Gauri Shinde (born 6 July 1974) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Shinde made her directional debut with the highly acclaimed ''

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'' (2012), which marked the comeback of actress Sridevi. Shinde featured in the ''

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'' 2012 list of '25 Indians To Watch'. She also featured on Rediff's list of 'Bollywood's 5 Best Directors of 2012'.

Early life and education

Gauri Shinde was born and brought up in Pune, where she studied at St Joseph's High School and later graduated from Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication in

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...

. Her aspiration towards film-making started right from the days at the end of her college life.

Career

She moved to Mumbai for her internship with documentary director

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and later started working with advertising agencies like IBW, Bates Clarion and

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, where

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was the creative director. In following years she made over 100 advertising films and short films; her short film ''Oh Man!'' (2001) was selected for the Berlin Film Festival. She made her feature film debut as a director with ''

'' (2012), a film inspired by Shinde's own relationship with her mother, who ran her own pickle business out of her home in Pune, and was a Marathi-speaking woman, who didn't speak English well, which embarrassed Shinde as a child. As she said in an interview, "I made this film to say sorry to my mother." The film was released on 14 September 2012 at the

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followed by its commercial release in India and worldwide on 5 October 2012, and went on to receive both critical and commercial success. Besides the

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, she was awarded the 'Laadli National Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity'.

Personal life

Shinde married film director

in 2007.

Filmography

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shinde, Gauri 1974 births Living people Artists from Pune Indian women film directors Indian advertising directors Indian women screenwriters Hindi-language film directors Filmfare Awards winners 20th-century Indian film directors 21st-century Indian film directors 21st-century Indian women artists Women artists from Maharashtra Hindi screenwriters Screenwriters from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian women