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Nandita Das is an extremely versatile actress and has been most famous for her
controversial role in Deepa Mehta's "Fire" opposite Shabana Azmi involving a
lesbian relationship. Nandita's father is the famous Indian painter Jatin Das
and Her mother is a writer. Nandita had to shave off her head for the role of
Janaki in "Water". Some of her other brilliant performances include "Rockford",
"Aks", "Earth", "Pitaah"
She had to cut off her hair for her role as Janaki in Water(2001) . Unlike most
Indian actors, she refused to move to Bombay ("Bollywood") and still lives in
Delhi.
She started acting with a street theatre group called Jannatya Manch and did
this for six years. She was teaching at the Rishi Valley School (started by J.
Krishnamurti). After she did her Master's in Social Work, she started working
with an NGO called Ankur and then for Alarippu, a children's organisation which
is about making education more enjoyable for children from underprivileged home
Filmography:
- 1998 HAZAAR CHAURASI KI MAA
- 1998 FIRE
- 1999 1947-EARTH
- 1999 ROCKFORD
- 2000 HARI BHARI
- 2001 AKS
- 2001 BAWANDAR
- 2002 LAL SALAAM
- 2002 PITAAH
- 2003 EK DIN 24 GHANTE
- 2003 BUS YUN HI
- 2003 SUPARI
- 2003 Kagaar
- 2003 Shubho ahurat
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