Priyanka Bose is an Indian actress and model. Active on stage and in films, she is best known for her role in the Italian film '' Gangor,'' among others. Priyanka started her film career with small roles in '' Love Sex aur Dhokha'', ''
Sorry Bhai!
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Plot
Siddharth Mathur (Sharman Joshi), a sh ...
'', ''
Johnny Gaddar
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'' and '' Guzaarish''. Her first film in a lead role was '' Gangor'' by the Italian director, Italo Spinelli in 2010. She gained recognition as an actress with her performance as a tribal woman in the film and went on to win the best actress award at the ''New Jersey Independent South Asian Film Festival''.
Career
Priyanka starred as the lead actress in the 2010 film Gangor directed by Italo Spinelli. Adapted from ''Choli Ke Peeche'', a short story by the acclaimed Indian writer
Mahasweta Devi
Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) ''
, Gangor won several awards at the New Jersey Independent South Asian Film Festival, including ''Best Actress'' for Bose.
In 2013, Priyanka appeared in the advertisement for
Tanishq
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History
By the end of the 1980s, the Titan company launched Tanishq. In the early 1990s, India' ...
, a jewellery retail brand, as a girl with a daughter who remarries, which drew much attention to her. The ad was hailed as "path-breaking", "courageous" and "unique", and became a talking point on
Twitter
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and
Facebook
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with thousands of hits on
YouTube
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.
She toured the world for the play ''Nirbhaya'', written and directed by the South African playwright Yael Farber, based on the 2012 Delhi gang rape. The much acclaimed play won the Scotsman Fringe First Award and Herald Angel Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award.
Priyanka played the lead with
Konkona Sen Sharma
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in the Bengali film, ''
Shunyo Awnko
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'', directed by
Goutam Ghose
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. ''
Gulaab Gang
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'' is another film where she appeared along with
Madhuri Dixit
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and
Juhi Chawla
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. Her performance has been noted in films in film festivals including '' Sold'', by director Jeffery D Brown, ''
Oass
''Oass'' (''The Dew Drop'') is a 2012 Bollywood film directed by Abhinav Shiv Tiwari with Dibya Chhetri, Priyanka Bose and Yashpal Sharma in the lead roles.
The film deals with the theme of human trafficking, focusing particularly on child pro ...
'', directed by Abhinav Tiwari, and '' Oonga'' by Devashish Makhija.
Priyanka co-starred in ''
Lion
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'', directed by
Garth Davis
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, along with
Nicole Kidman
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,
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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and
Dev Patel
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. She started a production company, ''PaapiPet Pictures'', which has created short format films and music videos including ''Dark and delicious'' for ''Hipnotribe'', and ''Bartender'' with Mikey Mcleary, besides one for ''Kailasa'' of
Kailash Kher
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Usha Naik
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Filmography Films
* ''Samna'' (1974)
* ''Kalavantin'' (1978)
* '' Banya Bapu '' (1977)
* '' Duniya Kari Salaam '' (1979)
* '' S ...
in the Marathi film '' Half Ticket''. A remake of the Tamil film ''
Kaaka Muttai
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Czech Republic
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. It was also picked for screening at the Indiwood Panorama Competition section at the 2nd edition of Indiwood Carnival 2016 in
Hyderabad
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.
2016 - Present
Bose performed with
David Arquette
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in the Hollywood movie ''
The MisEducation of Bindu
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Cast
* Megan Suri as Bi ...
'' directed by Prarthana Mohan, produced by Edward Timpe, which the Duplass Brothers executive produced. She appeared in the 2018 film ''
Mortal
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'' directed by
André Øvredal
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Life and career
He is best known fo ...
which co-starred
Nat Wolff
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. She appeared in Season 3 of ''
The Good Karma Hospital
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'' starring alongside
Amanda Redman
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Amrita Acharia
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origins. She is best known for her roles as Irri in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' and as Dr. Ruby Walker in the ...
.
She alternates between
Mumbai
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and
Los Angeles
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to shoot for upcoming Indian and international productions.
She currently stars in
Amazon Prime Video
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's fantasy series ''
The Wheel of Time
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