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Nandita Das


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Nandita Das - what members say


  • Ek Din 24 Ghante
  • Ek Din 24 Ghante review by from Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Rated - 2 stars A disappointing film 29 June 2004
    ...but fails miserably. This will do nothing for the otherwise extremely talented Nandita Das & Rahul Bose....  
  • Fire
  • Fire review by from Cambridgeshire, England
    Rated - 5 stars Outstanding 19 September 2006
    ...ssue in a candid but sensitive manner. The graceful Shabana Azami and beautiful Nandita Das, portrayed their roles with a well-balanced realism and a great deal of artisti...  

Nandita Das - filmography


  • Before the Rains on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Leopold Benedict,  Rahul Bose,  Nandita Das
    Director: Santosh Sivan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Set in 1930s southern India against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement, "Before the Rains" is the English language debut of acclaimed Indian director Santosh Sivan. An idealistic young Indian man finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and his loyalty to the past when ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 697 members
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  • Firaaq (2008)
    Starring: Tisca Chopra,  Shahana Goswami,  Deepti Naval
    Director: Nandita Das
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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. As an ensemble film, it fo9llows multiple narratives ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 6 members
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  • Bas Yun Hi on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Purab Kohli,  Nandita Das
    Director: Raja Menon
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A romantic comedy and a slice out of the life of friends in their mid-twenties. This film explores the different relationships, mindsets and characters that form such a group.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 136 members
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  • Rockford (2000)
    Starring: Nandita Das,  Rohan Dey,  Kailash Atmanathan
    Director: Nagersh Kukunoor
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A boy's coming of age tale set in a beautiful cathiloc boarding school located in prisyine hill station in Southern India. Rajesh Naidu arrives at Rockford Boy's HIgh School, fresh faced, native and all of 13 years, having left home for teh first time, eager to experience his new life. Rajesh ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 47 members
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  • Hari-Bhari (2000)
    Starring: Shabana Azmi,  Nandita Das,  Rajit Kapoor
    Director: Shyam Benegal
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The story of four women who all live in the same house in Uttar Pradesh. Grandmother, Hasina, her two daughters-in-law Najiam and Afsana and her granddaughter Salma.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 24 members
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  • Bawandar on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Nandita Das,  Raghuvir Yadav
    Director: Jag Mundhra
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A rural low-caste woman, working for Rajasthan government's woman's development called "Saathin", is gang raped by upper-cast men in her village when she speaks up against the prevalent custom of child marriages. Instead of hanging her head in shame as she was expected to do, she decides to knock ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 173 members
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  • Earth on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Aamir Khan,  Maia Sethna,  Nandita Das
    Director: Deepa Mehta
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A tumultuous period in Asian history is brilliantly brought ot the screen in a poignant, funny and charming drama based on the acclaimed novel 'Cracking India' by Bapsi Sidhwa. Set against the background of the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan, the growing political and religious unrest that ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,214 member
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  • Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa
    Starring: Jaya Bachan,  Nandita Das
    Director: Govind Nihalani
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Calcutta, the capital city of West Bengal, the Eastren State of India. The period is 1970-72. The city is in the grip of a leftist militant movement, popularly knows as the "Naxalbari Movement". The "Naxabari Movement" began in the Naxablbari region to get minimum wages for the agricultural labor ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 215 members
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Nandita Das - watch online


  • Before The Rains to Watch Now (2008)
    Starring: Leopold Benedict,  Rahul Bose,  Nandita Das
    Director: Santosh Sivan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 133 minutes
    Legendary producers Merchant Ivory, the Academy Award Winning creators of "Howard's End", "The Remains Of The Day" and "A Room With A View" present "Before The Rains", a bold, intensely beautiful tale of romance torn between two worlds. Southern India in the 1930s: against the tumultuous backdrop ..read more »
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Nandita Das facts

5 most recent films

Before the Rains - 3.0 stars
Firaaq - 3.0 stars
Bas Yun Hi - 2.5 stars
Aks - 2.5 stars
Rockford - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Earth - 3.5 stars
Bawandar - 3.0 stars
Fire - 3.0 stars
Rockford - 3.0 stars
Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Hari-Bhari - 2.5 stars
Firaaq - 3.0 stars
Ek Din 24 Ghante - 1.5 stars
Aks - 2.5 stars
Bas Yun Hi - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Rahul Bose - 3 times - show films
Lal Paul - 2 times - show films
Ejji K. Umamahesh - 2 times - show films
John Standing - 2 times - show films
Indrajit - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Santosh Sivan - 2 times - show films
Deepa Mehta - 2 times - show films
Govind Nihalani - 1 times - show films
Anant Balani - 1 times - show films
Shyam Benegal - 1 times - show films