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Nimrat Kaur Draws on Early Hardships as Section 84 Release Approaches

Her years in ad films, theater, music videos shaped the resilience behind her global screen success.

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Nimrat Kaur in a still from the critically-acclaimed film The Lunchbox.
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Overview

  • Nimrat Kaur recalls living in Mumbai with near-empty bank accounts and moments of fear and loneliness before her breakthrough.
  • She spent several years working in music videos, advertisement films, and theater without financial certainty.
  • The Lunchbox (2013) delivered her breakout performance opposite Irrfan Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui and won the Grand Rail d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
  • After The Lunchbox, she built a diverse portfolio in Hindi films such as Airlift and Dasvi and American series including Homeland, Wayward Pines, and Foundation.
  • Following recent appearances in Kull: The Legacy of the Raisingghs and Sky Force, she is set to lead the upcoming film Section 84.