Q&A: Nandita Das

June 06, 2008 Indian activist and actress Nandita Das has starred in over 30 movies in 10 languages, including, most recently, "Ramchand Pakistani", by New York-based Pakistani director Mehreen Jabbar, a 2008 Tribeca premiere. Das sees cinema as a powerful instrument of social change and her choice of unconventional roles bears out her belief. Often in movies made from tales not commonly told, Das also recently starred opposite Linus Roache in "Before the Rains", director Santosh Sivan's tale of 1930s interracial adultery.

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