Shonali Bose

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shonali Bose
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Jun 3, 1965(1965-06-03)
Age	59
Birthplace	Kolkata
Country	India
Birth City	West Bengal
Horoscope	Gemini

Shonali Bose Biography

Shonali Bose is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on June 3, 1965 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Bose co-wrote the script for the Bedabrata Pain director movie Chittagong, a period-set drama that tells the story of the 1930 Chittagong army raid. Her 2014 film, Margarita, with a Straw featuring Kalki Koechlin, who plays a child suffering from cerebral palsy, was premiered at the 2014. Toronto International Film Festival to praise from the critics. The film was awarded the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film during the festival. Bose had started working on the script just a year after the passing of her son. The film’s first draft was awarded the Sundance Mahindra Global Filmmaker Award during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Bose was motivated to create the film by her personal experiences in her life of attending school at the University of New York, her relationship with her cousin Malini Chib who suffers from cerebral palsy, as well as her and Chib’s sexuality, both as queer and disabled people , respectively. The film was initially blocked by the censor board in India However, it won an appeal, and then was made available just after the restriction of homosexuality India was lifted.

Bose gained recognition for her work by directing her first movie, a feature. It was the biographical drama Amu that took inspiration from her novel of the same title. The film, which focuses on the terror attacks against Sikhs during the siege of Delhi from 1984 won praise from critics and won was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English. Bose later served as the assistant director of the war film Chittagong that she co-wrote.

Bose’s status as a filmmaker grew following the critical and commercial success of the dramas Margarita with a Straw (2015) and The Sky Is Pink (2019). Inspired from the life of Malini Chib—her cousin and a disability rights activist, the former earned Bose a Sundance Mahindra Global Filmmaker Award and a NETPAC Award.

In 2019, Bose has written and directed The Sky Is Pink, a film based on the motivational speaker Aisha Chaudhary, starring Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar and Zaira Wasim. The film was theatrically released on 11 October 2019 and was critically acclaimed.

Bose made her debut feature film in 2005 with the drama Amu and she created the script for the production. Amu was released on India in January, to high praise and an enthusiastic response from the viewers. Amu was shown on international festival stages in Berlin as well as Toronto. Bose has won numerous international and national prizes for the film, among them the FIPRESCI Critics Award as well as the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English and the Gollapudi Srinivas Award for Best Debut Director. Bose composed the story Amu that was is based on the screenplay that was premiered in tandem with the film.

Shonali Bose Net Worth

Shonali Bose is one of the richest Film Director from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shonali Bose 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Shonali Bose was born the 3rd of June 1965, in Calcutta, West Bengal and spent the majority of her adulthood within Mumbai as well as New Delhi. She graduated with a bachelor of Arts degree from Delhi University and master’s degree in political Science at Columbia University, New York. She is an active activist since her days as a student at Miranda House in Delhi University. Bose was also active with theatre acting throughout her college and high school years. Bose had no intention at first to work with film, however, she believed it was a good option for activism when she realized how distant from her Ph.D research was from the activism. Her film work states “Film is the means with which I want to communicate ideas about social and political change.”

Shonali Bose (born 3 June 1965) is an Indian filmmaker as well as a writer, and film producer. She made her debut feature-length film in the year 2005 and has since received numerous awards including an National Film Award, a Bridgestone Narrative Awards, and the Sundance Mahindra Global Filmmaker Award.

She was married to Bedabrata Pain but is now separated. The couple’s son Ishan Bose-Pain died on 13 September 2010 at age 16. Bose identifies as bisexual.

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Shonali Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Shonali Bose celebrates birthday on June 3 of every year.

Is Shonali Bose related to Prannoy Roy?

While she was studying political science at Columbia University in New York, her uncle and other maternal aunt , Prannoy and Radhika Roy, who would go on to set up the media company NDTV, came to stay at her dorm – they were in town for a short course in film and television at New York University, as they prepared to …

What was the name of shonali mother?

Earlier in an interview with Hindustan Times in 2016, Shaan had spoken about his mother. “My mother ( Sonali Mukherjee ) is probably the sole reason that I could take my chances, not take up a day job, and pursue a career as a singer.

How tall is Sonali Bendre?

5′ 6″

Who is Sonali Bendre's mother?

Roopsi Bendre

Who is Sonali Bendre father?

Jit Bendre