| Some Lesser Known Facts | - Nandita is the daughter of famous Indian painter Jatin Das and writer Varsha Das.
- She started her acting career with a theater group known as Jana Natya Manch.
- She got her breakthrough role in 1989 with the Bollywood film Parinati.
- She has worked in 12 different languages such as Hindi, English, Malayalam, Oriya, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bengali, Tamil, Urdu, Marathi, Telugu, and Catalan.
- She was a jury member twice at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005 & 2013.
- She has been awarded the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France for her contribution towards arts.
- She was the first Indian to be inducted into the International Women’s Forum’s hall of fame for her contributions towards arts.
- In 2008, she released her directorial debut film, Firaaq (2008), in 3 different languages namely Hindi, Urdu & Gujarati.
- She won several awards for her film Firaaq.
- In 2016, she founded ‘Nandita Das Initiatives' (NDI), a creative platform which also produced her feature films Manto and Zwigato.
- She was a Yale World Fellow in 2014, selected as one of 16 emerging global leaders from nearly 4,000 applications.
- She has taught at the Rishi Valley School.
- She has acted in over 40 feature films in more than 10 languages with directors such as Mira Nair, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Benegal, Deepa Mehta, and Mani Ratnam.
- She was a member of the jury at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2007.
- She worked with Jan Natya Manch for nearly six years before entering the film industry.
- She has worked in more than 10 different languages including Hindi, English, Malayalam, Oriya, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bengali, Tamil, Urdu, Marathi, Telugu, and Catalan.
- She was a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005 and 2013.
- She was a jury member at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2007.
- In 2008, she released her directorial debut film, Firaaq, in 3 different languages namely Hindi, Urdu & Gujarati.
- She has acted in over 40 feature films with directors such as Mira Nair, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Benegal, Deepa Mehta, and Mani Ratnam.
- She was Chairperson of the Children's Film Society.
- She is a strong advocate for social justice.
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