This story is from April 16, 2015

Nandita Das: I do get Hollywood offers once in a while, but they are stereotypically Indian

Why the actress says no to Hollywood films.
Nandita Das: I do get Hollywood offers once in a while, but they are stereotypically Indian
For now, the actress, known for films like "Fire", "Firaaq", "Earth", said she is focused on direction.
"Now I want to focus more attention on direction. If something comes good as a director, I will be more than happy to do it," she said.
Apart from a film on Saadat Hasan Manto, who authored 600 short stories and 100 radio plays before his untimely death at the age of 42, she said she is working on an Australian project.
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"Another project is an Australian project. It is about the aborigines. Initially I did not want to do it because I was in the middle of Manto project," she said.
Throwing light on it, Nandita said the story is of an Indian woman and the Australian aborigine community.
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"It is a story of an Indian woman and aboriginal community. It is interesting and I am working on the story.
So I am doing two projects which have been more than I ever done," she said.
Talking about Hollywood offers, Nandita said she has been a hesitant actress and stereotypical scripts have not interested her.
"I do get Hollywood offers once in a while, but they are stereotypically Indian in a sense the way they think the Indian women ought to be. I don't want to name them -- there are bigger ones as well. Something like TV operas which give you lot of money and lot of exposure, but I have always been an hesitant actress" she said.
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