She is the star of parallel cinema and he is the star of the advertising circuit. The marriage of actress Nandita Das and Kolkata-based Soumya Sen seems to be the culmination of a cerebral courtship. The actress, who played a lesbian in Deepa Mehta`s controversial Fire, also won acclaim for her roles in 1947 Earth, Bawander, Aks and Pitaah.

The daring Das also had her head shaved for Mehta`s terminated venture Water, where she was to play an exploited widow.According to Nandita, she chose Sen for his, `strength and sensitivity.` After a private marriage ceremony, the couple held a reception for close friends and relatives at a friend`s farmhouse in Delhi. Seems like the daughter of revered painter Jatin Das, Nandita, has found a doting das in Sen.