Nandita Chandra
Encyclopedia
Nandita Chandra is an Indian actor
and model
. She has featured widely on the international stage and in independent films. In addition to acting, Chandra is an acclaimed children's theatre
director and a former television anchor for Channel V
India. She also holds the distinction of being the first India
n woman to be accepted into the Acting program (MFA) at the prestigious Actor's Studio Drama School in New York.
In 2003 she received critical acclaim for her performance in the play Edible Women and Anastasia. In 2005 she was featured in the Government of India
's landmark tourism campaign - Incredible India
. In March 2008 she was felicitated by Himachal Pradesh C.M. Hon Pratibha Singh for her contribution in the field of theatre and performing arts in India.
She is a company member of the Off Broadway Irish Repertory Theatre
. She currently lives and works in New York. She was last seen in The Homebase Project in David Bar Katz
's "Can't Go Home" opposite LAByrinth founding member David Deblinger. She was last featured in a Yashraj films production with Bollywood
leading man Shahid Kapoor
. In 2010 she will star in the
"The Blowup" by J Wingfield, shooting for which begins in fall.
In September 2011, she won the Outstanding Actress award at The Midtown International Theater Festival in NYC for her one woman show I-Pod written by Natalie Menna. i-Pod is the story of a glamorous New York City artist pretending to be an environmentalist aboard an eco barge in order to win a Guggenheim grant. The awards ceremony took place at New World Stages in New York.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
. She has featured widely on the international stage and in independent films. In addition to acting, Chandra is an acclaimed children's theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
director and a former television anchor for Channel V
Channel V
Channel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...
India. She also holds the distinction of being the first India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n woman to be accepted into the Acting program (MFA) at the prestigious Actor's Studio Drama School in New York.
In 2003 she received critical acclaim for her performance in the play Edible Women and Anastasia. In 2005 she was featured in the Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
's landmark tourism campaign - Incredible India
Incredible India
Incredible India is the name of an international marketing campaign by the Government of India to promote tourism in India in 2002 to a global audience.- Origins of the phrase :...
. In March 2008 she was felicitated by Himachal Pradesh C.M. Hon Pratibha Singh for her contribution in the field of theatre and performing arts in India.
She is a company member of the Off Broadway Irish Repertory Theatre
Irish Repertory Theatre
The Irish Repertory Theatre is an Off Broadway theatre, founded by Ciarán O’Reilly and Charlotte Moore, which opened its doors in September 1988, with Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars.The mission of the theatre was and remains:...
. She currently lives and works in New York. She was last seen in The Homebase Project in David Bar Katz
David Bar Katz
David Bar Katz is an American screenwriter, playwright, author and director.- Early life :Katz was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His interest in theater was sparked by stories of his great-grandfather who was a Yiddish theater producer on the Lower East Side of New York City...
's "Can't Go Home" opposite LAByrinth founding member David Deblinger. She was last featured in a Yashraj films production with Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
leading man Shahid Kapoor
Shahid Kapoor
Shahid Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He is also a trained dancer.Starting off his career by working in music videos and advertisements, Kapoor made his Bollywood debut as a background dancer in Subhash Ghai's Taal . Four years later, he made his acting debut in Ishq...
. In 2010 she will star in the
"The Blowup" by J Wingfield, shooting for which begins in fall.
In September 2011, she won the Outstanding Actress award at The Midtown International Theater Festival in NYC for her one woman show I-Pod written by Natalie Menna. i-Pod is the story of a glamorous New York City artist pretending to be an environmentalist aboard an eco barge in order to win a Guggenheim grant. The awards ceremony took place at New World Stages in New York.
Filmography
- Chehere (2003) Mrs Fernandez
- Red, Black and White (2003) Yasmin
- Red EarthRed EarthRed Earth is the name of an international chain of stores selling cosmetics and body care products.It was founded in Australia in 1989 as an environmentally-aware alternative to mainstream companies, taking a similar line to The Body Shop. Since then it has morphed into a fashion-following colour...
(2004) Katsaki - Occasional Twists and Turns (2004) Shashi
- Going UpGoing upGoing up may refer to:*Going Up, a musical comedy that opened in New York in 1917 and in London in 1918*Going up and going down, terms in commutative algebra which refer to certain properties of chains of prime ideals in integral extensions...
(2007) Sylvia)