Nandita das popularly known for her performances in Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Bawandar (2000), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Azhagi (2002), Kamli (2006), and Before The Rains (2007). She is the daughter of the artist Jatin Das, and her mother is Varsha Das, a writer. She was born in Mumbai and grew up mostly in Delhi in an Odia family, where she was schooled at the Sardar Patel Vidyalaya. Das began her acting career with the theatre group Jana Natya Manch and made her directorial debut with Fir