yale.edu |language=en |access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref> She was one of 16 emerging global leaders chosen from nearly 4000 applicants.

She has also taught at the [[Rishi Valley School]].{{cn|date=October 2021}}

==Career==

===Acting===
Das has acted in over 40 [[feature film]]s with directors such as [[Mrinal Sen]], [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]], [[Shyam Benegal]], [[Deepa Mehta]], and [[Mani Ratnam]]. She began her acting career with the street theatre group [[Jana Natya Manch]]. She is best known for her performances in director [[Deepa Mehta]] films ''[[Fire (1996 film)|Fire]]'' (1996) and ''[[Earth (1998 film)|Earth]]'' (1998; alongside [[Aamir Khan]]), ''[[Bawandar|Bawander]]'' (directed by [[Jagmohan Mundhra]]), and ''[[Naalu Pennungal]]'' (directed by [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] ). She has also acted in the movie [[Before the Rains]], an Indian-British period drama film directed by Santosh Sivan.She has acted in films in ten different languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Marathi, Odia, and Kannada. The Tamil actor [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]] provided Das' speaking voice in the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] classic ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]''.

Das co-wrote, directed and acted in a play called ''Between the Lines'' (2014).<ref>{{Citation |last=Menon |first=Ritesh |title=Nandita Das and Divya Jagdale's Between the Lines |date=29 March 2014 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5180120/ |others=Nandita Das, Subodh Maskara |access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref> She has also acted in ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCOpTMvXmvA Khamosh! Adalat jaari hai]'' (2017), a Cineplay production written by [[Vijay Tendulkar]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Menon |first=Ritesh |title=Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hai |date=14 March 2017 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5182656/ |others=Nandita Das, Pravina Bhagwat Deshpande, Ajitesh Gupta |access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref>

===Direction===
In 2008, she directed her first film, ''[[Firaaq]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Saltz |first=Rachel |title=The Variety of Life, Real and Imagined, in Movie-Mad India |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/movies/05indi.html?ref=arts |date=4 June 2009 |work=The New York Times |access-date=20 June 2009}}</ref> The film is a work of fiction "based on a thousand true stories" and is set a month after the [[2002 Gujarat riots]] in India. 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. Das said that the film "gave a voice to so much that remains silent".<ref>{{Cite book |title=Nandita Das talks about her directorial debut Firaaq |publisher=Radio Sargam |date=26 January 2009 |url=http://www.radiosargam.com/films/archives/32209/nandita-das-talks-about-her-directorial-debut-firaaq.html}}</ref> In 2018, Nandita directed [[Manto (2018 film)|Manto]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/delhi/nandita-das-and-nawazuddin-siddiqui-bring-mantoiyat-to-jnu/articleshow/65887274.cms |title=Nandita Das and Nawazuddin Siddiqui bring Mantoiyat to JNU - Times of India ► |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Das decided to make a film on Manto after reading a translation of his stories in 2012. She always had [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] in mind for the role and approached him for the same.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thewire.in/film/saadat-hasan-manto-nandita-das-firaaq-nawazuddin-siddiqui |title=Interview {{!}} If Manto Were Alive Today He Would Have Been Put Behind Bars: Nandita Das |website=The Wire |access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref> The film was premiered in [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes film festival]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-entertainment/writing-writer-696326.html |title=Writing the writer |date=7 October 2018 |work=Deccan Herald |access-date=7 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The film was also screened at [[Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International film festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/anurag-kashyaps-manmarziyaan-nandita-das-manto-to-be-screened-at-toronto-international-film-festival-4813621.html |title=Anurag Kashyap's Manmarziyaan, Nandita Das' Manto to be screened at Toronto International Film Festival- Entertainment News, Firstpost |work=Firstpost |access-date=7 October 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019 Das produced and directed a PSA music video, 'India's Got Colour'.<ref name=":0" />

===Voice narration===
Das narrated the children's [[audiobook]] series ''Under the Banyan'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/yw/2002/06/22/stories/2002062200060200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031021122130/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/yw/2002/06/22/stories/2002062200060200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2003 |title=Beneath the Banyan boughs |last=throh |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref> and [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s autobiography by Charkha Audiobooks, ''The Story of My Experiments with Truth''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mkgandhi.org/gandhi-autobiography-audiobook.html |title=Mahatma Gandhi Autobiography - Audiobooks free download |website=www.mkgandhi.org |language=en |access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref> She was also a voice actor in the children's television series ''[[Wonder Pets]]'', as the Bengal Tiger in the episode Save the Bengal Tiger (2007).<ref>{{Citation |title=Save the Bengal Tiger |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1099821/ |others=Brielle Barbusca, Nandita Das, Teala Dunn |access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref>

She also sang the song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGhxOirejWw Ramleela] for the movie Aks and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg01A-uThwg Jagya Sarsi] for the movie Bawandar.

===Listen to Her===
During the pandemic, in May 2020, she wrote, directed and acted in a short film called, Listen to Her. The 7 min film, produced by Nandita Das Initiatives, is about the increase in domestic violence and overburden of work that women are facing during the lock-down. It was supported by UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women and South Asia Foundation.

== Personal life ==
In 2002, Das married Saumya Sen.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nandita, Saumya remain friends |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/nandita-das-020806.html |date=2 August 2006 |work=OneIndia |access-date=20 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708195700/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/nandita-das-020806.html |archive-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> The couple began Leapfrog, a media organisation geared towards making socially conscious ad films.<ref>{{cite news |title=Her own person |url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/12/19/stories/2004121900440500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930210558/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/12/19/stories/2004121900440500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2008 |date=19 December 2004 |access-date=20 June 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> The couple divorced in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |last=Anand |first=Utkarsh |title=Actor Nandita Das files for divorce |url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20090524/1251/ten-actor-nandita-das-files-for-divorce.html |date=24 May 2009 |publisher=Yahoo! India News |access-date=20 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531194241/http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20090524/1251/ten-actor-nandita-das-files-for-divorce.html |archive-date=31 May 2009}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=March 2016}} After dating Subodh Maskara, a Mumbai industrialist, for a couple of months, she married him on 2 January 2010 and moved to Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/Gossip/Nandita-Das-is-dating-again/articleshow/5255407.cms |title=Nandita Das is dating again |publisher=Movies.indiatimes.com |date=21 November 2009 |access-date=30 December 2009}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nandita Das marries, moves to Mumbai by SUBHASH K JHA |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-06/news-interviews/28120885_1_nandita-das-subodh-maskara-milind-soman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025182743/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-06/news-interviews/28120885_1_nandita-das-subodh-maskara-milind-soman |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 October 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=6 January 2010 |first1=Subhash K |last1=Jha}}</ref> Das and Maskara have a son named Vihaan.<ref>{{cite news |title=It's a baby boy for Nandita! |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-12/news-interviews/28276342_1_baby-boy-nandita-das-subodh-maskara |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811101655/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-12/news-interviews/28276342_1_baby-boy-nandita-das-subodh-maskara |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2011 |access-date=13 August 2010 |first1=Vickey |last1=Lalwani |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=12 August 2010}}</ref> In January 2017, the couple announced that they have parted ways.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nandita Das and husband Subodh Maskara split after seven years of marriage. Here's all the details |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/nandita-das-husband-subodh-maskara-divorce-after-seven-years-of-marriage-split-details-4455401/ |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=3 January 2017}}</ref>

Nandita Das is an [[atheist]].<ref name="religion">{{cite web |title=Atheism is the religion for these filmi folk |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/photo-features/Atheism-is-the-religion-for-these-filmi-folk/Atheism-is-the-religion-for-these-filmi-folk/photostory/45543827.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=12 June 2016 |date=17 December 2014}}</ref> She claims she has no religious affiliation -- "If I aligned with anything it would probably be [[Buddhism]]," she said.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garfinkel |first=Perry |date=2 October 2009 |title=Beyond the Screen |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125437693963755353 |access-date=9 December 2021 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

==Activism==

Das has master's degree in Social Work from the [[University of Delhi]]. She has worked for [[children's rights]], [[HIV/AIDS]] awareness, to end violence against women.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2004/09/27/stories/2004092701100300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227212505/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2004/09/27/stories/2004092701100300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 December 2004 |title=Ms. Sense |last=Gautam |first=Savitha |date=27 September 2004 |access-date=20 June 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> In 2009, Das was appointed Chairperson of the [[Children's Film Society of India]].<ref name="cp">{{cite web |url=http://www.cfsindia.org/nandita-das.htm |title=Profile of Chairperson |publisher=[[Children's Film Society of India|CFSI]] website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207074928/http://cfsindia.org/nandita-das.htm |archive-date=7 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, she was the guest of honour at the iVolunteer Awards, held in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiacsr.in/en/?p=10464 |title=iVolunteer Awards Celebrates Volunteering by Recognizing Volunteers |publisher=indiacsr.in |access-date=15 April 2013}}</ref> Das also donated to the launch of the investigative journalism magazine ''[[Tehelka]]'', founded by [[Tarun Tejpal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/tehelka-business-murky-deals-profits-for-tejpal-family-shoma-1254789.html |title=Tehelka business: Murky deals, profits for Tejpal family, Shoma - Firstpost |website=www.firstpost.com}}</ref>

===India's Got Colour (Dark is Beautiful) campaign ===
In 2013, Das became the face of the "Dark is Beautiful" campaign. Launched by Women of Worth in 2009, the campaign aims to draw attention to the effects of [[discrimination based on skin color]] in India. The campaign urges women and men to celebrate the beauty and diversity of all skin tones, using slogans such as "Stay UNfair, Stay Beautiful."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.respectwomen.co.in/stay-unfair-stay-beautiful/ |title=Stay UNfair, Stay Beautiful! |last=Women |first=Respect |website=www.respectwomen.co.in |language=en-US |access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref> Das said in 2014: In the [Indian film] industry a makeup man or a cinematographer would come and say can you lighten your skin a little, especially when you are playing the middle class educated character.<ref>Even within independent cinema there is a kind of populist independent cinema: Nandita Das – {{Cite news |title=The American Bazaar |date=30 September 2014 |url=http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2014/09/30/even-within-independent-cinema-kind-populist-independent-cinema-nandita-das}}</ref> In 2019, the Campaign was reinvented as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_LlWPEvJOY India’s Got Colour]. Along with Mahesh Mathai, Nandita Das has produced and co-directed a two-minute PSA for the campaign. The music video features several eminent artists from the Indian Film Industry.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/people-are-socially-comfortable-displaying-colour-bias/article29586752.ece |title=Nandita Das brings out rap video to fight skin-tone discrimination |last=Rosario |first=Kennith |date=3 October 2019 |work=The Hindu |access-date=12 November 2019 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

===Speaking engagements===
Das has been a featured speaker at various platforms in India and abroad, including at [[MIT]] (in 2007, after a screening of ''Fire''),{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} and at [[Tufts University]] (in 2014, on gender in society and cinema).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Struggles of Being a Woman in Society and Cinema: A Talk with Nandita Das {{!}} Yale Greenberg World Fellows |url=https://worldfellows.yale.edu/event/struggles-being-woman-society-and-cinema-talk-nandita-das |access-date=21 June 2020 |website=worldfellows.yale.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 November 2015 |title=Naaree Interviews Actor And Director, Nandita Das |url=https://www.naaree.com/naaree-interviews-actor-and-director-nandita-das/ |access-date=21 June 2020 |website=Naaree - Work From Home Career Advice For Women in India |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2016, she gave a [[TEDx]] talk at TEDxWalledCity on "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1JeS7MtRpE The Biggest Hypocrisy of Our Times: Our Attitude to Poverty]."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1JeS7MtRpE |title=The biggest hypocrisy of our times: Our attitude to Poverty - Nandita Das - TEDxWalledCity |last=TEDx Talks |date=21 March 2016 |via=YouTube}}</ref> In 2011, she spoke at TEDxNarimanPoint, on "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLtvxhhRk50 Transformation in Education]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLtvxhhRk50 |title=TEDxNarimanPoint - Nandita Das - Transformation in Education |last=TEDx Talks |date=20 September 2011 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

In 2019. she gave a Tedx talk at TEDxShivNadarUniversity about [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eAie89tAhg A Mother's Journey With Anger]

== Awards ==

;For Acting

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Year
!Award
!Film
!Category
!Result
|-
|2000
|[[45th Filmfare Awards]]
|''[[1947 Earth]]''
|Best Debut
|{{Won}}
|-
|2001
|Santa Monica Film Festival
|''Bawander''
| rowspan="2" |Best Actress
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2002
|Cairo International Film Festival
|''Amaar Bhuvan''
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]]
|''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]''
|Special Prize
|{{Won}}
|-
|2006
|Nandi Awards
|''Kamli''
| rowspan="2" |Best Actress
|{{Won}}
|-
|2007
|Madrid International Film Festival
|''Maati Maay (A Grave-keeper's Tale)''
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|[[8th Lux Style Awards]]
|''[[Ramchand Pakistani]]''
|Best Film Actress
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|60th Filmfare Awards South
|''Neerparavai''
|Best Supporting Actress
|{{Nominated}}
|}

;For Direction

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Year
!Award
!Film
!Category
!Status
|-
|2008
|Asian Festival of First Films
|rowspan="6"|''[[Firaaq]]''
|
* Best Film
* Best Screenplay
* Foreign Correspondents Association Purple Orchid Award for Best Film
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |2009
|Kara Film Festival
|Best Film
|{{Won}}
|-
|International Film Festival of Kerala
|Special Jury Award
|{{Won}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|Thessaloniki International Film Festival
|Special Prize (Everyday Life: Transcendence or Reconciliation Award)
|{{won}}
|-
|Golden Alexander
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2010
|Filmfare Awards
|Special Award
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |2018
|Cannes Film Festival
|rowspan="6"|''[[Manto (2018 film)|Manto]]''
|Un Certain Regard Award
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|Toronto International Film Festival
|People's Choice Award
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|Asia Pacific Screen Award
|FIAPF (Films in the Asia Pacific region)
|{{Won}}
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[64th Filmfare Awards|2019]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film (Critics)]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]]
|{{nom}}
|}
'''Recognition'''

In August 2018 Power Brands awarded Nandita Das the Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar for being a polymath with purpose, advocating issues of communal harmony, peace and social justice, especially for women, children and the marginalized "others" through various platforms, for her expressions of courage and compassion on celluloid and her steadfast faith in the power of cinema effecting social change for a better world.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/shabana-azmi-nandita-das-receive-bharatiya-manavata-vikas-puraskar-118083000834_1.html |title=Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das receive Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar |agency=Press Trust of India |date=30 August 2018 |via=Business Standard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.centralchronicle.com/daily-india-media-recognizes-13-indian-stalwarts-with-bharatiya-manavata-vikas-puraskar-2018.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509093532/https://www.centralchronicle.com/daily-india-media-recognizes-13-indian-stalwarts-with-bharatiya-manavata-vikas-puraskar-2018.html |archive-date=9 May 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}

===Actor===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Language(s)
! Notes
|-
| || Bangle Box || || Hindi ||Telefilm
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Parinati]]'' || || Hindi ||
|-
| 1995 || ''Ek Thi Goonja''|| Goonja || Hindi ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Fire (1996 film)|Fire]]''|| Sita || English ||
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1998 || ''[[1947 Earth]]'' || Shanta, the Ayah||[[Hindi]] || [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut]]
|-
| ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]'' || Nandini Mitra
| Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Janmadinam]]'' || Sarasu ||[[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| ''[[Biswaprakash]]'' || Anjali||[[Oriya language|Odia]]||
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1999 || ''[[Deveeri]]'' || Deveeri (Akka) ||[[Kannada]] ||
|-
| ''[[Rockford (film)|Rockford]]'' || Lily Vegas || English ||
|-
| ''[[Punaradhivasam]]'' || Shalini || Malayalam ||
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2000 || ''[[Hari-Bhari]]'' || Afsana|| Hindi ||
|-
| ''Saanjh'' || ||[[Hindi]] || Short film
|-
| ''[[Bawandar]]'' || Sanwari || Hindi, [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]], English || Best Actress at [[Santa Monica Film Festival]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2001 || ''[[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]]'' || Supriya Verma || Hindi ||
|-
| ''Daughters of the Century'' || Charu|| Hindi ||
|-
| rowspan="6"| 2002 || ''[[Aamaar Bhuvan]]'' || Sakina ||[[Bengali language|Bengali]] || Best Actress at [[Cairo Film Festival]] [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female]]
|-
| ''[[Kannaki (film)|Kannaki]]'' || Kannaki
| Malayalam ||
|-
| ''[[Pitaah]]'' || Paro || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Azhagi (2002 film)|Azhagi]]'' || Dhanalakshmi ||[[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||Nominated-[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil]]
|-
| ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' || Shyama || Tamil || [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize]]
|-
| ''Lal Salaam'' || Rupi(alias Chandrakka) || Hindi ||
|-
| rowspan="6"| 2003 || ''[[Ek Alag Mausam]]'' || Aparna Verma || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Bas Yun Hi]]'' || Veda || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Supari (film)|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 ||
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2006 ||''[[Maati Maay]]'' ||Chandi||[[Marathi language|Marathi]] ||Madrid International Film Festival (2007), Best Actress
|-
| ''[[Podokkhep]]'' || Megha|| Bengali ||
|-
| ''[[Kamli (film)|Kamli]]'' || Kamli||[[Telugu language|Telugu]] || [[Nandi Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2007 ||''[[Before the Rains]]'' || Sajani || English, Malayalam ||
|-
|''[[Provoked (film)|Provoked]]'' || Radha Dalal|| English ||
|-
| ''[[Naalu Pennungal]]'' || Kamakshi || Malayalam ||
|-
| ''Paani: A Drop of Life'' ||Mira Ben|| Hindi || Short film
|-
| 2008 ||''[[Ramchand Pakistani]]'' ||Champa|| Urdu || Pakistani film
|-
| 2011 || ''[[I Am (2010 Indian film)|I Am]]'' || Afia || Hindi||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Neerparavai]]'' || Esther || Tamil || Nominated—[[2nd South Indian International Movie Awards|SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Tamil]] Nominated—[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil]]
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Traces of Sandalwood|Rastres de Sàndal]]'' || Mina Kuminar || English, Catalan ||
|-
|2017
|Khamosh! Adalat Jaari Hai
|Leela Benare
|Hindi
|
|-
| 2018 || ''Dhaad'' || Monghi ||[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/after-17-years-gujarati-film-dhaad-set-for-release.html |title=After 17 years, Gujarati film Dhaad starring Nandita Das set for release |publisher=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |date=5 January 2018 |first=Nandini |last=Oza}}</ref> || shot in 2001
|-
| 2019 ||''[[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai?]]'' ||Stella||Hindi||Remake of classic [[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai]]<ref>{{cite tweet |user=taran_adarsh |author=Taran Adarsh |date=6 March 2019 |number=1103226358522556416 |title=Manav Kaul, Nandita Das and Saurabh Shukla... #AlbertPintoKoGussaKyunAataHai - an official remake of the cult classic by Saeed Akhtar Mirza - to release on 12 April 2019... Directed by Soumitra Ranade... The 1980 classic starred Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil. https://t.co/e3JaquzPMI}}</ref>
|-
| 2022 ||''[[Virata Parvam]]'' ||Shankutala||Telugu||<ref>{{cite tweet |user=taran_adarsh |author=Taran Adarsh |date=14 December 2020 |number=1338327653317627905 |title=RANA DAGGUBATI NEW POSTER... On #RanaDaggubati's birthday today, Team #ViraataParvam unveil the new poster... Final schedule is in progress in #Hyderabad... The #Telugu film costars #SaiPallavi, #NanditaDas and #Priyamani... Directed by Venu Udugula... D Suresh Babu presentation. https://t.co/sfrEpk5pr0}}</ref>
|}

===Director===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Language
! Notes
|-
|| 2008 || ''[[Firaaq]]'' || [[Hindi]] [[Urdu]] & [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] || Best Film and Best Screenplay at [[Asian Festival of First Films]] Purple Orchid Award for Best Film at [[Asian Festival of First Films]] Special Jury Award at [[International Film Festival of Kerala]] Special Prize at [[International Thessaloniki Film Festival]] [[Filmfare Special Award]] Nominated—Golden Alexander at [[International Thessaloniki Film Festival]]
|-
|| 2017 || ''In Defence of Freedom'' || Hindi || Short film
|-
|| 2018 || ''[[Manto (2018 film)|Manto]]'' || [[Hindi]] [[Urdu]] ||
|-
|2019
|India's Got Colour
|Hindi
|Music Video
|}

== Bibliography ==

* ''Manto and I.'' Aleph Book Company. {{ISBN|978-81-943657-4-7}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://nanditadas.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0201903|name=Nandita Das}}
* [http://womenofworth.in/dark-is-beautiful/ Dark is Beautiful]
*[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/10nan.htm Interview 2003]

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