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Nandita Das, who made her captivating debut as the stunning lead in the controversial Fire, is no empty-headed actress. She is a very reluctant star, and is open about her disdain for Bollywood.
Seen as a possible contender to Smita Patil, she portrays her characters with aplomb. Caught in the limelight and controversies, Das swaps herself between offbeat and glamorous roles with ease.

She has a number of films lined up for release, Ek Alag Mausam with Rajat Kapoor, Deveeri, a Kannada film, where she plays a prostitute, the controversial, Bawander, where she is the rape activist and an Oriya film, Biswaprakash. Das, a self proclaimed rebel rejected Mann, a commercial biggie, just because she was 'not comfortable' with it.

After doing Masters in Social work, Das started out with an NGO called Ankur. Acting was incidental, she debuted with Prakash Jha's Pariniti in 1987 with a small role. Fire was her first major film for which she won as many accolades as criticisms for her heartrending yet bold performance.

Daughter of the famous painter Jatin Das, she took to painting only as a hobby. After receiving rave reviews for her performance in 1947: Earth and Rockford, Das is ready to take on the world by storm.