Overview
- Yash Chopra cast Dutta as Shabbo in 2004’s Veer-Zaara, giving her an unconventional entry into mainstream Hindi cinema.
- Dutta repaid multiple signing amounts and declined overlapping projects after that advice to prioritize legacy over volume.
- She credits director Jennifer Lynch with easing nerves during a key intimate scene with Irrfan Khan in the 2010 film Hisss.
- Her performances across film and television have earned critical acclaim, including a National Film Award.
- She continues to appear in new work such as Chhaava, Sharmajee Ki Beti and the second season of Bandish Bandits.