She is known as a matured actress who can surprise the viewers with her stunning performance as well to portray highly emotional roles with ease.
It will not be false if we say that this dusky actress was born just for acting and contributing to the richness of cinema. The number of awards that this Bengali actress has won so far
stands testimony to the fact mentioned above.
By winning the Best Actress awards at the Santa Monica Film Festival in 2001, Cairo Film Festival in 2002 and Madrid International Film Festival in 2000, she proved herself to be one among the best acting talents in India and also earned widespread international praise.
At such a young age she was selected to be the jury member of Cannes film festival in 2005 and Karlovy Vary International film festival in 2007.
And now the sultry actress has been selected for the Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres award by the French government for her contribution to cinema.
The versatile actress also gets the privilege to receive the award from any French personality of her choice.
After conquering everyone’s heart by her acting prowess, Nandita Das is ready with her first film as a director titled ‘In Such Times’. So the award could not have come to her at a better time.
Badshah of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan and Fashion Designer Ritu kumar are the former Indian recipients of this French award established by the France government in 1957 for recognizing the contribution of people around the world to the arts and literature.
The actress with the typical girl next door looks has experimented with her acting skills for around 30 films in 10 regional languages.
We really are proud of you , Nandita.
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