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{{Short description|Indian actress and director}}
{{Short description|Indian actress, director}}
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{{about||the Indian politician|Nandita Das (politician)}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name              = Nandita Das
| birth_date        = <!-- must cite publishe reliable source(s) to verify birth date --> {{birth date and age|df=y|1967|11|7}}
| image              = Nandita Das at the screening of Gattu in 2012 (01).jpg
| birth_place        = [[Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai]]), [[Maharashtra]], India
| caption            = Nanditha Das
| occupation        = {{Hlist | Actor, Director, Writer, Producer and Social Advocate}}
| birth_date        = {{birth-date and age|7 November 1969}}
| birth_place        = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| occupation        = Actress, [[Film director|director]]
| children          = 1
| children          = 1
| birthname          =  
| birthname          =  
| image              = Nandita Das still6.jpg
| othername          =  
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| yearsactive        = 1989 – Present
| yearsactive        = 1987–present
| spouse            = {{plainlist|
| spouse            = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Soumya Sen|2002|2007|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Soumya Sen|2002|2007|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Subodh Maskara|2010|2017|reason=}}
* {{marriage|Subodh Maskara|2010|2017|end=separated}}
| website            = {{URL|https://nanditadas.com//}}
}}
}}
| honours            = [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (2011)
| honours            = [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (2011)
}}
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'''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.
'''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 appeared in the films ''[[Fire (1996 film)|Fire]]'' (1996), ''[[Earth (1998 film)|Earth]]'' (1998), ''[[Bawandar]]'' (2000), ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' (2002), ''[[Azhagi (2002 film)|Azhagi]]'' (2002)'','' ''[[Kamli (2006 film)|Kamli]]'' (2006), and ''[[Before The Rains]]'' (2007). Her directorial debut ''[[Firaaq]]'' (2008), premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto Film Festival]] and travelled 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 |date=12 April 2018 |work=Scroll.in |access-date=11 November 2019 |archive-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204102128/https://scroll.in/reel/875407/nandita-dass-manto-to-be-premiered-at-cannes-film-festival |url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[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 |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=11 November 2019 |archive-date=11 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111092337/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/newdelhi/about-this-office/single-view/news/indias_got_colour/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_LlWPEvJOY |title=India's Got Colour |date=25 September 2019 |last1=Das |first1=Nandita |via=YouTube}}</ref> Her first book, '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. Her third directorial venture, [[Zwigato]], explores the life of a food delivery rider and his family. After premiering at various festivals, it was released in India and overseas on 17 March 2023.


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]].
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>
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 |archive-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718165350/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/French-honour-for-Nandita-Das/article14685471.ece |url-status=live}}</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 |archive-date=14 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114074109/https://in.ambafrance.org/Distinction-conferred-on-Actor |url-status=live}}</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=indianphilately.net |access-date=13 January 2018 |archive-date=14 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114074044/http://www.indianphilately.net/nanditadas.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |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 |archive-date=14 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114184325/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/arts/31iht-lamazou.1.8125600.html |url-status=live}}</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>
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=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/20111114-nandita-das-inducted-in-international-womens-forum-hall-of-fame-749566-1999-11-29 |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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107025407/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111103/jsp/entertainment/story_14700103.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2011 |title=The game changer |website=The Telegraph (India) |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 |archive-date=14 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114185518/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-nandita-das-in-iwf-s-international-hall-of-fame-1604624 |url-status=live}}</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 |archive-date=14 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114190948/http://iwforum.org/programs/international-hall-of-fame/ |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=13 January 2018 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811174745/https://iwfdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IWF-Brochure_2014_v1.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
Nandita speaks about her work with Mani Ratnam and her latest film 'Manto' on [[BBC Radio]] with Ashanti Omkar.<ref>{{cite web | title=BBC Asian Network - Ashanti Omkar, Actor & Director Nandita das, Actor & Director Nandita das | date=29 October 2018 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06pv0n0 }}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==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's 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 |date=8 August 2013 |publisher=[[Open (Indian magazine)|OPEN]] |access-date=13 August 2013 |archive-date=13 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813040413/http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/art-culture/i-am-still-searching-for-a-place-to-call-home |url-status=live}}</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 |archive-date=15 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115023943/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2003/06/23/stories/2003062300180100.htm |url-status=live}}</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.
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 |archive-date=23 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823145526/http://worldfellows.yale.edu/nandita-das |url-status=live}}</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}}
She has also taught at the [[Rishi Valley School]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 February 2003 |title=Chat with Nandita Das |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/chat-with-nandita-das/story-0Xy50k0PLmVGdaiizqxJwK.html |access-date=9 November 2023 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==


===Acting===
===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 has acted in over 40 feature films 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|''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>
Das co-wrote, directed and acted in a play called ''Between the Lines'' (2014).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sawant |first=Purvaja |date=October 26, 2012 |title=Theatre Review: Between The Lines |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/theatre-review-between-the-lines/articleshow/16952303.cms |access-date=July 16, 2025 |website=[[Times Of India]]}}</ref> She has also acted in ''[[Khamosh! Adalat jaari hai|Khamosh! Adalat Jaari Hai]]'' (2017), a Cineplay production directed by Ritesh Menon, which was based on the [[Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe|Marathi-language play]] written by [[Vijay Tendulkar]], alongside [[Saurabh Shukla]] and [[Swanand Kirkire]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhaskaran |first=Gautaman |date=November 29, 2016 |title=At Film Bazaar, Khamosh, Adalat Jaari Hai stirs your soul |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-cinema/at-film-bazaar-khamosh-adalat-jaari-hai-still-stirs-your-soul/story-8lpX63isfQwsJhfG6F54qO.html |access-date=July 16, 2025 |website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>


===Direction===
===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" />
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 |archive-date=22 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922104713/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/movies/05indi.html?ref=arts |url-status=live}}</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".{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} In 2018, Nandita directed [[Manto (2018 film)|Manto]]<ref>{{Cite news |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 |website=The Times of India |date=21 September 2018 |access-date=22 September 2018 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226074358/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/delhi/nandita-das-and-nawazuddin-siddiqui-bring-mantoiyat-to-jnu/articleshow/65887274.cms |url-status=live}}</ref> which is based on the life and works of Saadat Hasan Manto, the Urdu writer of the 1940's. It features [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] and [[Rasika Dugal]] in the lead roles. The film premiered at the [[Cannes Film Festival]]<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 |archive-date=7 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111455/https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-entertainment/writing-writer-696326.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and then at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in 2018.<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 |work=Firstpost |access-date=7 October 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=7 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007121642/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/anurag-kashyaps-manmarziyaan-nandita-das-manto-to-be-screened-at-toronto-international-film-festival-4813621.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Das produced and directed a PSA music video, ''[[India's Got Colour]]'' in 2019.<ref name=":0" /> Her third directorial venture ''[[Zwigato]]'' explores the life of a food delivery rider and his family, starring [[Kapil Sharma]] and [[Shahana Goswami]] in the lead roles. It is also produced by her company ''Nandita Das Initiatives'', in collaboration with ''[[Applause Entertainment]]''. Zwigato was released in India in 2023 and is streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The film has garnered much critical acclaim from critics and audiences.
 
=== Writing ===
Nandita Das’s writing work has evolved organically. She has written articles for various publications and used to write a monthly column for ''The Week'', called the Last Word. In 2019, Das wrote ''Manto and I'', a hardbound book that chronicles her 6 year long journey of making the film, ''Manto''. It is a book of images and writings that explores the creative process from the inception of the idea to finally releasing the film. In addition, Das edited ''Jatin Das: A Retrospective 1963-2023'', a book that was launched during the retrospective show of her father, who was an artist, at the National Gallery of Modern Art. The book traces his six-decade career, featuring his artwork, writings, and essays by art scholars and friends.
 
Through her writings, Nandita Das has blended her personal insights with artistic expressions, creating compelling narratives that extend beyond her cinematic work.
 
===Voice Narration===
Das narrated the children's [[audiobook]] series ''Under the Banyan'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=throh |title=Beneath the Banyan boughs |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/yw/2002/06/22/stories/2002062200060200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031021122130/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/yw/2002/06/22/stories/2002062200060200.htm |archive-date=21 October 2003 |access-date=4 April 2018 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> and [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s autobiography by Charkha Audiobooks, ''[[The Story of My Experiments with Truth]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mahatma Gandhi Autobiography - Audiobooks free download |url=http://www.mkgandhi.org/gandhi-autobiography-audiobook.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404135334/http://www.mkgandhi.org/gandhi-autobiography-audiobook.html |archive-date=4 April 2018 |access-date=4 April 2018 |website=mkgandhi.org |language=en}}</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).{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}


===Voice narration===
She also sang the song "Ramleela" for the movie ''[[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Music Review – Aks – A Haunting Melody |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/may/26aks.htm |publisher=[[Rediff]]}}</ref> and "Jagya Sarsi" for the movie ''[[Bawandar]]''.<ref name="themusic_smriti">{{cite web |author=Smriti Ananth |date=2001-12-28 |title=A film album supervised by Vishwamohan Bhatt |url=http://www.themusicmagazine.com/bhawandar.html |access-date=2010-04-07 |publisher=The Music Magazine}}</ref>
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.
===Nandita Das Initiatives===
[[Nandita Das Initiatives]] LLP (NDI) was set up in 2016 by Nandita Das. NDI’s first venture, ''[[Manto (2018 film)|Manto]],'' premiered at the ''[[Cannes Film Festival]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Deborah |date=2018-05-15 |title='Manto': Film Review {{!}} Cannes 2018 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/manto-1112115/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019, NDI produced a music video called ''[[India’s Got Colour]]'' to celebrate diversity in skin tones and call out colourism. In 2020, during the pandemic, NDI made a short film, ''[[Listen to Her]]'', that dealt with the rise in domestic violence and the workload that women suffered. It was supported by ''[[UNESCO]]'' and other UN bodies. The company produced her third feature film, ''[[Zwigato]]'', which premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-18 |title=Zwigato, a Nandita Das film, to have world premier at Toronto International Film Festival - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/entertainment/zwigato-nandita-das-world-premier-toronto-international-film-festival-14516312.htm |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref>


===Listen to Her===
===Festival jury===
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.
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|+
!#
!Festival Name
!year
|-
|1
|[[Cannes Film Festival]]
|2005
|-
|2
|[[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]]
|2007
|-
|3
|[[Marrakech International Film Festival]]
|2009
|-
|4
|[[Cannes Film Festival]]
|2013
|-
|5
|[[San Sebastián International Film Festival]]
|2015
|-
|6
|[[Regina International Film Festival]]
|2018
|-
|7
|[[Shanghai International Film Festival]]
|2023
|-
|8
|[[Busan International Film Festival]]
|2025
|}


== Personal life ==
== 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>
In 2002, Das married Saumya Sen.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} 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 |work=The Times of India |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=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Nandita-Das-marries-moves-to-Mumbai/articleshow/5413317.cms |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=live |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=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Its-a-baby-boy-for-Nandita/articleshow/6297801.cms |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=live |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 |access-date=3 January 2017 |archive-date=3 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103130503/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/nandita-das-husband-subodh-maskara-divorce-after-seven-years-of-marriage-split-details-4455401/ |url-status=live}}</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>
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 |archive-date=22 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322195206/https://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 |url-status=live}}</ref> "If I align 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=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125437693963755353 |access-date=9 December 2021 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=9 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209201022/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125437693963755353 |url-status=live}}</ref>


==Activism==
==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>
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, and she has spoken up in support of the JNU protests {{which|date=March 2024}} and [[MeToo movement]] on her official X (formerly known as Twitter).<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> {{better source needed|date=March 2024}} 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 honor 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 |archive-date=24 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424005230/http://www.indiacsr.in/en/?p=10464 |url-status=live}}</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=firstpost.com |date=28 November 2013 |access-date=3 April 2015 |archive-date=27 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327052355/http://www.firstpost.com/india/tehelka-business-murky-deals-profits-for-tejpal-family-shoma-1254789.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, she participated in the [[The Women of India Leadership Summit|Women of India Leadership Summit]] alongside other artists and women's activists.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2013 |title=Capital to host Women of India Leadership Summit |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/capital-to-host-women-of-india-leadership-summit-113092400991_1.html |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=Business Standard}}</ref>


===India's Got Colour (Dark is Beautiful) campaign ===
===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>
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=respectwomen.co.in |date=30 December 2014 |language=en-US |access-date=13 January 2018 |archive-date=14 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114075549/http://www.respectwomen.co.in/stay-unfair-stay-beautiful/ |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=27 November 2014 |archive-date=8 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208121641/http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2014/09/30/even-within-independent-cinema-kind-populist-independent-cinema-nandita-das/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, the Campaign was reinvented as [[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 |archive-date=14 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514171620/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/people-are-socially-comfortable-displaying-colour-bias/article29586752.ece |url-status=live}}</ref>


===Speaking engagements===
===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>
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]].<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 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622151042/https://worldfellows.yale.edu/event/struggles-being-woman-society-and-cinema-talk-nandita-das |url-status=live}}</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 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622161047/https://www.naaree.com/naaree-interviews-actor-and-director-nandita-das/ |url-status=live}}</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>
==== International ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Month/Year
!Topic
!Moderator
!Organiser
|-
|May, 2024
|All for Health, Health for All
|[[John-Arne Røttingen|John-Arne Rottingen]]
|[[World Health Organization|WHO]], Geneva, Switzerland
|-
| rowspan="2" |April, 2023
|Film Screening of Zwigato, followed by Q & A
|Prof. [[Abhijit Banerjee]]
|[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], Cambridge, USA
|-
|Zwigato Film Screening followed by Q & A
|[[Smriti Mundhra]]
|[[Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles]], Beverly Hills, LA, USA.
|-
|July, 2015
|Stories of Wellbeing
|Conversation with Jo Confino
|Institute for Leadership and Sustainability and Brathay Trust, [[University of Cumbria]] Ambleside, UK
|-
| rowspan="2" |October, 2014
|Struggles of Being a Woman in Society and Cinema
|
|Centre for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies, [[Tufts University]]
Massachusetts, USA
|-
|Infinite Identities
|
|Asian American Cultural Centre and La Casa, [[Yale University]]  
Connecticut, USA
|-
|September, 2014
|The Role of Arts in Social Change
|Conversation with [[Cara Moyer-Duncan]] moderated by [[Mukti Khaire]]
|Harvard South Asian Institute, [[Harvard University]]
Cambridge, USA
|-
| rowspan="2" |March, 2014
|Changing Minds and Mindsets- Social Inclusion Through Arts
|Conversation with Maitreyi Das
|[[World Bank]] Head Quarters
Washington DC, USA
|-
|Art and Social Change,
|
|Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs, [[Brown University]]
Rhode Island, USA
|-
|May, 2013
|EL- SOMNI (The Dream)
|A gastronomy event with 12 courses & 12 eminent guests from around the world
|City Council of Barcelona and the Celler de Can Roca
Barcelona, Spain
|-
|May, 2011
|Role of Art/Cinema in Transforming the World
|
|Rome Cornerstone Conference
International Women’s Forum
Rome, Italy
|-
|March, 2011
|Bollywood and Beyond
|
|Maximum India Festival
Kennedy Centre
Washington DC, USA
|-
|June, 2008
|Identity and the Notion of the Other
|
|Eranos Tagung 2008
Ascona, Switzerland
|-
|September, 2005
|A Personal Journey- Social Work and Cinema
|
|Rietberg Museum for Lange Nacht Der Museen (long night of the museum)
Zurich, Switzerland
|-
|October, 2004
|What Creates Change?
|
|Annual Gala of SAKHI, a South Asian women's organization
New York, USA
|-
|September, 2004
|Building Youth Leadership
|
|Pan-Asian Youth Leadership Summit
Hiroshima, Japan
|-
|May, 2004
|Child Rights and Our Responsibility
|
|The Children's World Congress on Child Labour
Florence, Italy
|-
|6 March 2004
|Domestic Violence
|
|The Capital Women's Conference
London, UK
|-
|August, 2003
|What is it to be an Indian?
|
|Festival of India
Atlanta, USA
|}


In 2019. she gave a Tedx talk at TEDxShivNadarUniversity about [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eAie89tAhg A Mother's Journey With Anger]
==== National ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Month/Year
!Topic
!Moderator
!Organiser
!Link
|-
|May, 2024
|Fireside Chat with [[Deepa Mehta]]
|moderated by Dhamini Ratnam
|Kashish Pride Film Festival
Liberty Cinema, Mumbai
|
|-
|September, 2023
|Cinema with a Conscience: A Choice
|Fire-side chat with Shrinivas Dempo
|50th National Management Convention
AIMA, New Delhi
|
|-
|November, 2022
|Unconscious Bias
|Keynote Speaker
|Gartner IT Symposium
Kochi
|
|-
|January, 2020
|Disability and Inclusion
|Conversation with VR Ferose
|India Inclusion Summit
Bangalore
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjC7uVfQfo
|-
|June, 2019
|A Mother’s Journey with Anger
|
|TEDx Shiv Nadar University
Greater NOIDA
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eAie89tAhg
|-
|October, 2018
|Can Art Change India?
|
|TEDx St. Xaviers
Mumbai
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_DA7Zew1QE
|-
|May, 2018
|Women at Work
|Conversation with Anupama Chopra
|LinkedIn and Film Companion
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-3T60l2FLo&t=20s
|-
|March, 2016
|The Biggest Hypocrisy of our Times: Our Attitude to Poverty
|
|TEDx Walled city
New Delhi
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1JeS7MtRpE
|-
|September, 2011
| Transformation in Education
|
|TEDx Nariman Point
Mumbai
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLtvxhhRk50
|}


== Awards ==
==== Online ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Month/Year
!Topic
!Moderator
!Organiser
!Link
|-
|May, 2022
|Break The Bias
|Conversation with Sanjay Menon
|Publicis Sapient India
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65SKLR6dxfs
|-
| rowspan="2" |June 2020
|From the Other Side, Fire to Freedom
|Raga D’silva
|
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m4Ea_sV2IM
|-
|Interrogating Caste Privileges
|Conversation with Mauktik Kulkarni hosted by Suraj Yengde
|Suraj Yengde presents Dialogics
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILrwlufQTdw
|-
|May, 2020
|Behind the Camera: Being a Woman Director
|Conversation with Kaveree Bamzai
|Women in Art & Culture, MAP Bangalore
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIEKr5xCN2c
|}


;For Acting
== Accolades ==
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 |date=30 August 2018 |title=Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das receive Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/shabana-azmi-nandita-das-receive-bharatiya-manavata-vikas-puraskar-118083000834_1.html |work=Business Standard |agency=Press Trust of India |access-date=9 May 2019 |archive-date=9 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509093142/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/shabana-azmi-nandita-das-receive-bharatiya-manavata-vikas-puraskar-118083000834_1.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Daily India media recognizes 13 Indian stalwarts with Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar 2018 &#124; Central Chronicle - Central India's Premier English Daily |url=https://www.centralchronicle.com/daily-india-media-recognizes-13-indian-stalwarts-with-bharatiya-manavata-vikas-puraskar-2018.html |url-status=dead |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 |access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref>


{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
===For acting===
|+
 
!Year
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Award
|+ List of film acting awards and nominations received by Nandita Das
!Film
|-
!Category  
! scope="col" | Year
!Result
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Result
|-
|-
|2000
|2000
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|-
|-
|2006
|2006
|Nandi Awards
|[[Nandi Awards of 2006]]
|''Kamli''
|[[Kamli (2006 film)|''Kamli'']]
| rowspan="2" |Best Actress
|[[Nandi Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|{{Won}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|-
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|Madrid International Film Festival
|Madrid International Film Festival
|''Maati Maay (A Grave-keeper's Tale)''
|''Maati Maay (A Grave-keeper's Tale)''
|Best Actress|Best Actress
|{{Won}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|-
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|[[8th Lux Style Awards]]
|[[8th Lux Style Awards]]
|''[[Ramchand Pakistani]]''
|''[[Ramchand Pakistani]]''
|Best Film Actress  
|Best Film Actress
|{{Nominated}}
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|-
|60th Filmfare Awards South
|[[60th Filmfare Awards South]]
|''Neerparavai''
|''[[Neerparavai]]''
|Best Supporting Actress  
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil|Best Supporting Actress – Tamil]]
|{{Nominated}}
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2024
|[[68th Filmfare Awards South]]
|''[[Virata Parvam]]''
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu|Best Supporting Actress – Telugu]]
| {{Won}}
|}
|}


;For Direction
===For directing===


{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|+ List of film directing awards and nominations received by Nandita Das
!Year
|-
!Award
! scope="col" | Year
!Film
! scope="col" | Award
!Category
! scope="col" | Film
!Status
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Status
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |2008
| rowspan="3" |[[Asian Festival of First Films]]
| rowspan="8" |''[[Firaaq]]''
| Best Film
| rowspan="3" | Won
| rowspan="3" | <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Toh |first=Christopher |date=13 December 2008 |title=THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/today20081213-1.2.42.3.1 |access-date=7 October 2022 |work=[[Today (Singapore newspaper)|Today]] |page=40 |language=en-SG |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007031904/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/today20081213-1.2.42.3.1 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Best Screenplay
|-
|-
|2008
|Foreign Correspondents Association Purple Orchid Award for Best Film
|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
| rowspan="4" |2009
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|Best Film
|Best Film
|{{Won}}
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|-
|International Film Festival of Kerala
|International Film Festival of Kerala
|Special Jury Award
|Special Jury Award
|{{Won}}
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|Thessaloniki International Film Festival
| rowspan="2" |Thessaloniki International Film Festival
|Special Prize (Everyday Life: Transcendence or Reconciliation Award)
|Special Prize (Everyday Life: Transcendence or Reconciliation Award)
|{{won}}
|{{won}}
|
|-
|-
|Golden Alexander
|Golden Alexander
|{{Nominated}}
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|-
|2010
|2010
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|Special Award
|Special Award
|{{Won}}
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |2018
| rowspan="3" |2018
|Cannes Film Festival
|Cannes Film Festival
|rowspan="6"|''[[Manto (2018 film)|Manto]]''
| rowspan="6" |''[[Manto (2018 film)|Manto]]''
|Un Certain Regard Award
|Un Certain Regard Award
|{{Nominated}}
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|-
|Toronto International Film Festival
|Toronto International Film Festival
|People's Choice Award
|People's Choice Award
|{{Nominated}}
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|-
|Asia Pacific Screen Award
|Asia Pacific Screen Award
|FIAPF (Films in the Asia Pacific region)
|FIAPF (Films in the Asia Pacific region)
|{{Won}}
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[64th Filmfare Awards|2019]]
| rowspan="3" |[[64th Filmfare Awards|2019]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Filmfare Awards]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film (Critics)]]
|[[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film (Critics)]]
|{{nom}}
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|{{nom}}
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]]
|{{nom}}
|{{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 ==
== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
{{pending films key}}
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}


===Actor===
===Actor===
==== Films & Web Series ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of film acting credits
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Language(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|-
! Year
| 1987|| ''Bangle Box''|| || Hindi ||Telefilm
! Title
! Role
! Language(s)
! Notes
|-
|-
| || Bangle Box || || Hindi ||Telefilm
| 1989 || ''[[Parinati]]'' || || Hindi ||
|-
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Parinati]]'' || || Hindi ||  
| 1994 || ''Ek Thi Goonja''|| Goonja || Hindi ||
|-
|-
| 1995 || ''Ek Thi Goonja''|| Goonja || Hindi ||  
|1995
| ''[[Daughters of This Century]]'' || Charu|| Hindi ||
|-
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Fire (1996 film)|Fire]]''|| Sita || English ||  
| 1996 || ''[[Fire (1996 film)|Fire]]''|| Sita || English ||
|-
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1998 || ''[[1947 Earth]]'' || Shanta, the Ayah||[[Hindi]] || [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut]]
| rowspan="3" | 1998 || ''[[1947 Earth]]'' || Shanta, the Ayah|| [[Hindi]] || [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]'' || Nandini Mitra
| ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]'' || Nandini Mitra || Hindi ||
| Hindi ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Janmadinam]]'' || Sarasu ||[[Malayalam]] ||  
| ''[[Janmadinam]]'' || Sarasu ||[[Malayalam]] ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Biswaprakash]]'' || Anjali||[[Oriya language|Odia]]||  
| rowspan="3" |1999
|''[[Biswaprakash]]''
|Anjali
|[[Oriya language|Odia]]
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1999 || ''[[Deveeri]]'' || Deveeri (Akka) ||[[Kannada]] ||  
| ''[[Deveeri]]'' || Deveeri (Akka) || [[Kannada]] ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Rockford (film)|Rockford]]'' || Lily Vegas || English ||  
| ''[[Rockford (film)|Rockford]]'' || Lily Vegas || English ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Punaradhivasam]]'' || Shalini || Malayalam ||
| rowspan="4" |2000
|''[[Punaradhivasam]]''
|Shalini
|Malayalam
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2000 || ''[[Hari-Bhari]]'' || Afsana|| Hindi ||  
| ''[[Hari-Bhari]]'' || Afsana|| Hindi ||
|-
|-
| ''Saanjh'' || ||[[Hindi]] ||  Short film
| ''Saanjh'' || ||[[Hindi]] ||  Short film
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| ''[[Bawandar]]'' || Sanwari || Hindi,<br />[[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]],<br />English || Best Actress at [[Santa Monica Film Festival]]
| ''[[Bawandar]]'' || Sanwari || Hindi,<br />[[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]],<br />English || Best Actress at [[Santa Monica Film Festival]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2001 || ''[[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]]'' || Supriya Verma || Hindi ||  
| rowspan="2" | 2001 || ''[[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]]'' || Supriya Verma || Hindi ||
|-
|-
| ''Daughters of the Century'' || Charu|| Hindi ||
|''[[Kannaki (film)|Kannaki]]''
|-
|Kannaki
| rowspan="6"| 2002 || ''[[Aamaar Bhuvan]]'' || Sakina ||[[Bengali language|Bengali]] || Best Actress at [[Cairo Film Festival]]<br />[[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female]]
|Malayalam
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Kannaki (film)|Kannaki]]'' || Kannaki
| rowspan="5" | 2002 || ''[[Aamaar Bhuvan]]''|| Sakina || [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || Best Actress at [[Cairo Film Festival]]<br />[[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female]]
| Malayalam ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Pitaah]]'' || Paro || Hindi ||  
| ''[[Pitaah]]'' || Paro || Hindi ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Azhagi (2002 film)|Azhagi]]'' || Dhanalakshmi ||[[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||Nominated-[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil]]
| ''[[Azhagi (2002 film)|Azhagi]]'' || Dhanalakshmi ||[[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||Nominated-[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil]]
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| ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' || Shyama || Tamil || [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize]]
| ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' || Shyama || Tamil || [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize]]
|-
|-
| ''Lal Salaam'' || Rupi(alias Chandrakka) || Hindi ||  
| ''[[Lal Salaam (2002 film)|Lal Salaam]]'' || Rupi(alias Chandrakka) || Hindi ||
|-
|-
| rowspan="6"| 2003 || ''[[Ek Alag Mausam]]'' || Aparna Verma || Hindi ||  
| rowspan="6" | 2003 || ''[[Ek Alag Mausam]]'' || Aparna Verma || Hindi ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Bas Yun Hi]]'' || Veda || Hindi ||  
| ''[[Bas Yun Hi]]'' || Veda || Hindi ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Supari (film)|Supari]]'' || Mamta Sikri|| Urdu ||  
| ''[[Supari (film)|Supari]]'' || Mamta Sikri|| Hindi ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Shubho Mahurat]]'' || Mallika Sen || Bengali ||  
| ''[[Shubho Mahurat]]'' || Mallika Sen || Bengali ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Kagaar: Life on the Edge]]'' || Aditi || Hindi ||  
| ''[[Kagaar: Life on the Edge]]'' || Aditi || Hindi ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Ek Din 24 Ghante]]'' || Sameera Dutta || Hindi ||  
| ''[[Ek Din 24 Ghante]]'' || Sameera Dutta || Hindi ||
|-
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Vishwa Thulasi]]'' ||Sita|| Tamil ||  
| rowspan="2" | 2004 || ''[[Vishwa Thulasi]]'' ||Sita|| Tamil ||
|-
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Fleeting Beauty]]'' ||Indian woman|| English ||  
|[[Ghoom Taana|Ghoom Tana]]
|
|Urdu
|Music Video
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2006 ||''[[Maati Maay]]'' ||Chandi||[[Marathi language|Marathi]] ||Madrid International Film Festival (2007), Best Actress
| rowspan="2" | 2005 || ''[[Fleeting Beauty]]''||Indian woman|| English ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Podokkhep]]'' || Megha|| Bengali ||  
|Saayey
|Maya
|Urdu, English
|Short Film
|-
|-
| ''[[Kamli (film)|Kamli]]'' || Kamli||[[Telugu language|Telugu]] || [[Nandi Award for Best Actress]]
| rowspan="5" | 2006 ||''[[Maati Maay]]'' ||Chandi||[[Marathi language|Marathi]] ||Madrid International Film Festival (2007), Best Actress
|-
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2007 ||''[[Before the Rains]]'' || Sajani || English,<br />Malayalam ||  
| ''[[Podokkhep]]'' || Megha|| Bengali ||
|-
|-
|''[[Provoked (film)|Provoked]]'' || Radha Dalal|| English ||
|''[[Provoked (film)|Provoked]]'' || Radha Dalal|| English ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Naalu Pennungal]]'' || Kamakshi || Malayalam ||  
| ''[[Kamli (2006 film)|Kamli]]'' || Kamli||[[Telugu language|Telugu]] || [[Nandi Award for Best Actress]]
|-
|-
| ''Paani: A Drop of Life'' ||Mira Ben|| Hindi || Short film
|Bits & Pieces
|Kusum
|Hindi
|Unreleased
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2007 ||''[[Before the Rains]]'' || Sajani || English,<br />Malayalam ||
|-
| ''[[Naalu Pennungal]]'' || Kamakshi || Malayalam ||
|-
| ''A Drop of Life'' ||Mira Ben|| Hindi, Gujarati || Short film
|-
|-
| 2008 ||''[[Ramchand Pakistani]]'' ||Champa|| Urdu || Pakistani film
| 2008 ||''[[Ramchand Pakistani]]'' ||Champa|| Urdu || Pakistani film
|-
|-
| 2011 || ''[[I Am (2010 Indian film)|I Am]]'' || Afia || Hindi||
| 2010 || ''[[I Am (2010 Indian film)|I Am]]'' || Afia || Hindi||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Neerparavai]]'' || Older Esther || Tamil || Nominated—[[2nd South Indian International Movie Awards|SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Tamil]]<br />Nominated—[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil]]
|-
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Neerparavai]]'' || Esther || Tamil || Nominated—[[2nd South Indian International Movie Awards|SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Tamil]]<br>Nominated—[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil]]
| 2013 || ''[[Oonga (film)|Oonga]]'' || Hemla || Hindi,<br />Odia ||
|-
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Traces of Sandalwood|Rastres de Sàndal]]'' || Mina Kuminar || English,<br />Catalan ||
| 2014 || ''[[Traces of Sandalwood|Rastres de Sàndal]]'' || Mina Kuminar || English,<br />Catalan ||
|-
| 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 |work=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |date=5 January 2018 |first=Nandini |last=Oza |access-date=8 March 2018 |archive-date=11 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811200310/https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/after-17-years-gujarati-film-dhaad-set-for-release.html |url-status=live}}</ref> || shot in 2001
|-
| 2019 ||''[[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai? (2019 film)|Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai?]]'' ||Stella||Hindi||Remake of classic [[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai? (1980 film)|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>
|-
|2020
|''Listen to Her''
|The woman
|Hindi
|Short film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2021 ||''[[Call My Agent: Bollywood]]'' || Herself || Hindi ||Web series
|-
| ''The Cuber'' || The mother || Hindi, <br />English || Short film
|-
| 2022 ||''[[Virata Parvam]]'' ||Shakunthala||Telugu|| [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu]]
|-
|2023
|A Knock on the Door
|Reena
|English, Hindi, Bengali
|
|-
|2025
|[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31924979/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cst_sm Ziddi Girls]
|Prof. Handa
|Hindi
|Web series
|}
==== Theatre & Cineplay ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year   
!Title                                           
!Role                       
!Language               
!Notes                                                                                     
|-
|2024
|[[White Rabbit Red Rabbit]]
|
|English
|An unrehearsed play written by  [[Nassim Soleimanpour]]
|-
|-
|2017
|2017
|Khamosh! Adalat Jaari Hai
|''Khamosh! Adalat Jaari Hai''
|Leela Benare
|Leela Benare
|Hindi
|Hindi
|Cineplay
|-
|2014
|''Between the Lines''
|Maya
|Hindi, English
|Cineplay
|-
|2013
|Gates to India Song
|Anne-Marie Stretter
|English
|Play by [[Marguerite Duras]] and directed by Eric Vigner
|-
|2002
|The Spirit of Anne Frank
|Anamika
|English
|An improvised play directed by [[Roysten Abel]]
|-
|
|
|Equus
|Jill
|English
|Play by [[Peter Shaffer]] and directed by [[Barry John (theatre director)|Barry John]]
|-
|-
| 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
|
|Heads ya Tails
|Madhvi
|Hindi
|Play by Prashant Dalvi and directed by Chandrakanth Kulkurni                 
|-
|-
| 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>
|
|Mother
|The Christian Woman
|
|Play by [[Maxim Gorky]] and directed by [[M. K. Raina|M K Raina]]
|-
|-
| 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>
|
|Street plays on social issues
|Various characters
|Hindi
|Play by [[Jana Natya Manch]] and directed by [[Safdar Hashmi]]
|}
|}


===Director===
===Director===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of film directing credits
|-
|-
! Year
! scope="col" | Year
! Title
! scope="col" | Title
! Language
! scope="col" | Language
! Notes
! class="unsortable" scope="col" | Notes
! class="unsortable" scope="col" | {{Refh}}
|-
|-
|| 2008 || ''[[Firaaq]]'' || [[Hindi]]<br />[[Urdu]] &<br />[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] || Best Film and Best Screenplay at [[Asian Festival of First Films]]<br />Purple Orchid Award for Best Film at [[Asian Festival of First Films]]<br />Special Jury Award at [[International Film Festival of Kerala]]<br />Special Prize at [[International Thessaloniki Film Festival]]<br />[[Filmfare Special Award]]<br />Nominated—Golden Alexander at [[International Thessaloniki Film Festival]]
|1993
|''Imprint in Clay''
|Hindi, English
|Documentary on the father of Studio Pottery in India, Sardar Gurcharan Singh
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003 || ''Rain Water Harvesting'' || || Public Service Ad ||
|-
| ''Education Spots'' || || Public Service Ad||
|-
|2004
|''Beyond Boundaries - Cricket for Peace''
|Hindi
|Documentary on Indo-Pak street children initiative
|
|-
|| 2008 || ''[[Firaaq]]'' || Hindi<br />Urdu<br />Gujarati || Best Film and Best Screenplay at [[Asian Festival of First Films]]<br />Purple Orchid Award for Best Film at [[Asian Festival of First Films]]<br />Special Jury Award at [[International Film Festival of Kerala]]<br />Special Prize at [[International Thessaloniki Film Festival]]<br />[[Filmfare Special Award]]<br />Nominated—Golden Alexander at [[International Thessaloniki Film Festival]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|2012
|''Between the Lines''
|Hindi, English
|Theater Play
|She wrote it too
|-
|-
|| 2017 || ''In Defence of Freedom'' || Hindi || Short film
|| 2017 || ''In Defence of Freedom'' || Hindi || Short film
|
|-
|-
|| 2018 || ''[[Manto (2018 film)|Manto]]'' || [[Hindi]]<br />[[Urdu]] ||  
|| 2018 || ''[[Manto (2018 film)|Manto]]'' || Hindi<br />Urdu ||Premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2018<br />Toronto International Film Festival 2018<br />Busan International Film Festival 2018
|
|-
|-
|2019
| 2019
|India's Got Colour
|''India's Got Colour''
|Hindi
|Hindi
|Music Video
|Music Video
|
|-
|2020
|''Listen to Her''
|Hindi
|Short film
|
|-
|2021
|''The Cuber''
|Hindi, English
|Short film
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Zwigato]]''
| Hindi
| World premiere at the [[2022 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF 2022]]<br />Premiered at [[Busan International Film Festival]]<br />Premiered at [[International Film Festival of Kerala]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kapil-sharma-nandita-das-zwigato-first-trailer-watch-video-8096644/ |title=Kapil Sharma sheds his comic image in Nandita Das' Zwigato, plays an orthodox husband. Watch first trailer |last=Dasgupta |website=The Indian Express |date=16 August 2022 |access-date=6 September 2022 |archive-date=4 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904163540/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kapil-sharma-nandita-das-zwigato-first-trailer-watch-video-8096644/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|}
|}


== Bibliography ==
== Voice Works ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Language
!Notes
|-
|2004   
|[[Karadi Tales]]
|English       
|Audiobook                                                                             
|-
|2005
|[[The Story of My Experiments with Truth]]               
|English
|Audiobook
|-
|2008
|[[Wonder Pets!|Wonder Pets]]!
|English
|Voice of Bengal Tiger
|}


== Books ==
* ''Manto and I.'' Aleph Book Company. {{ISBN|978-81-943657-4-7}}
* ''Manto and I.'' Aleph Book Company. {{ISBN|978-81-943657-4-7}}
* ''[https://www.jatindas.com/retrospective Jatin Das: A Retrospective (1963-2023)]''


==References==
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* {{IMDb name|id=0201903|name=Nandita Das}}
* [http://womenofworth.in/dark-is-beautiful/ Dark is Beautiful]
* [http://womenofworth.in/dark-is-beautiful/ Dark is Beautiful] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601235953/http://www.womenofworth.in/dark-is-beautiful |date=1 June 2019 }}
*[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/10nan.htm Interview 2003]
* [http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/10nan.htm Interview 2003]
 
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Latest revision as of 01:27, 13 March 2026


For the Indian politician, see Nandita Das (politician).

Nandita Das
Born (1967-11-07) 7 November 1967 (age 58)
Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Occupation
  • Actor, Director, Writer, Producer and Social Advocate
Years active1987–present
Spouse(s)
Soumya Sen
​
(
m. 2002; div. 2007)
Subodh Maskara
​
(
m. 2010;
separated 
2017)
Children1
HonoursChevalier 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 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.[1] 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.[2][3] Her first book, '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. Her third directorial venture, Zwigato, explores the life of a food delivery rider and his family. After premiering at various festivals, it was released in India and overseas on 17 March 2023.

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.[4] She was commended for her "contribution towards the development of Indo-French cooperation in the field of cinema."[5] In 2009, France released a stamp featuring Das, from artist Titouan Lamazou's project "Women of the World."[6][7]

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."[8][9][10][11] Her fellow inductees were Anna Fendi, Heidi Klum, and Madam Chen Zhili.[12]

Nandita speaks about her work with Mani Ratnam and her latest film 'Manto' on BBC Radio with Ashanti Omkar.[13]

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Das's father is the artist 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,[14] where she attended the Sardar Patel Vidyalaya school.[15] She received 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.[16]

Das was a Yale World Fellow in 2014.[17] She was one of 16 emerging global leaders chosen from nearly 4000 applicants.

She has also taught at the Rishi Valley School.[18]

Career[edit | edit source]

Acting[edit | edit source]

Das has acted in over 40 feature films 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) and Earth (1998; alongside Aamir Khan), 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 provided Das' speaking voice in the Tamil classic Kannathil Muthamittal.

Das co-wrote, directed and acted in a play called Between the Lines (2014).[19] She has also acted in Khamosh! Adalat Jaari Hai (2017), a Cineplay production directed by Ritesh Menon, which was based on the Marathi-language play written by Vijay Tendulkar, alongside Saurabh Shukla and Swanand Kirkire.[20]

Direction[edit | edit source]

In 2008, she directed her first film, Firaaq.[21] 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".[citation needed] In 2018, Nandita directed Manto[22] which is based on the life and works of Saadat Hasan Manto, the Urdu writer of the 1940's. It features Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Rasika Dugal in the lead roles. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival[23] and then at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018.[24] Das produced and directed a PSA music video, India's Got Colour in 2019.[2] Her third directorial venture Zwigato explores the life of a food delivery rider and his family, starring Kapil Sharma and Shahana Goswami in the lead roles. It is also produced by her company Nandita Das Initiatives, in collaboration with Applause Entertainment. Zwigato was released in India in 2023 and is streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The film has garnered much critical acclaim from critics and audiences.

Writing[edit | edit source]

Nandita Das’s writing work has evolved organically. She has written articles for various publications and used to write a monthly column for The Week, called the Last Word. In 2019, Das wrote Manto and I, a hardbound book that chronicles her 6 year long journey of making the film, Manto. It is a book of images and writings that explores the creative process from the inception of the idea to finally releasing the film. In addition, Das edited Jatin Das: A Retrospective 1963-2023, a book that was launched during the retrospective show of her father, who was an artist, at the National Gallery of Modern Art. The book traces his six-decade career, featuring his artwork, writings, and essays by art scholars and friends.

Through her writings, Nandita Das has blended her personal insights with artistic expressions, creating compelling narratives that extend beyond her cinematic work.

Voice Narration[edit | edit source]

Das narrated the children's audiobook series Under the Banyan,[25] and Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography by Charkha Audiobooks, The Story of My Experiments with Truth.[26] 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).[citation needed]

She also sang the song "Ramleela" for the movie Aks[27] and "Jagya Sarsi" for the movie Bawandar.[28]

Nandita Das Initiatives[edit | edit source]

Nandita Das Initiatives LLP (NDI) was set up in 2016 by Nandita Das. NDI’s first venture, Manto, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.[29] In 2019, NDI produced a music video called India’s Got Colour to celebrate diversity in skin tones and call out colourism. In 2020, during the pandemic, NDI made a short film, Listen to Her, that dealt with the rise in domestic violence and the workload that women suffered. It was supported by UNESCO and other UN bodies. The company produced her third feature film, Zwigato, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022.[30]

Festival jury[edit | edit source]

# Festival Name year
1 Cannes Film Festival 2005
2 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2007
3 Marrakech International Film Festival 2009
4 Cannes Film Festival 2013
5 San Sebastián International Film Festival 2015
6 Regina International Film Festival 2018
7 Shanghai International Film Festival 2023
8 Busan International Film Festival 2025

Personal life[edit | edit source]

In 2002, Das married Saumya Sen.[citation needed] The couple began Leapfrog, a media organisation geared towards making socially conscious ad films.[31] The couple divorced in 2007.[32][failed verification] After dating Subodh Maskara, a Mumbai industrialist, for a couple of months, she married him on 2 January 2010 and moved to Mumbai.[33][34] Das and Maskara have a son named Vihaan.[35] In January 2017, the couple announced that they have parted ways.[36]

Nandita Das is an atheist.[37] "If I align with anything it would probably be Buddhism," she said.[38]

Activism[edit | edit source]

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, and she has spoken up in support of the JNU protests [which?] and MeToo movement on her official X (formerly known as Twitter).[39] [better source needed] In 2009, Das was appointed Chairperson of the Children's Film Society of India.[40] In 2012, she was the guest of honor at the iVolunteer Awards, held in Mumbai.[41] Das also donated to the launch of the investigative journalism magazine Tehelka, founded by Tarun Tejpal.[42] In 2013, she participated in the Women of India Leadership Summit alongside other artists and women's activists.[43]

India's Got Colour (Dark is Beautiful) Campaign[edit | edit source]

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."[44] 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.[45] In 2019, the Campaign was reinvented as 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.[46]

Speaking Engagements[edit | edit source]

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] and at Tufts University.[47][48]

International[edit | edit source]

Month/Year Topic Moderator Organiser
May, 2024 All for Health, Health for All John-Arne Rottingen WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
April, 2023 Film Screening of Zwigato, followed by Q & A Prof. Abhijit Banerjee MIT, Cambridge, USA
Zwigato Film Screening followed by Q & A Smriti Mundhra Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, LA, USA.
July, 2015 Stories of Wellbeing Conversation with Jo Confino Institute for Leadership and Sustainability and Brathay Trust, University of Cumbria Ambleside, UK
October, 2014 Struggles of Being a Woman in Society and Cinema Centre for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies, Tufts University

Massachusetts, USA

Infinite Identities Asian American Cultural Centre and La Casa, Yale University

Connecticut, USA

September, 2014 The Role of Arts in Social Change Conversation with Cara Moyer-Duncan moderated by Mukti Khaire Harvard South Asian Institute, Harvard University

Cambridge, USA

March, 2014 Changing Minds and Mindsets- Social Inclusion Through Arts Conversation with Maitreyi Das World Bank Head Quarters

Washington DC, USA

Art and Social Change, Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs, Brown University

Rhode Island, USA

May, 2013 EL- SOMNI (The Dream) A gastronomy event with 12 courses & 12 eminent guests from around the world City Council of Barcelona and the Celler de Can Roca

Barcelona, Spain

May, 2011 Role of Art/Cinema in Transforming the World Rome Cornerstone Conference

International Women’s Forum Rome, Italy

March, 2011 Bollywood and Beyond Maximum India Festival

Kennedy Centre Washington DC, USA

June, 2008 Identity and the Notion of the Other Eranos Tagung 2008

Ascona, Switzerland

September, 2005 A Personal Journey- Social Work and Cinema Rietberg Museum for Lange Nacht Der Museen (long night of the museum)

Zurich, Switzerland

October, 2004 What Creates Change? Annual Gala of SAKHI, a South Asian women's organization

New York, USA

September, 2004 Building Youth Leadership Pan-Asian Youth Leadership Summit

Hiroshima, Japan

May, 2004 Child Rights and Our Responsibility The Children's World Congress on Child Labour

Florence, Italy

6 March 2004 Domestic Violence The Capital Women's Conference

London, UK

August, 2003 What is it to be an Indian? Festival of India

Atlanta, USA

National[edit | edit source]

Month/Year Topic Moderator Organiser Link
May, 2024 Fireside Chat with Deepa Mehta moderated by Dhamini Ratnam Kashish Pride Film Festival

Liberty Cinema, Mumbai

September, 2023 Cinema with a Conscience: A Choice Fire-side chat with Shrinivas Dempo 50th National Management Convention

AIMA, New Delhi

November, 2022 Unconscious Bias Keynote Speaker Gartner IT Symposium

Kochi

January, 2020 Disability and Inclusion Conversation with VR Ferose India Inclusion Summit

Bangalore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjC7uVfQfo
June, 2019 A Mother’s Journey with Anger TEDx Shiv Nadar University

Greater NOIDA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eAie89tAhg
October, 2018 Can Art Change India? TEDx St. Xaviers

Mumbai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_DA7Zew1QE
May, 2018 Women at Work Conversation with Anupama Chopra LinkedIn and Film Companion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-3T60l2FLo&t=20s
March, 2016 The Biggest Hypocrisy of our Times: Our Attitude to Poverty TEDx Walled city

New Delhi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1JeS7MtRpE
September, 2011 Transformation in Education TEDx Nariman Point

Mumbai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLtvxhhRk50

Online[edit | edit source]

Month/Year Topic Moderator Organiser Link
May, 2022 Break The Bias Conversation with Sanjay Menon Publicis Sapient India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65SKLR6dxfs
June 2020 From the Other Side, Fire to Freedom Raga D’silva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m4Ea_sV2IM
Interrogating Caste Privileges Conversation with Mauktik Kulkarni hosted by Suraj Yengde Suraj Yengde presents Dialogics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILrwlufQTdw
May, 2020 Behind the Camera: Being a Woman Director Conversation with Kaveree Bamzai Women in Art & Culture, MAP Bangalore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIEKr5xCN2c

Accolades[edit | edit source]

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.[49][50]

For acting[edit | edit source]

List of film acting awards and nominations received by Nandita Das
Year Award Film Category Result
2000 45th Filmfare Awards 1947 Earth Best Debut Won
2001 Santa Monica Film Festival Bawander Best Actress Won
2002 Cairo International Film Festival Amaar Bhuvan Won
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Kannathil Muthamittal Special Prize Won
2006 Nandi Awards of 2006 Kamli Best Actress Won
2007 Madrid International Film Festival Maati Maay (A Grave-keeper's Tale) Best Actress Won
2013 8th Lux Style Awards Ramchand Pakistani Best Film Actress Nominated
60th Filmfare Awards South Neerparavai Best Supporting Actress – Tamil Nominated
2024 68th Filmfare Awards South Virata Parvam Best Supporting Actress – Telugu Won

For directing[edit | edit source]

List of film directing awards and nominations received by Nandita Das
Year Award Film Category Status Ref.
2008 Asian Festival of First Films Firaaq Best Film Won [51]
Best Screenplay
Foreign Correspondents Association Purple Orchid Award for Best Film
2009 Kara Film Festival Best Film Won
International Film Festival of Kerala Special Jury Award Won
Thessaloniki International Film Festival Special Prize (Everyday Life: Transcendence or Reconciliation Award) Won
Golden Alexander Nominated
2010 Filmfare Awards Special Award Won
2018 Cannes Film Festival 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
2019 Filmfare Awards Best Film (Critics) Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Dialogue Nominated

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released

Actor[edit | edit source]

Films & Web Series[edit | edit source]

List of film acting credits
Year Title Role Language(s) Notes
1987 Bangle Box Hindi Telefilm
1989 Parinati Hindi
1994 Ek Thi Goonja Goonja Hindi
1995 Daughters of This Century Charu Hindi
1996 Fire Sita English
1998 1947 Earth Shanta, the Ayah Hindi Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut
Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa Nandini Mitra Hindi
Janmadinam Sarasu Malayalam
1999 Biswaprakash Anjali Odia
Deveeri Deveeri (Akka) Kannada
Rockford Lily Vegas English
2000 Punaradhivasam Shalini Malayalam
Hari-Bhari Afsana Hindi
Saanjh Hindi Short film
Bawandar Sanwari Hindi,
Rajasthani,
English		 Best Actress at Santa Monica Film Festival
2001 Aks Supriya Verma Hindi
Kannaki Kannaki Malayalam
2002 Aamaar Bhuvan Sakina Bengali Best Actress at Cairo Film Festival
Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female
Pitaah Paro Hindi
Azhagi Dhanalakshmi 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
2003 Ek Alag Mausam Aparna Verma Hindi
Bas Yun Hi Veda Hindi
Supari Mamta Sikri Hindi
Shubho Mahurat Mallika Sen Bengali
Kagaar: Life on the Edge Aditi Hindi
Ek Din 24 Ghante Sameera Dutta Hindi
2004 Vishwa Thulasi Sita Tamil
Ghoom Tana Urdu Music Video
2005 Fleeting Beauty Indian woman English
Saayey Maya Urdu, English Short Film
2006 Maati Maay Chandi Marathi Madrid International Film Festival (2007), Best Actress
Podokkhep Megha Bengali
Provoked Radha Dalal English
Kamli Kamli Telugu Nandi Award for Best Actress
Bits & Pieces Kusum Hindi Unreleased
2007 Before the Rains Sajani English,
Malayalam
Naalu Pennungal Kamakshi Malayalam
A Drop of Life Mira Ben Hindi, Gujarati Short film
2008 Ramchand Pakistani Champa Urdu Pakistani film
2010 I Am Afia Hindi
2012 Neerparavai Older Esther Tamil Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Tamil
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil
2013 Oonga Hemla Hindi,
Odia
2014 Rastres de Sàndal Mina Kuminar English,
Catalan
2018 Dhaad Monghi Gujarati[52] shot in 2001
2019 Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai? Stella Hindi Remake of classic Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai[53]
2020 Listen to Her The woman Hindi Short film
2021 Call My Agent: Bollywood Herself Hindi Web series
The Cuber The mother Hindi,
English		 Short film
2022 Virata Parvam Shakunthala Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2023 A Knock on the Door Reena English, Hindi, Bengali
2025 Ziddi Girls Prof. Handa Hindi Web series

Theatre & Cineplay[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role Language Notes
2024 White Rabbit Red Rabbit English An unrehearsed play written by Nassim Soleimanpour
2017 Khamosh! Adalat Jaari Hai Leela Benare Hindi Cineplay
2014 Between the Lines Maya Hindi, English Cineplay
2013 Gates to India Song Anne-Marie Stretter English Play by Marguerite Duras and directed by Eric Vigner
2002 The Spirit of Anne Frank Anamika English An improvised play directed by Roysten Abel
Equus Jill English Play by Peter Shaffer and directed by Barry John
Heads ya Tails Madhvi Hindi Play by Prashant Dalvi and directed by Chandrakanth Kulkurni
Mother The Christian Woman Play by Maxim Gorky and directed by M K Raina
Street plays on social issues Various characters Hindi Play by Jana Natya Manch and directed by Safdar Hashmi

Director[edit | edit source]

List of film directing credits
Year Title Language Notes Ref.
1993 Imprint in Clay Hindi, English Documentary on the father of Studio Pottery in India, Sardar Gurcharan Singh
2003 Rain Water Harvesting Public Service Ad
Education Spots Public Service Ad
2004 Beyond Boundaries - Cricket for Peace Hindi Documentary on Indo-Pak street children initiative
2008 Firaaq Hindi
Urdu
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 		[51]
2012 Between the Lines Hindi, English Theater Play She wrote it too
2017 In Defence of Freedom Hindi Short film
2018 Manto Hindi
Urdu		 Premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2018
Toronto International Film Festival 2018
Busan International Film Festival 2018
2019 India's Got Colour Hindi Music Video
2020 Listen to Her Hindi Short film
2021 The Cuber Hindi, English Short film
2023 Zwigato Hindi World premiere at the TIFF 2022
Premiered at Busan International Film Festival
Premiered at International Film Festival of Kerala[54]

Voice Works[edit | edit source]

Year Title Language Notes
2004 Karadi Tales English Audiobook
2005 The Story of My Experiments with Truth English Audiobook
2008 Wonder Pets! English Voice of Bengal Tiger

Books[edit | edit source]

  • Manto and I. Aleph Book Company. ISBN 978-81-943657-4-7
  • Jatin Das: A Retrospective (1963-2023)

References[edit | edit source]

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