Nandita Das Quotes

Every Vada-Pav is a potential burger

Indians are very racist. It's deeply ingrained. But there is so much pressure by peer groups, magazines, billboards and TV adverts that perpetuate this idea that fair is the ideal.

All men are potential rapists.

The power of a good film is to engage you and draw you into its world.

When I watch a film, I watch only as an audience and only later I might analyse it.

The biggest lesson that I have learnt from everyone is that there are no rules in filmmaking.

Acting is interesting because you get to be involved in different stories and get to work with different people. Also, acting allows one to be a part of different stories, travel to different parts of the country and all the experiences put together make life interesting.

Every man is a potential rapist.

Although I feel directing is a lot more challenging, fulfilling and satisfying, it is also far more stressful & consuming. This is why I don't see myself directing one film after another in quick succession.