Versatile Nandita Das is known for her knack to experiment with a wide variety of roles in films. The dusky actress is now gearing up for a leading role in a Tamil film.
The movie, titled Viswa Tulsi with mark the directorial debut of a woman director whose name is still not known.
The movie will have south Indian superstar Mammootty playing the male lead opposite Nandita.
Nandita has earlier acted in the Tamil movie tilted Azhagi.
Meanwhile, Nandita has been working in Delhi to create awareness among people against the mistreatment of women. She has been lending her support to a number of workshops that teach women to protect themselves from those who want to molest them.