The Bollywood actress and director tweeted praise for the two-day festival.
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The Bollywood actress and director, who has earlier worked in Pakistani film Ramchand Pakistani, was in the city for the two-day Khayaal Festival - an endeavour to promote art, literature, discussion and debate in Pakistan.
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"Thank you @KhayaalFestival for having me here in Lahore. You push the boundaries of culture to bring about change. Felt inspired," Nandita tweeted.
Thank you @KhayaalFestival for having me here in Lahore. You push the boundaries of culture to bring about change. Felt inspired.
— Nandita Das (@nanditadas) November 28, 2015
Happy to be at the #KhayaalFest Met amazing @MJibranNasir, @Taimur_Laal @KhoosatSarmad @iamthedrifter & many other. https://t.co/KcRazpKedi
— Nandita Das (@nanditadas) November 28, 2015
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Talking about the festival earlier, Nandita told IANS, “It is bringing together writers, thinkers, filmmakers, artists, actors and musicians to discuss and debate various issues. I am in two sessions and one of them will be a conversation with the Pakistan director/actor of the film on Manto.”
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Nandita is working on a script to trace the life of Pakistani short story writer Sadat Hassan Manto.
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