Overview
Nandita Das has acted in more than 40 feature films (Fire, Earth, Bawandar) with eminent filmmakers such as Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Mani Ratnam, Rituporno Ghosh etc. in 10 different languages. Her directorial debut Firaaq (2008) premiered at TIFF and garnered accolades and critical appreciation, both in India and abroad. In 2011, she was conferred the ‘Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters’ by the French Government. Her second directorial feature Manto, based on the life and works of writer Saadat Hasan Manto, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018. Her first book, Manto & I, chronicles her 6-year-long journey of making the film. In 2016, she founded Nandita Das Initiatives (NDI), a creative platform which produced her feature films Manto and Zwigato, her third directorial film which explores the life of a food delivery rider and his family. It premiered at TIFF and after its theatrical release, it is streaming on Amazon Prime. She directed and produced shorts such as India’s Got Colour and Listen to Her that shed light on important social issues. Nandita has a Master’s degree in Social Work and is a strong advocate for social justice.
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