Nandita Das

Acting

Nandita Das

Born

1969-11-07 (56)

Place of birth

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

68 titles

Nandita Das is an actor and director, one of the leading figures in the Indian film industry. She has acted in more than 40 feature films in ten different languages. Das has been acclaimed for numerous performances, including in Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Bawandar (2000), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Azhagi (2002), Kamli (2006), and Before The Rains (2007). Her directorial debut was with Firaaq (2008), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, traveled to more than 50 festivals, and won more than 20 awards.

Known for

The Kapil Sharma Show poster
7.0

Kapil Sharma is back with his gang - Bindu, Chandan and 'mohalle ki dhoban' Gudiya. In tow is a new character, Maski, along with Goli, Roopmati and more! Enjoy guaranteed laughter with Kapil and his antics as different celebrities join in.

The Kapil Sharma Show

2016

Wonder Pets! poster
7.3

When school ends for the day, Linny, Tuck and Ming-Ming -- an animated trio of classroom pets -- morph into heroes who sail the globe in their fantastic Flyboat and use teamwork to help pandas, elephants and other animals who are in trouble.

Wonder Pets!

2006

Lux Style Awards poster
10.0

The Lux Style Awards is the largest award ceremony held annually in Pakistan since 2002. The awards celebrate "style" in the Pakistani entertainment industry, and it is the oldest event dedicated to cinema, television, fashion, music and film industry in Pakistan.

Lux Style Awards

2002

Call My Agent Bollywood poster
5.7

From pulling off casting coups to calming celebrity egos, the drama never stops for four Mumbai talent agents hustling to save their sinking company.

Call My Agent Bollywood

2021

Provoked poster
6.7

Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and having two children with him, out of fear, she sets him on fire.

Provoked

2007

Ziddi Girls poster
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The lives of 5 self-absorbed Gen Z freshers is about to change as they enter the corridors of Matilda House college. Deep friendships form over a year of mistakes, heartbreaks and self-discovery as they put themselves between their college & the forces that threaten it.

Ziddi Girls

2025

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 8 titles

Neerparavai poster
6.0

A skeleton is found at the home of Esther (Nandita Das), whose fisherman husband Arulappasamy (Vishnu) has been missing for the past 25 years. Esther confesses that it was she who murdered her husband but when Agnes (Varsha), the cop assigned to the case, lends a sympathetic ear, she narrates a heart wrenching tale of a loving family ruined by the politics of territorial waters.

Neerparavai

2012

I Am poster
6.5

I Am is a 2011 Indian anthology film by Onir. It consists of four short films: "Omar", "Afia", "Abhimanyu", and "Megha". Each film shares the common theme of fear and each is also based on real life stories. The film was financed by donations from more than 400 different people around the world, many of whom donated through social networking sites like Facebook. There are four stories but the characters are interwoven with each story. "Abhimanyu" is based on child abuse, "Omar" on gay rights, "Megha" is about Kashmiri Pandits and "Afia" deals with sperm donation. I Am was released with subtitles in all regions as six different languages are spoken in the film: Hindi, English, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and Kashmiri.

I Am

2011

Bird of Dusk poster
NR

An insight into the life of late writer-director Rituparno Ghosh, the iconic cultural figure from West Bengal (India), who pushed and transgressed the boundaries of sexuality, feminism, and freedom of thought. The film is about an artist's relationship to his city Calcutta and is based on his personal memoirs, archival material, and conversations with cast, crew, and family.

Bird of Dusk

2018

Traces of Sandalwood poster
5.8

Despite her fame and fortune, Mina, a successful Indian actress in Mumbai, can't forget her little sister Sita, from whom she was forced to separate after their mother's death in a village. Thirty years later she will finally find out that Sita is alive and well in Barcelona. However, Sita's adoptive parents have erased all traces of her past. She is now called Paula, works as a researcher in Biology and has no recollection of her Indian background, let alone of Mina. Faced with the shocking truths of her past, Paula begins a long journey of self-discovery, aided along the way by her budding romance with the handsome Indian immigrant Prakash. A story of hope and love across Mumbai and Barcelona; from India to the Mediterranean and all the way back.

Traces of Sandalwood

2014

Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hai poster
8.0

A mock trial during the rehearsal of a play quickly turns into a gripping drama about desire, gender issues, power and control, this is an adaptation of playwright Vijay Tendulkar's Shantata. Court Chalu Aahe (1963).

Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hai

2017

Dhaad poster
NR

Drama centred around a dacoit named Ghela who believes in the power of the gun and regards it as a necessary tool for survival.

Dhaad

2018

Oonga poster
NR

Little tribal boy runs off on a long journey to the big city to watch the Ramayana that his friends saw but he missed, unaware that his little village is being forced to give up its land for bauxite mining.

Oonga

2013

Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai? poster
4.5

Albert Pinto goes missing one day and his girlfriend and family start making rounds at the police station to track him down. Unknown to them, he is on his way to Goa to carry out his first assignment as a hitman.

Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai?

2019

2000s · 25 titles

Provoked poster
6.7

Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and having two children with him, out of fear, she sets him on fire.

Provoked

2007

Kannathil Muthamittal poster
7.7

A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.

Kannathil Muthamittal

2002

Before the Rains poster
4.8

Set in southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets. After a British spice planter falls in love with his alluring servant, an idealistic young man finds himself torn between his ambitions and his family, his village and his past.

Before the Rains

2007

Daughters of This Century poster
9.0

This film is based on five shot stories of Rabindranath Tagore's Jibito O Mrito, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Abhagir Swarga, Gour Kishore Ghosh's Aei Daha, Prafulla Roy's Satgharia and Dibyendu Palit's Kaanch.

Daughters of This Century

2001

Kamli poster
NR

Kamli was actually inspired by a K.N.T. Sastry's award winning documentary harvesting babies. K.N.T. Sastry wanted to make a feature film based on the documentary about the plight of tribal women selling their babies for a pittance. He actually contacted and wanted to make film with Soundarya as the main female lead of Kamli, but she died in a helicopter crash, and finally made the film with Nandita Das.

Kamli

2006

One Day, 24 Hours poster
9.0

Set in a hectic world that takes place in 24 Ghante, this film features Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Kabir Sadanand, Vineet Kumar, Shiv Subramaniam, Shilpa Mehta, Jayant Wadekar and Baby Nidh. Hailed as a groundbreaking Bollywood opus, it takes chances with its structure, plot and storyline to deliver a breakneck drama in a conceptually challenging fashion.

One Day, 24 Hours

2003

Shubho Muharat poster
7.3

An actress mysteriously dies after the "Shubho Mahurat," a celebration of the first shot of the film. A journalist and her perceptive aunt investigate.

Shubho Muharat

2003

Bawandar poster
6.2

A rural Indian woman joins a campaign against social injustice. Her activism sparks violent retaliation from village elders, forcing her to navigate a corrupt legal system.

Bawandar

2000

Lal Salaam poster
6.5

Based on the true stories of families, politics and tribes in Nagpur, India. Growing crime and military-style gangs have created chaos in local communities. This musical action film pits Dr. Kanna's allegiance to his childhood love, Rupi, against his increasingly militaristic brother Ghisu.

Lal Salaam

2002

Supari poster
3.8

Four best friends end up owing 500,000 rupees to Mamta Sekhri, a woman involved in various underworld activities. The friends are forced to kill for money (an act called) "Supari" to pay their debt. But things begin to change when the men realize that in this game of Supari, they are not just hunters but also the hunted.

Supari

2003

Pitaah poster
6.1

A man seeks justice against two men who raped his young daughter.

Pitaah

2002

Punaradhivasam poster
NR

In a world where the meaning of love and relationships is dwindling, a father-son duo, a married woman and a family's daughter-in-law struggle to accept the reality.

Punaradhivasam

2000

Azhagi poster
7.6

Shanmugam meets his childhood sweetheart after many years and employs her as his housemaid as she urgently needs a job. However, his wife creates problems when she learns about their relationship.

Azhagi

2002

No artwork available
7.0

Aditya is a young man who does not believe in astrology, but when a friend makes his astrological chart and explains to him that he is fated to marry a woman whose name begins with the letter V, Aditya decides to see for himself if this is true.

Bas Yun Hi

2003

Vishwa Thulasi poster
7.0

Thulasi, returns to her village to become a dance teacher. She cannot forget her love, Vishwa, but is haunted by the memory of her cousin's obsession with her.

Vishwa Thulasi

2004

Hari-Bhari poster
6.0

The film revolves around the story of five women, belonging to different generations, each looking for emancipation and the right to run their lives their own way. The film's main theme is the issue of women's 'fertility rights' empowerment.

Hari-Bhari

2000

Ek Alag Mausam poster
5.0

A woman finds out she caught AIDS from her husband so she divorces him. She volunteers at a rehab house and falls in love.

Ek Alag Mausam

2003

Aks poster
5.4

On the trail of an underworld contract killer, a dedicated police officer is thrust into a battle between good vs evil.

Aks

2001

Four Women poster
5.8

A drama centered around four women at Kuttanad in Kerala's Alappuzha district.

Four Women

2007

This, My Land poster
6.8

After Shokhina's marriage to Noor ends, she remarries Meher but faces many complications in her married life. Things get worse when Noor returns to India as a married rich man.

This, My Land

2002

Kagaar poster
7.5

Naive, simple-minded, and illiterate Bhaskar Sarnaik comes to Bombay from his far-off village.

Kagaar

2003

Kannaki poster
8.5

Villagers Manickan and Choman are very close friends. Manickan is in love with Kannaki and wants to marry her but Choman wants him to marry his sister. It is loosely based on Shakespeare's story of Antony & Cleopatra

Kannaki

2002

Footsteps poster
6.0

At the end, the only love which lasts is the love that has accepted everything, every disappointment, every failure and every betrayal, which has accepted even the sad fact that in the end there is no desire as deep as the simple desire for companionship." Inspired by this Graham Greene quote, "Podokkhep" is the story of an unusual bond between a retired man and a 5-year-old girl where he rediscovers life in his twilight years through this friendship.

Footsteps

2006

A Drop of Life poster
NR

A Drop of Life is a futuristic film about the intersecting lives of two women on two hemispheres, bound by the most precious resource on earth: water.

A Drop of Life

2007

Ramchand Pakistani poster
8.1

Based on a actual events, the story is about a Pakistani Hindu boy and his father who accidentally cross the border into India from their village in Pakistan at a time of extreme war like tension between the 2 countries and end up spending 5 years in an Indian prison while the mother left behind wonders what has happened to them.

Ramchand Pakistani

2008

1990s · 7 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Manto poster
7.4

In Bombay's seedy-shiny film world, Manto and his stories are widely read and accepted. But as sectarian violence engulfs the nation, Manto makes the difficult choice of leaving his beloved Bombay. In Lahore, he finds himself bereft of friends and unable to find takers for his writings.

Manto

2018

Manto poster
7.4

In Bombay's seedy-shiny film world, Manto and his stories are widely read and accepted. But as sectarian violence engulfs the nation, Manto makes the difficult choice of leaving his beloved Bombay. In Lahore, he finds himself bereft of friends and unable to find takers for his writings.

Manto

2018

Zwigato poster
6.5

Manas, an ex-factory floor manager loses his job during the pandemic. He is then forced to work as a food delivery rider, grappling with the app and the world of ratings and incentives. Life is relentless for him, but not without shared moments of joy with his wife, Pratima. The film captures the life of invisible 'ordinary' people, hidden in plain sight.

Zwigato

2023

Zwigato poster
6.5

Manas, an ex-factory floor manager loses his job during the pandemic. He is then forced to work as a food delivery rider, grappling with the app and the world of ratings and incentives. Life is relentless for him, but not without shared moments of joy with his wife, Pratima. The film captures the life of invisible 'ordinary' people, hidden in plain sight.

Zwigato

2023

Zwigato poster
6.5

Manas, an ex-factory floor manager loses his job during the pandemic. He is then forced to work as a food delivery rider, grappling with the app and the world of ratings and incentives. Life is relentless for him, but not without shared moments of joy with his wife, Pratima. The film captures the life of invisible 'ordinary' people, hidden in plain sight.

Zwigato

2023

Firaaq poster
6.2

Firaaq is an Urdu word that means both separation and quest. The film is a work of fiction, based on a thousand stories. The story is set over a 24-hour period, one month after a campaign that took place in Gujarat, India, in 2002. It traces the emotional journey of ordinary people- some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who choose to watch silently.

Firaaq

2009

Firaaq poster
6.2

Firaaq is an Urdu word that means both separation and quest. The film is a work of fiction, based on a thousand stories. The story is set over a 24-hour period, one month after a campaign that took place in Gujarat, India, in 2002. It traces the emotional journey of ordinary people- some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who choose to watch silently.

Firaaq

2009

In Defence Of Freedom poster
NR

This short film is literally a conglomeration of all the beautiful dialogues that were said by Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the feature film Manto(2018) by Nandita Das.

In Defence Of Freedom

2017

In Defence Of Freedom poster
NR

This short film is literally a conglomeration of all the beautiful dialogues that were said by Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the feature film Manto(2018) by Nandita Das.

In Defence Of Freedom

2017

No artwork available
NR

The film is a spontaneous response to the irony of “STAY HOME, STAY SAFE” for millions of women in India and around the world. The film is adding its voice to a conversation that is much needed in the public space. It reminds us that speaking up is only possible when women know that there is someone listening. This pandemic has taught us that our lives are deeply intertwined, and so we must respond to the realities beyond ours.

Listen To Her

2020

No artwork available
NR

The film is a spontaneous response to the irony of “STAY HOME, STAY SAFE” for millions of women in India and around the world. The film is adding its voice to a conversation that is much needed in the public space. It reminds us that speaking up is only possible when women know that there is someone listening. This pandemic has taught us that our lives are deeply intertwined, and so we must respond to the realities beyond ours.

Listen To Her

2020

No artwork available
NR

The film is a spontaneous response to the irony of “STAY HOME, STAY SAFE” for millions of women in India and around the world. The film is adding its voice to a conversation that is much needed in the public space. It reminds us that speaking up is only possible when women know that there is someone listening. This pandemic has taught us that our lives are deeply intertwined, and so we must respond to the realities beyond ours.

Listen To Her

2020

No artwork available
NR

After 6 months of separation, Avi and Smi revisit their 16-year marriage over a day and night – what held them together, what drove them apart. Will they find closure?

Avi & Smi

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No artwork available
NR

After 6 months of separation, Avi and Smi revisit their 16-year marriage over a day and night – what held them together, what drove them apart. Will they find closure?

Avi & Smi

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Imprint in Clay poster
NR

“Sardar Gurcharan Singh was the father of studio pottery in India. "Daddyji" as most called him lovingly was very close to my father. I often tagged along to visit his home studio where pottery wheels were lined up under the big neem trees in his old brick house. My father wanted me to make a film on Daddyji, who was then 95. He was afraid that Daddyji's wonderful story would be left untold. He not only introduced studio pottery in India but due to his longevity, mentored many potters. So despite not knowing anything about films, I made the documentary, Imprint in Clay with a classmate of mine, which was mostly funded by my father.”

Imprint in Clay

1993

Beyond Boundaries - Cricket for Peace poster
NR

‘Beyond Boundaries’ was an Indo-Pak street children initiative. It was a response to the growing communal tension in the region. Cricket, a much revered subcontinental game, was the bridge that brought street children together to play cricket across both borders.

Beyond Boundaries - Cricket for Peace

2004