Daughter of a painter father and a writer mother, Nandita Das is also an actor who has enacted various roles in meaningful cinema. After marriage she shifted to Mumbai. She also directed a movie. She does not consider acting to be the be all and end all of her career. She wants to make a difference in the society around her.

She wanted to bring the power of theatre and the magic of cinema together. She thought of a hybrid version of vehicle called CinePlay where a drama being stages is shot on video, and later screened in the cinema halls, malls, in-flight and on Internet.That gives the play a wide audience. It brings realism of the live theatre in the presentation.As it is still in the nascent stage, Nandita is waiting for the day when one cineplay will become successful so as to establish this as a new genre.