Movies by Nandita Das
As part of the cast:
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Wonder Pets!: Save the Bengal Tiger! (2008)
Cast: Nandita Das, Sofie Zamchick, Teala Dunn …
After the schoolchildren have gone home for the day, classroom pets Linny the guinea pig, Tuck the turtle and Ming-Ming the duckling discover that a Bengal tiger is in serious jeopardy and…
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Ramchand Pakistani (2008)
Cast: Nandita Das, Rashid Farooqui, Syed Fazal Hussain …
Directed by: Mehreen Jabbar
The lives of a Pakistani Hindu woman, a man, and their son change forever after a simple accident: When Ramchand wanders into enemy territory -- the border between Pakistan and India -- in…
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Before the Rains (2007)
Cast: John Standing, Rahul Bose, Nandita Das …
Directed by: Santosh Sivan
English spice baron Henry Moores, which leads to the endangerment of their marriages and their lives.
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Provoked (2006)
Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Jag Mundhra
Kiranjit (Aishwarya Rai), a young Indian woman, falls in love with Deepak (Naveen Andrews), an expatriate living in London. She abandons plans for college and marries Deepak -- and spends the…
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Supari (2003)
Cast: Nandita Das, Uday Chopra, Rahul Dev …
Directed by: Padam Kumar
Supari is a modern-day drama of greed, ambition, power and deceit. Four best friends end up owing 500,000 rupees to Mamta Sekhri, a woman involved in various underworld activities. The…
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Ek Din 24 Ghante (2003)
Cast: Nandita Das, Anant Balani, Rahul Bose …
Set in a hectic world that takes place in 24 Ghante, this film features Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Kabir Sadanand, Vineet Kumar, Shiv Subramaniam, Shilpa Mehta, Jayant Wadekar and Baby Nidh.…
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Pitaah (2002)
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Nandita Das, Om Puri …
Directed by: Mahesh Manjrekar
Thakur Avadh (Om Puri) is an evil landlord in a remote village who rules with an iron fist. His two sons live a debauched life, knowing that their father will bail them out of any scrape.…
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A Peck on the Cheek (2002)
Cast: Madhavan, Nandita Das, P.S. Keerthana …
Directed by: Mani Ratnam
Director Mani Ratnam's powerful tale about abandonment and reunion stars P.S. Keerthana as 9-year-old Amudha, whose blissful world collides with reality when she learns that she was…
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Azhagi (2002)
Cast: Parthiban, Nandita Das, Devayani …
Directed by: Thangar Batchan
Having never revealed to Dhanalakshmi (Nandita Das) his secret love for her, Shanmugham (Parthiban) leaves his small village to become a veterinarian. Years later, they're reunited under…
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Bawandar (2000)
Cast: Ishrat Ali, Nandita Das, Gulshan Grover …
Directed by: Jagmohan Anand, Jag Mundhra
Based on a shocking true story, this award-winning drama from director Jag Mundhra follows Saanvri (Nandita Das), a social activist who refuses to succumb to silence or shame after she's…
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Hari-Bhari (2000)
Cast: Shabana Azmi, Rajit Kapoor, Rajeshwari Sachdev …
Directed by: Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal directs this moving portrait of three generations of women and the consequences of their bid for independence. The teenage Salma (Rajeshwari Sachdev) is determined not to make…
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Earth (1998)
Cast: Maia Sethna, Nandita Das, Kitu Gidwani …
Directed by: Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta directed this stirring tale -- the second movie in a trilogy preceded by Fire and followed by Water -- about the religious and civil wars that broke out in India and Pakistan in…
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Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998)
Cast: Jaya Bhaduri, Anupam Kher, Seema Biswas …
Directed by: Govind Nihalani
When they learn that their son, Brati, has been killed, Dibyanath and Sujata Chatterji's world is immediately shattered. In an attempt to come to terms with the tragedy, Sujata…
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Fire (1996)
Cast: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Ranjit Chowdhry …
Directed by: Deepa Mehta
Two Hindu women struggle with loveless, arranged marriages: Sita (Nandita Das), who discovers that her husband (Javed Jaffrey) has a mistress, and her sister-in-law, Radha (Shabana Azmi), who…
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Firaaq (2008)
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Paresh Rawal, Deepti Naval …
Directed by: Nandita Das
In the wake of a devastating riot in Gujarat, India -- a tragedy that killed 3,000 Muslims -- a handful of ordinary people grapple with the repercussions and attempt to rebuild their lives.…