1. Tista Das or Teesta Das was born on 9 May 1978 and is an Indian transgender rights activist, actress and writer from the Indian state of West Bengal.
13 Facts About Tista Das
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Tista Das has acted in several Hindi and Bengali films.
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From a very early age, Das felt more inclined to her current gender identity as it is today, but her school labeled her as a boy.
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Tista Das is regarded by many as an icon of empowerment and choice for the transsexual community in India.
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In 2019, Tista Das married Dipan Chakraborty, who is a transgender man.
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Tista Das is an actress and community based counsellor by profession and has quite a few films and various television roles and appearances to her credit.
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Tista Das has worked as research assistant in Calcutta for Rooprekha Chowdhury.
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Tista Das plays the lead role in Beyond Reflections, a movie about her life directed by Umesh Bist.
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Tista Das was selected for acting in one of Akash Bangla's series Sahityer Sera Somoy.
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Tista Das is getting ready with a book on her life, which she will call Shudhu Hridoyer Jonyo.
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Tista Das completed two films in Bengali where she played the protagonist of the film.
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In Hrisikesh Mondal's docu-feature Achena Bondhutto Tista Das played as a Psychological counselor.
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Tista Das appeared as a painter in the film who fall in love of a documentary film maker came from Mumbai.