63rd Filmfare Awards
The 63rd Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by the Filmfare Magazine, honored the best Hindi language Indian films of 2017. The ceremony was held on 20 January 2018 and hosted by Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar, Ayushmann Khurrana and Parineeti C ...
for her role in ''
A Death in the Gunj
''A Death In The Gunj'' is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Konkona Sen Sharma. The film features an ensemble cast of Vikrant Massey, Tillotama Shome, Om Puri, Tanuja, Gulshan Devaiah, Kalki Koechlin, Jim Sarbh a ...
Sir
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'' at the
66th Filmfare Awards
The 66th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2020.
''Ludo'' led the ceremony with 16 nominations each, followed by ''Thappad'' with 15 nominations, and ''Gulabo Sitabo'' and ...
.
Career
Born in
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
, Shome grew up all over India since her father was with the
Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks third amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial w ...
. She went to Delhi's
Lady Shri Ram College
Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) is a constituent women's college, affiliated with the University of Delhi, and has a legacy in women's education.
History
Established in 1956 in New Delhi by the late Lala Shri Ram in memory of his wife ...
and became a part of
Arvind Gaur
Arvind Gaur is an Indian theatre director known for innovative, socially and politically relevant plays in India. Gaur's plays are contemporary and thought-provoking, connecting intimate personal spheres of existence to larger social politica ...
's Asmita theatre group. She moved to New York in the Autumn of 2004 for a master's program in educational theatre at
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
, where she remained until visiting
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
on holiday in February 2008. Thereafter, she took up residence in Mumbai and, after completing some outstanding projects in New York, she returned to India in May 2008. In New York, she also taught theatre to murder convicts at a high security US prison. Shome is married to Kunal Ross, the nephew of
Jaya Bachchan
Jaya Bachchan (''née'' Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. She is a member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party, serving four terms since 2004. Known primarily for her work in Hindi and Bengali ...
, thus making her the niece-in-law of Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan.
She played Alice in
Mira Nair
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's feature film ''
Monsoon Wedding
''Monsoon Wedding'' is a 2001 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Mira Nair and written by Sabrina Dhawan. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah and Vasundhara Das. The story depicts romantic entanglements during a tradi ...
Schatten der Zeit
''Shadows of Time'' (german: Schatten der Zeit, Bangla: সময়ের প্রতিচ্ছবি) is a 2004 Bengali language German romance film directed by Florian Gallenberger in his directorial debut. Filmed in Calcutta, India, the ...
''), directed by
Florian Gallenberger
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Career
Gallenberger appeared in various ...
. She played a nun in the Australian film ''
The Waiting City
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'' by
Claire McCarthy
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Early life
Claire was born in Sydney, the daughter of Christine, an author and concert pianist, and John McCarthy ...
. Italo Spinelli's ''Gangor'', based on
Mahashweta Devi
Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) ''
's novel, had her play a social worker. She also worked in
Qaushiq Mukherjee
Qaushiq Mukherjee (born 1975), popularly known as Q, is an Indian film director known for his controversial cult film ''Gandu''. Mukherjee grew up in Kolkata and was educated at South Point High School. He completed his bachelor's degree from U ...
's ''
Tasher Desh
''Tasher Desh'' (English: The Land of Cards) is a 2012 Bengali fantasy film directed by Q. The film has been described as a "trippy adaptation" of the 1933 Rabindrath Tagore play by Indian media. It begins with a nihilist playwright searchin ...
''. She played Mrs. Ahmadi in the Hindi political thriller film ''
Shanghai
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'' directed by
Dibakar Banerjee
Dibakar Banerjee (born 21 June 1969) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and advertisement-filmmaker known for his work in Hindi films. Banerjee started his career in advertising, being a feature filmmaker, he still continues t ...
. About her performance in ''Shanghai'' Rediff wrote "Shome created one of this year's most heartbreaking performances in a Hindi film".
Her other roles have included Lara in ''Little Box of Sweets'' (directed by Meneka Das), Jaya in ''Long After'' (short film, directed by
Afia Nathaniel
Afia Serena Nathaniel (born 1974) is an independent Pakistani filmmaker who works primarily as a writer, director, producer and editor. She is a graduate of the Film Division at the Columbia University School of the Arts (2006).
Early life
...
) and Miraal in ''Butterfly'' (directed by Tanuj Chopra).
Her performance as a girl who is raised as a boy in '' Qissa'' won her the best actress title in the New Horizons Competition of the seventh Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF). She shared the title with Norwegian actress Julia Wildschutt.
Filmography
Achievements
* Tillotama Shome won Best Actor Award at
UK Asian Film Festival
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