This is triggered by an interview I watched on a TV channel. It featured the actress and director Nandita Das. Not sure how many people have seen her films, but she has starred in a few. I was struck by two things- the impact an upbringing (mainly parents)can have on a person's worldview. Secondly, that beauty and brains can go together, in spite of the dumb blonde jokes that we are all used to. Anyway, she is not blonde, nor fair, but still, beautiful to those who are not "fair-minded", or blinded by fair skin.
She spoke on a range of issues, including live-in relationships, her choice of films and her non-career mindedness as per Bollywood norms. I thought she came across as a balanced, Live-and-let-live kind of person, and more than that, as a genuinely nice person, compared to the many "naatakbaaz" (fake-sounding) people one comes across in large numbers on TV (maybe I have been watching too many financial analysts).
The interview was on DD, so I must also congratulate DD on a good subject for a nice interview.
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She sure is a good balance of B &B ! She has acted in a Tamil film also 'Azhagi' (meaning beautiful woman) . Our Bishop is a serious (!) fan of her !
Yes, I remember there was a debate about her ethnicity too, and the misconception that she is a Bong. She is apparently Oriya, living in Delhi.
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