Nandita Das (born 7 November 1969) is an award-winning Indian film actress and independent filmmaker. As an actress, she is known for her critically acclaimed performances in Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Bawandar (2000) and Aamaar Bhuvan (2002). As a director, she is known for her directorial debut Firaaq (2008), which has won a number of national and international awards, including Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by Government of Fr...
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Nandita Das (born 7 November 1969) is an award-winning Indian film actress and independent filmmaker. As an actress, she is known for her critically acclaimed performances in Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Bawandar (2000) and Aamaar Bhuvan (2002). As a director, she is known for her directorial debut Firaaq (2008), which has won a number of national and international awards, including Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by Government of France.
Nandita Das was born in New Delhi. Her father is the Indian painter, Jatin Das, originally from Orissa, and her Gujarati Hindu-Jain mother, a writer, Varsha.
She went to Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in New Delhi. She received her bachelor's degree in Geography from Miranda House and Post Graduation from the Delhi School of Social Work. She was a good student, getting firsts in all of them.
Nandita Das started her acting career with a theatre group called Jannatya Manch. She taught at the Rishi Valley School.
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