Nandita Das

            Hindi , Kannada , Oriya

              Nandita das (born seven november 1969) is associate in nursing triumph indian film actor and director. asassociate in nursing actor, she is thought for her performances in hearth (1996), earth (1998), bawandar (2000), kannathil muthamittal (2002), azhagi and aamaar bhuvan (2002). as a director, she is thought for her directorial debut firaaq (2008), that has won variety of national and international awards. she has been awarded the chevalier of the ordre des arts et des lettres by the govt. of france for her work. nandita das was the primary indian to be inducted into their international women's forum's hall of fame.

 Life

                 Das was born in indian capital to noted indian painter, jatin das and a gujarati faith mother named varsha united nations agency could be a author.

               She visited sardar patel vidyalaya, lodhi estate in indian capital. she received her baccalaureate in geographics from miranda house (university of metropolis) and master of social service from the delhi faculty of social service.

                 In 2002, das married saumya subunit. the couple began leapfrog, associate in nursing advertising organization double-geared towards creating socially acutely aware ad films. the couple unmarried in 2009. When geological dating subodh maskara, associate in nursing businessman primarily based out of bombay for a few of months, she married him on jan 2, 2010 and moved to bombay. das and maskara had a baby boy named vihaan on eleven august 2010.

Career

Acting : 

              Nandita das started her acting career with the theatre cluster jana natya manch. she instructed at the rishidepression college.

                She is best illustrious for her performances in deepa mehta films fireplace, earth aboard aamir khan, bawander (directed by jagmohan mundhra) and amaar bhuvan (directed by mrinal sen). das has acted in films in 10 totally different languages: english, hindi, bengali, malayalam, tamil, telugu, urdu, marathi, oriya and kanarese. the starsuganya provided das' speaking voice within the tamil classic kannathil muthamittal.

            Das narrated the children's audio book series beneath the banyan, and sage gandhi's life history by charkha audio books the story of my experiments with truth. she has additionally lent her voice to the children's tv series, marvel pets because the bengal tiger.

Directing : 

           In 2008, she completed motion-picture photography her directorial debut, firaaq. firaaq could be a work of fiction, supported 1000 true stories and is ready a month when the gujarat mass murder in 2002. it's associate ensemble film that interweaves multiple stories over a twenty four hour amount, because the characters from completely different strata of society, grapple with the lingering effects of violence. the film traces the emotional journeys of standard individuals — some who were victims, some perpetrators and a few who selected to observe mutely. the film's stellar solid includes naseeruddin shah of iran, raghubir yadav, paresh rawal, deeptiarmed service, sanjay suri, tisca chopra, shahana goswami and nowaz. 
           The film won high honours at the asian competition of 1st films 2008 in singapore, wherever it won the awards for "best film", "screenplay / script", and "foreign correspondents assn. purple orchidaceous plant award for best film". the film has additionally won awards at different international film festivals, as well as the special prize award at the salonica international festival in balkan state, the blue ribbon jury award at the international festival of kerala, and therefore the best editor award for the film's editor sreekar prasad at the dubai international festival. it had been discharged in bharat on twenty march 2009. the film additionally won a gift at the kara festival. das aforementioned that the film "gave a voice to most that continues to be silent".

Awards And Honours

 45th Film Fare Awards : 

2000 : Won - best debut - 1947 earth

Santa Monica Film Festival : 

2001 : Won - best actress - bawander

Cairo International Film Festival : 

2002 : Won - best actress - amaar bhuvan

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards : 

2002 : Won - special prize - kannathil muthamittal

Cannes Film Festival : 

           2005 : May - das served as a member of the jury at the 2005 cannes film festival

  Nandi Awards : 

2006 : Won - best actress - kamli 

2008 : Asian festival of first films

Won - best film - firaaq

Won - best screenplay - firaaq

Won - foreign correspondents association purple orchid award for best film - firaaq

Government Of France : 

2008 : Won - chevalier of the ordre des arts et des lettres

International Film Festival Of Kerala : 

2009 : Won - special jury award - firaaq

2009 :Thessaloniki International Film Festival : 

Won - special prize (everyday life: transcendence or reconciliation award) - firaaq 

Nominated — golden alexander - firaaq

Film Fare Awards : 

2010 : Won - special award – firaaq