Nandita Das News

NEW DELHI: The Bollywood actor and director Nandita Das filed for a divorce from her second husband Saumya Sen in the Patiala House Court on Saturday.The two were married in Delhi on December 22, 2002.

Remember the smouldering Nandita Das in films such as "Earth" and "Fire"? Since those days the actress and filmmaker has lost none of her spunk.

Guess what Nandita Das was doing on friday evening? Well, she was spotted browsing around in the latest library in the city.

The richness and diversity of contemporary Indian cinema is explored in The New India, a two-week, 16-film exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art , from June 5 through 18, 2009.

Look out for some of the best Asia has to offer at this year's festival. Strangely enough, the Indian presence at Festival de Cannes, in the last few years, hasn't risen above solicited space on the jury.

It's been quite some time since we saw any girl-on-girl action in Bollywood, the last being Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das' brief lesbian act in Fire .

Actress and filmmaker Nandita Das doesna t know whether to be amused or upset. Denying reports that said she held a private screening of her directorial debut Firaaq for Rahul Gandhi, Nandita says, a oeSome reports had me saying a noa to Narendra Modi and a yesa to Rahul.

Published 20 Apr 2009, 9:36 am - Acclaimed Indian actress Nandita Das makes her writing and directorial debut in a new film, Firaaq, part of this week's Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.

New Delhi Nandita Das's directorial debut 'Firaaq' won the Special Jury Prize at the 28th Istanbul Film Festival for "conveying a message of hope". It is the eighth international award for the critically acclaimed film which has already won awards in film festivals in Greece, Singapore, Dubai, Karachi and San Jose.

Published 17 Apr 2009, 1:57 pm - - Filed under Coming Up We'll get a reportback from the weekend's Summit of the Americas, being attended by leaders from 34 American countries, including President Obama.

So did Nishikant Kamat's national award-winning Dombivli Fast and Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, before it became a rage in the US.

Tisca Chopra who is basking the success for her performance in the recently released Nandita Das movie 'Firaaq', will be flaunting her style quotient as the show stopper on Saturday for new designer, Rohit Kamra at the Lakme Fashion Week held at Grand Hyatt.

Storyline: The film takes a look at the ravaged lives of ordinary people after the riots in Gujarat.

''A work of fiction based on a thousand true stories.' That's a line that hits you hard, which comes on screen before the movie begins.

Nandita Das seems to be upset these days. The actor-turned-director thinks that she's unnecessarily being dragged into controversies owing to her thought-provoking debut Firaaq.

A Dressed in blue jeans and a beige shirt, Nandita Das looks relaxed on a Saturday afternoon.

Film: 'Firaaq'; Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Raghuvir Yadav, Sanjay Suri, Tisca Arora, Paresh Rawal, Deepti Naval, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash; Director: Nandita Das; Rating: ****1/2 Nearly flawless, almost pitched perfectly to show the trauma of those who lose limbs, lives, love and faith in a communal carnage, Nandita Das' directorial debut leaves ...

Mumbai ki pao bhaji and hot a na TM crispy snacks do the trick for Firaaq director Nandita Das.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has apparently expressed keenness to see Nandita Das' directorial debut "Firaaq", which is about the 2002 communal riots in the state that targeted the Muslim community and left over 1,000 people dead.

When times get bestial, do humans get beastly too? That's the probing question that debutant director Nandita Das poses in this pithy little film that says so much through its power-packed content and portrayals.