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Nanditha Raj

Nanditha Raj
Born	30 August 1994 (age 19) Mumbai, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2012—present

Nanditha Raj (born in 1994), is an Indian actress. She made her debut in the Telugu Film industry with the film Neeku Naaku Dash Dash, directed by Teja.[1][2]

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Personal life[edit]

Nanditha was born in Mumbai. Her father, Col Raj Kumar is an Army officer and mother Vasthi Raj is a legal advisor. She has a younger brother named Prateek. She grew up in North India [3] and has studied in Army schools. She currently resides in Hyderabad and is pursuing her degree from St Francis College for Women, Hyderabad.[4]

She had not planned a career in films but her mother encouraged her to participate in a beauty contest which she won. In her first year of college, she sent her photographs to director Teja and was called for an audition.[5]

Film career[edit]

Nandita started her film career with Neeku Naaku Dash Dash under the direction of Teja in 2012.[6] She was reportedly selected for the role from a state-wide hunt where she beat around 70,000 other aspirants.[7] Her second film Prema Katha Chithram with Sudheer Babuas her co-star, released on 7 June 2013. She played a college student in the film, who is a big fan of a renowned dancer (Sudheer Babu).[8] 123telugu.com wrote "Nandhita is the real star of the film. She is simply brilliant. There are certain sequences where she is required to exhibit dramatic changes in behaviour and she has excelled in those scenes".[9] It became a box-office Blockbuster.[10][11]She is presently working in a Malayalam film London Bridge with Prithviraj Sukumaran. She playd a Malayali girl in the film who goes to London for a job, and falls in love with the character played by Prithviraj.[12]

Nandita Das


Born	November 7, 1969 (age 44) Mumbai, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress, director
Years active	1989, 1996–present
Spouse(s)	Soumya Sen (2002–2009) Subodh Maskara (2010–present)
Children	Vihaan

Nandita Das (born 7 November 1969) is an award-winning Indian film actress and director. As an actress, she is known for her performances in Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Bawandar(2000), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Azhagi and Before The Rains (2007). As a director, she is known for her directorial debut Firaaq (2008), which has won a number of national and international awards. She has been awarded the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France for her work.[1] Nandita Das was the first Indian to be inducted into their International Women's Forum's hall of fame.

Early life and education[edit]

Das was born to noted Indian Oriya painter, Jatin Das and a Gujarati Jain mother, Varsha who is a writer. [2] She was born in Mumbai and brought up in Delhi. [3]

She went to Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Lodhi Estate, in New Delhi. She received herbachelor's degree in Geography from Miranda House (University of Delhi) and Master of Social Work from the Delhi School of Social Work.[4]

Career[edit]

Acting[edit]

Nandita Das started her acting career with the theatre group Jana Natya Manch. She taught at the Rishi Valley School.

She is best known for her performances in Deepa Mehta films Fire, Earth alongside Aamir Khan, Bawander (directed by Jagmohan Mundhra) and Amaar Bhuvan (directed by Mrinal Sen). Das has acted in films in ten different languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Marathi, Oriya and Kannada. The movie star Suganya provided Das' speaking voice in the Tamilclassic Kannathil Muthamittal.

Das narrated the children's audiobook series Under the Banyan, and Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography by Charkha Audiobooks The Story of My Experiments with Truth. She has also lent her voice to the children's television series, Wonder Pets as the Bengal Tiger.

Directing[edit]

In 2008, she completed filming her directorial debut, Firaaq.[5] Firaaq is a work of fiction, based on a thousand true stories and is set a month after the Gujarat carnage in 2002. It is an ensemble film that interweaves multiple stories over a 24 hour period, as the characters from different strata of society, grapple with the lingering effects of violence. The film traces the emotional journeys of ordinary people — some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who chose to watch silently. The film's stellar cast includes Naseeruddin Shah,Raghubir Yadav, Paresh Rawal, Deepti Naval, Sanjay Suri, Tisca Chopra, Shahana Goswami and Nowaz.

The film won top honours at the Asian Festival of First Films 2008 in Singapore, where it won the awards for "Best Film", "Screenplay / Script", and "Foreign Correspondents Assn. Purple Orchid Award for Best Film".[6][7] The film has also won awards at other international film festivals, including the Special Prize award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece, the Special Jury Award at the International Film Festival of Kerala, and the Best Editor award for the film's editor Sreekar Prasad at the Dubai International Film Festival.[8] It was released in India on 20 March 2009.[9] The film also won an award at the Kara Film Festival. Das said that the film "gave a voice to so much that remains silent".[10]

Personal life[edit]

In 2002, Das married Saumya Sen.[11] The couple began Leapfrog, an advertising organization geared towards making socially conscious ad films.[12] The couple divorced in 2009.[13] After dating Subodh Maskara, an industrialist based out of Mumbai for a couple of months, she married him on January 2, 2010 and moved to Mumbai.[14][15] Das and Maskara had a baby boy named Vihaan on 11 August 2010.[16]

Philanthropy[edit]

Das gives talks around the world about the impact of her films and the need for powerful social movements in India. She spoke at MITon 12 April 2007 after a screening of Fire.

She also speaks to campaign for child survival, against AIDS, and violence against women.[17] She was appointed as the chairperson of the Children's Film Society of India in 2009.[18]

Nandita Das wears many hats and her fiery passion to make a difference are evident in the choices she has made in her life and work. She has acted in over 30 feature films in ten different languages with many eminent directors like Mrinal Sen, Adoor Gopalakrishnan,Shyam Benegal, Deepa Mehta, Mani Ratnam and others. Firaaq, her directorial debut feature film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008, and has travelled to over 50 festivals, winning much appreciation from critics and audiences and has won over 10 international awards and 10 within the country. She was a member of the main jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005, among other reputed international film festivals. She has done her Masters in Social Work from the University of Delhi and continues to advocate issues of social justice and human rights. She is a passionate volunteer and served as a Guest of honour in prestigious iVolunteer Awards 2012, held in Mumbai.[19]

Recently the French government bestowed the award of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, a very prestigious civil award on her. In 2011 Nandita Das was the first Indian to be inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Women’s Forum, Washington DC.

Until recently she was the Chairperson of the Children’s Film Society, India.

In 2013, she gave her support to the Dark is Beautiful campaign to draw attention to the unjust effects of skin colour bias in India and celebrate the beauty and diversity of all skin tones.[20]

Awards and honours[edit]

2000 45th Filmfare Awards

Won - Best Debut - 1947 Earth

2001 Santa Monica Film Festival

Won - Best Actress - Bawander

2002 Cairo International Film Festival

Won - Best Actress - Amaar Bhuvan

2002 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Won - Special Prize - Kannathil Muthamittal

2005 Cannes Film Festival

May 2005 - Das served as a Member of the Jury at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival

2006 Nandi Awards