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{{short description|Indian film director, writer and film producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shonali Bose
| image = Shonali Bose 2.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Bose in 2015
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1965|06|03}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India
| relatives = [[Malini Chib]] (cousin)
| education = [[The Lawrence School, Sanawar]]
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
* [[Miranda House]]
* [[Columbia University]]
}}
| occupation = Filmmaker, writer
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Bedabrata Pain]]||reason=div}}
| children = 2
| yearsactive = 1992—present
}}

'''Shonali Bose''' (born 3 June 1965) is an Indian film director, writer and film producer. Having made her feature film debut in 2005, she has since won such accolades as a [[National Film Award]], a [[Nashville Film Festival|Bridgestone Narrative Award]], and a [[Sundance Institute|Sundance Mahindra Global Filmmaker Award]].

Bose earned her breakthrough with her first feature film, the 2005 biographical drama ''[[Amu (film)|Amu]]'', which was based on her own novel of the same name. The film which chronicles the [[attacks on Sikhs in Delhi in 1984]], garnered critical acclaim and the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English]]. Bose then worked as the assistant director for the 2012 war film ''[[Chittagong (film)|Chittagong]]'', which she also 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 Institute|Sundance Mahindra Global Filmmaker Award]] and a [[NETPAC Award]].

Bose is also an active philanthropist and supports various charitable organisations. She was married to filmmaker [[Bedabrata Pain]], but the couple separated following the death of their son.

==Early life==
Shonali Bose was born on 3 June 1965 in [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], and spent most of her young adult life in [[Mumbai]] and [[New Delhi]]. She earned her [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Delhi University]] and master's degree in [[political science]] from [[Columbia University]], New York. She has been an activist since her time at [[Miranda House]] in Delhi University. Bose was also involved in theatre as an actor throughout school and college. Bose did not originally plan to be involved in film, however she saw it as a better outlet for activism after realizing how far removed her Ph.D. studies were from activism.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vilcek.org/news/current-news/past-news/2015-new-american-filmmakers-shonali-bose.html|title=Shonali Bose: Activism, with a Film|website=The Vilcek Foundation|access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref> On her film work she says, "Film is the means with which I want to communicate ideas about social and political change."<ref name=":1" />

==Career==
===Early career and breakthrough with ''Amu'' (1999-2010)===
Bose worked as an organizer for the [[National Lawyers Guild]] for about a year. She directed live community television in [[Manhattan]] before joining the MFA Directing Program at [[UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television]]. Early in her career, Bose directed such short films as ''The Gendarme Is Here'' and ''Undocumented'', and the feature-length documentary ''Lifting the Veil''; the productions were screened at numerous film festivals.

Bose made her feature film debut with the 2005 drama ''[[Amu (film)|Amu]]''; she had also written the production's screenplay.<ref name=irr>{{cite web|title='Amu', a film by Shonali Bose|url=http://www.irr.org.uk/2009/november/ha000028.html|publisher=[[Institute of Race Relations (United Kingdom)|Institute of Race Relations]]|access-date=3 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115061900/http://www.irr.org.uk/2009/november/ha000028.html|archive-date=15 November 2009}}</ref><ref name=amurls>{{cite web|title=Amu (2005) – Release Info|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414713/releaseinfo|publisher=IMDB|access-date=3 July 2011}}</ref> The film released in India in January to critical acclaim and positive response from the audience. ''Amu'' was screened at international film festivals in [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin]] and [[Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto]]. Bose won several national and international awards for the film, including the [[FIPRESCI]] Critics Award, the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English]] and the [[Gollapudi Srinivas Award]] for Best Debut Director.<ref name="FIPRESCI">{{cite web|url=http://www.fipresci.org/awards/2005|title=FIPRESCI – festival awards 2005|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=FIPRESCI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605190418/http://www.fipresci.org/awards/awards/awards_2005.htm|archive-date=5 June 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=3 July 2011}}</ref> Bose wrote the novel ''Amu'', which based on the screenplay which released simultaneously with the film.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bose|first=Shonali|title=Amu : a novel|year=2004|publisher=Penguin Books|location=New Delhi|isbn=0-14-303232-1}}</ref><ref name=iaac>{{cite web|title=Indo-American Arts council, Inc.|url=http://www.iaac.us/amu/amupress.htm|publisher=Indo-American Arts council|access-date=3 July 2011|archive-date=17 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817231514/http://www.iaac.us/amu/amupress.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Continued critical success (2010- present)===
Bose co-wrote the [[Bedabrata Pain]] directed film [[Chittagong (film)|Chittagong]], a period drama that chronicles the 1930 [[Chittagong armoury raid]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/television/shonali-bose-will-direct-new-tv-series-based-on-novel-about-delhis-noveau-riche-1669308|title=Shonali Bose Will Direct New TV Series Based On Novel About Delhi's {{sic|Nov|eau|nolink=y}} Riche - NDTV Movies|date=14 March 2017|work=NDTVMovies.com|access-date=19 March 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref name=chittagong>{{cite web|last=Roy|first=Sandip|title=Real life RDB: the Chittagong story|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070826/asp/7days/story_8238080.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213085956/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070826/asp/7days/story_8238080.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 December 2010|publisher=Telegraph Kolkata|access-date=3 July 2011}}</ref> Her 2014 production, ''[[Margarita, with a Straw]]'', starring [[Kalki Koechlin]] as a girl with cerebral palsy, premiered at [[2014 Toronto International Film Festival]] to critical acclaim. The film won the [[NETPAC Award]] for Best Asian Film at the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/programmes/contemporary-world-cinema/margarita-with-a-straw|title=Margarita, with a Straw|work=TIFF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830043401/http://www.tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/programmes/contemporary-world-cinema/margarita-with-a-straw|archive-date=30 August 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=4 September 2014}}</ref> She had begun working on the script a year after the death of her son; the film's initial draft won the [[Sundance Institute|Sundance Mahindra Global Filmmaker Award]], at the [[2012 Sundance Film Festival]]. Bose was inspired to make the film by her real life experiences of studying in New York, her relationship with her cousin Malini Chib who has cerebral palsy, and her and Chib's sexuality as queer and disabled people respectively.<ref name=":1" /> The film was originally rejected by the censor board in India, but won an appeal and was released shortly after [[Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code|the ban on homosexuality in India]] was lifted.<ref name=":1" />

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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/the-sky-is-pink-movie-review-priyanka-chopra-farhan-akhtar-film-is-all-shades-of-life-2340281.html |title=The Sky Is Pink Movie Review: Priyanka Chopra-Farhan Akhtar Film is All Shades of Life |last=Sinha Jha |first=Priyanka |date=10 October 2019 |work=CNN-News18 |access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/the-sky-is-pink-movie-review-priyanka-chopra-lends-this-unmissable-film-a-starry-edge-3-5-stars-out-2114432 |title=The Sky Is Pink Movie Review: Priyanka Chopra Lends This Unmissable Film A Starry Edge |last=Chatterjee |first=Saibal |date=10 October 2019 |website=NDTV |access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Zaira Wasim to play Priyanka Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan's daughter in next?|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/zaira-wasim-to-play-priyanka-chopra-abhishek-bachchan-s-daughter-in-next/story-BsgMSeHSrW2Yt76SE8xrIJ.html|work=Hindustan Times|date=18 May 2018|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

She directed the short ''Raat Rani'', featuring [[Fatima Sana Shaikh]], for the 2022 anthology ''[[Modern Love Mumbai|Modern Love: Mumbai]]''. <ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2022 |title=Fatima Sana Shaikh on Modern Love Mumbai: 'The connection I share with director Shonali Bose reflects in my performance'-Entertainment News , Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/fatima-sana-shaikh-on-modern-love-mumbai-the-connection-i-share-with-director-shonali-bose-reflects-in-my-performance-10686891.html |access-date=13 June 2022 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref>

====Upcoming project====
Bose has committed to write the pilot episode for an untitled television series based on [[Diksha Basu]]'s novel ''The Windfall''.<ref name=":0" />

She is currently shooting for the Amazon Original, ''The Notorious Girls of Miranda House'', produced by Pritish Nandy Communications. <ref>https://www.filmcompanion.in/news/simran-revathi-and-nandita-das-to-star-in-new-series-notorious-girls</ref>

==Personal life==
She was married to [[Bedabrata Pain]] but is now separated.<ref>{{cite web|author=IIT Foundation |url=http://www.iitfoundation.org/?p=127 |title=IIT Foundation [ "AMU", an award winning film by a KGP Alumnus — Releasing in San Francisco ] |publisher=Iitfoundation.org |date=22 July 2007 |access-date=8 October 2012}}</ref> The couple's son Ishan Bose-Pain died on 13 September 2010 at age 16.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NRIs lose case against US firm on son's death|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/nris-lose-case-against-us-firm-on-sons-death-504104.html|website=News18|date=3 September 2012|access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> Bose identifies as [[bisexual]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.afterellen.com/movies/478147-bisexual-director-shonali-bose-revolutionary-queer-film-margarita-straw|title=Bisexual director Shonali Bose on her revolutionary queer film "Margarita, with a Straw" – AfterEllen|date=10 March 2016|work=AfterEllen|access-date=8 September 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Director !! Writer !! Producer !! Note
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Amu (film)|Amu]]'' ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Chittagong (film)|Chittagong]]'' ||{{no}} ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Margarita with a Straw]]'' ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} || also Story, Dialogue writer <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/film-review-margarita-with-a-straw-1201406266/|title=Film Review: 'Margarita, With a Straw'|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|date=16 January 2015|work=Variety|access-date=8 September 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Sky Is Pink]]'' ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} ||
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Modern Love: Mumbai]]'' || {{yes}} || || {{no}} ||
|}

==Awards==

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
|-
! Film !! Year !! Category !! Award/Film Festival !! Notes

|-
| rowspan="4" | ''[[Amu (film)|Amu]]'' || 2004 || [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English|Best Feature Film in English]] || [[National Film Awards]]<ref name="52ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf|title=52nd National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|pages=82–83|access-date=21 March 2013}}</ref> ||
|-
| 2005 || FIPRESCI Critics Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2007/05/indiewire-interview-amu-director-shonali-bose-74499/|title=indieWIRE INTERVIEW {{!}} "Amu" Director Shonali Bose {{!}} IndieWire|last=Indiewire|website=www.indiewire.com|date=25 May 2007|language=en|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> || International Federation of Film Critics ||
|-
| 2005 || Best English Language Film || Star Screen Award ||
|-
| 2005 || Sundance Global Filmmaker Award || ||
|-
| rowspan="22" | ''[[Margarita with a Straw]]'' || 2015 || NETPAC Jury award for Best Asian Film <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/margarita-a-straw-toronto-review-732839|title='Margarita, With a Straw' : Toronto Review|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=8 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> || Toronto International Film Festival ||
|-
| 2015 || Audience Award || Filmfest DC – Washington DC International Film Festival ||
|-
| 2016 || Audience Award - Best Feature || Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival||
|-
| 2015 || Youth Jury Award || [[Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema]] ||
|-
| 2015 || Audience Award for Best Feature Film || [[Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema]] ||
|-
| 2015 || Feature Film Award - Best International Film || [[Galway Film Fleadh]] ([[Ireland]]) ||
|-
| 2015 || Best International Feature || [[Gaze (film festival)|Gaze International LGBT Film Festival]] (Ireland) – Spirit of GAZE Award ||
|-
| 2015 || Audience Award || Montclair Film Festival (MFF) ||
|-
| 2015 || Audience Award for Best Feature Film || Brussels Extraordinary Film Festival ||
|-
| 2015 || Best Film || Grand Prix Jury Award for Best Film ||
|-
| 2015 || Best Film || Image Out. Rochester LGBT Film Festival ||
|-
| 2015 || Jury Award – Best Narrative Fiction || MIX Copenhagen ||
|-
| 2015 || Best Feature Film || Lili Award ||
|-
| 2015 || Best Feature Film || Casa Asia Film Week, Spain ||
|-
| 2015 || Audience Award for Best Feature Film || [[North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival]] ||
|-
| 2015 || Best Film || Utah Film Center – Damn These Heels ||
|-
| 2015 || Audience Award for Best Feature Film || Teaneck International Film Festival - Best Feature Award||
|-
| 2015 || Best Screenplay || Nashville Film Festival – Bridgestone Narrative Competition ||
|-
| 2015 || Audience Choice Award || Hamburg Gay and Lesbian Film Festival ||
|-
| 2015 || Best Film, Best Script, Best Direction - Filmmaker of the Year || Stardust COLORS <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sszeemedia.com/2016/02/20/a-toast-to-filmmaker-shonali-bose-and-margarita-with-a-straw-2/|title=A Toast to Filmmaker Shonali Bose and Margarita, with a Straw!|last=CREATIVEJOYC|first=CREATIVEJOYC|date=20 February 2016|work=sszeemedia|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> ||
|-
| 2015 || VIWIFF Award || Vancouver International Women in Film Festival ||
|-
| 2014 || NETPAC Award || Toronto International Film Festival ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''[[The Sky Is Pink]]'' || rowspan="3" | 2020 || [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film (Critics)]] || [[Filmfare Awards]] ||
|-
| Critics Award for Best Film ||[[Screen Awards]] ||
|}

==See also==
* [[List of female film and television directors]]
* [[List of LGBT-related films directed by women]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.amuthefilm.com/sonali.htm Official Webpage and Bio of Shonali Bose]
* {{IMDb name|id=1773569|name=Shonali Bose}}
* [http://www.imagesfestival.com/ Images Film Festival for Women], Zimbabwe

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