Nandita Das

Nandita Das was born November 7 1969. She was married twice. The second time she married Soumya Sen in 2002 but divorced him in 2006.

Nandita Das was born in New Delhi. Her father was the celebrated Indian painter, Jatin Das, originally from Orissa, and her mother was a writer, Varsha Das.

She went to Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in New Delhi. She received her bachelor's degree in Geography and Post Graduation from the Delhi School of Social Work.

She started working with an NGO called Ankur and then for Alarippu and a children's organization which is about making education more enjoyable for children from underprivileged homes Unlike most Indian actors, this bollywood celebrity refused to move to Bombay and still lives in Delhi. This bollywood actress has also acting with a street theatre group called Jannatya Manch for the past six years.

Nandita Das has started acting in movies in 1987, a small film made for TV and the film festival circuit. Nandita Das had a small but powerful role in it. Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005 acclaimed this bollywood celebrity.

She has developed an international reputation for being extremely selective in the roles she chooses to play as a film artist. She has consistently broken the stereotypical image of the Bollywood heroine.

This hot celebrity India has performed in over 25 feature films, many of which have been showcased in numerous international film festivals. She won the Best Actress award for her performance in the film Bawander at the Santa Monica Film Festival (2001).

Known to never shy away from a controversial issue or an unconventional role, Nandita Das has attracted the attention of artists, critics and film lovers across the globe. Nandita Das firmly believes that as films have such a mass appeal, they can be used as a powerful instrument for social change.