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'''Tillotama Shome''' is an Indian film actress. She was nominated for [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] at the [[63rd Filmfare Awards]] for her role in ''[[A Death in the Gunj]]''. In 2021, she won the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics)]] for portraying a praiseworthy role ''Ratna'' in ''[[Sir (2018 film)|Sir]]'' at the [[66th Filmfare Awards]].
'''Tillotama Shome''' is an Indian actress. She was nominated for [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] at the [[63rd Filmfare Awards]] for her role in ''[[A Death in the Gunj]]''. In 2021, she won the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics)]] for portraying a praiseworthy role ''Ratna'' in ''[[Sir (2018 film)|Sir]]'' at the [[66th Filmfare Awards]].


==Career==
==Career==
Born in [[Kolkata]] India, Shome grew up all over India since her father was with the [[Indian Air Force]]. She went to Delhi's [[Lady Shri Ram College]] and became a part of [[Arvind Gaur]]'s Asmita theatre group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timescrest.com/culture/alice-in-thunderland-8107 |title=Alice in thunderland &#124; Culture |publisher=Times Crest |date=9 June 2012 |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref> She moved to New York in the Autumn of 2004 for a master's program in educational theatre at [[New York University]], where she remained until visiting [[Mumbai]] 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.<ref>[http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/54/20080518200805180224322676df49f89/Masala-is-in-Mumbai.html Masala is in Mumbai] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726005833/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/54/20080518200805180224322676df49f89/Masala-is-in-Mumbai.html |date=26 July 2012 }}, [[Mumbai Mirror]], 18 May 2008</ref> In New York, she also taught theatre to murder convicts at a high security US prison.<ref name="dnaindia1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1488005/report-i-just-want-to-act-tillotama-shome |title=I just want to act: Tillotama Shome – Entertainment – DNA |work=Daily News and Analysis |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://grazia.co.in/people2/not-just-the-'monsoon-wedding'-girl |title=Not Just the 'Monsoon Wedding' Girl – Grazia India |publisher=Grazia.co.in |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=26 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523104032/http://grazia.co.in/people2/not-just-the-'monsoon-wedding'-girl |archive-date=23 May 2016}}</ref>
Born in [[Kolkata]], Shome grew up all over India since her father was with the [[Indian Air Force]]. She went to Delhi's [[Lady Shri Ram College]] and became a part of [[Arvind Gaur]]'s Asmita theatre group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timescrest.com/culture/alice-in-thunderland-8107 |title=Alice in thunderland &#124; Culture |publisher=Times Crest |date=9 June 2012 |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref> She moved to New York in the Autumn of 2004 for a master's program in educational theatre at [[New York University]], where she remained until visiting [[Mumbai]] 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.<ref>[http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/54/20080518200805180224322676df49f89/Masala-is-in-Mumbai.html Masala is in Mumbai] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726005833/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/54/20080518200805180224322676df49f89/Masala-is-in-Mumbai.html |date=26 July 2012 }}, [[Mumbai Mirror]], 18 May 2008</ref> In New York, she also taught theatre to murder convicts at a high security US prison.<ref name="dnaindia1">{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1488005/report-i-just-want-to-act-tillotama-shome |title=I just want to act: Tillotama Shome – Entertainment – DNA |work=Daily News and Analysis |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://grazia.co.in/people2/not-just-the-'monsoon-wedding'-girl |title=Not Just the 'Monsoon Wedding' Girl – Grazia India |publisher=Grazia.co.in |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=26 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523104032/http://grazia.co.in/people2/not-just-the-'monsoon-wedding'-girl |archive-date=23 May 2016}}</ref> Shome is married to Kunal Ross, the nephew of [[Jaya Bachchan]], thus making her the niece-in-law of Jaya and [[Amitabh Bachchan]].


She played Alice in [[Mira Nair]]'s feature film, ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]'', and played Deepa in ''[[Shadows of Time]]'' (''[[Schatten der Zeit]]''), directed by [[Florian Gallenberger]]. She played a nun in the Australian film, ''[[The Waiting City]]'' by [[Claire McCarthy]].<ref name="dnaindia1"/> Italo Spinelli's ''Gangor'', based on [[Mahashweta Devi]]'s novel had her playing a social worker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/alice-of-monsoon-wedding-is-back/718765/0 |title=Alice of Monsoon Wedding is back |work=The Indian Express|date=2 December 2010 |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref> She also worked in [[Qaushiq Mukherjee]]'s ''[[Tasher Desh]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Priyanka Dasgupta |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-25/news-interviews/30440564_1_bengali-movies-bengali-films-tillotama-shome |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628032608/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-25/news-interviews/30440564_1_bengali-movies-bengali-films-tillotama-shome |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 June 2013 |title=I did sword fighting in Tasher Desh: Tillotama Shome |date=25 November 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref> She played Mrs. Ahmadi in the Hindi political thriller film ''[[Shanghai (2012 film)|Shanghai]]'' directed by [[Dibakar Banerjee]]. About her performance in ''Shanghai'' Rediff wrote "Shome created one of this year's most heartbreaking performances in a Hindi film".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-yearend-special-the-most-memorable-movie-moments/20130102.htm#9 |title=Ten Most Memorable Movie Moments of 2012 |publisher=Rediff.com |date=2 January 2013 |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref>
She played Alice in [[Mira Nair]]'s feature film ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]'', and played Deepa in ''[[Shadows of Time]]'' (''[[Schatten der Zeit]]''), directed by [[Florian Gallenberger]]. She played a nun in the Australian film ''[[The Waiting City]]'' by [[Claire McCarthy]].<ref name="dnaindia1"/> Italo Spinelli's ''Gangor'', based on [[Mahashweta Devi]]'s novel, had her play a social worker.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/alice-of-monsoon-wedding-is-back/718765/0 |title=Alice of Monsoon Wedding is back |work=The Indian Express |date=2 December 2010 |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref> She also worked in [[Qaushiq Mukherjee]]'s ''[[Tasher Desh]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Priyanka Dasgupta |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-25/news-interviews/30440564_1_bengali-movies-bengali-films-tillotama-shome |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628032608/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-25/news-interviews/30440564_1_bengali-movies-bengali-films-tillotama-shome |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 June 2013 |title=I did sword fighting in Tasher Desh: Tillotama Shome |date=25 November 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref> She played Mrs. Ahmadi in the Hindi political thriller film ''[[Shanghai (2012 film)|Shanghai]]'' directed by [[Dibakar Banerjee]]. About her performance in ''Shanghai'' Rediff wrote "Shome created one of this year's most heartbreaking performances in a Hindi film".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-yearend-special-the-most-memorable-movie-moments/20130102.htm#9 |title=Ten Most Memorable Movie Moments of 2012 |publisher=Rediff.com |date=2 January 2013 |access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref>


Her other roles have included Lara in ''Little Box of Sweets'' (directed by Meneka Das),<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/aug/15/bollywood?gusrc=rss&feed=film Little Box of Sweets], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 15 August 2008</ref> Jaya in ''Long After'' (short film, directed by [[Afia Nathaniel]]) and Miraal in ''Butterfly'' (directed by Tanuj Chopra).
Her other roles have included Lara in ''Little Box of Sweets'' (directed by Meneka Das),<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/aug/15/bollywood?gusrc=rss&feed=film Little Box of Sweets], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 15 August 2008</ref> Jaya in ''Long After'' (short film, directed by [[Afia Nathaniel]]) and Miraal in ''Butterfly'' (directed by Tanuj Chopra).


Her performance as a girl who is raised as a boy in ''[[Qissa (film)|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.<ref>[http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?section=newsmakers&xfile=/data/newsmakers/2013/November/newsmakers_November1.xml] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102135649/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?section=newsmakers&xfile=%2Fdata%2Fnewsmakers%2F2013%2FNovember%2Fnewsmakers_November1.xml |date=2 November 2013 }}</ref>
Her performance as a girl who is raised as a boy in ''[[Qissa (film)|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.<ref>[http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?section=newsmakers&xfile=/data/newsmakers/2013/November/newsmakers_November1.xml] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102135649/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?section=newsmakers&xfile=%2Fdata%2Fnewsmakers%2F2013%2FNovember%2Fnewsmakers_November1.xml|date=2 November 2013}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! Notes
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! Notes
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| 2001 || ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]'' || Alice || English ||
| 2001 || ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]'' || Alice || [[English language|English]]||
|-
|-
| 2003 || ''Butterfly'' || Miraal || English || Short Film
| 2003 || ''Butterfly'' || Miraal || [[English language|English]]|| Short Film
|-
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Shadows of Time]]'' || Deepa || Bengali ||
| 2004 || ''[[Shadows of Time]]'' || Deepa || [[Bengali language|Bengali]]||
|-
|-
|rowspan=2| 2006 || ''Long After'' || Jaya || English || Short Film
|rowspan=2| 2006 || ''Long After'' || Jaya || [[English language|English]]|| Short Film
|-
|-
| ''Little Box of Sweets'' || Lara || English ||
| ''Little Box of Sweets'' || Lara || [[English language|English]]||
|-
|-
|rowspan=4| 2009 || ''Zamir and Preeti: A Love Story'' || Preeti || English || Short Film
|rowspan=4| 2009 || ''Zamir and Preeti: A Love Story'' || Preeti || [[English language|English]]|| Short Film
|-
|-
| ''Clap Clap'' || Leena || English || Short Film
| ''Clap Clap'' || Leena || [[English language|English]]|| Short Film
|-
|-
| ''Boond'' || Jeevni || Hindi || Short Film
| ''Boond'' || Jeevni || [[Hindi]]|| Short Film
|-
|-
| ''[[The Waiting City]]'' || Sister Tessila || English ||
| ''[[The Waiting City]]'' || Sister Tessila || [[English language|English]]||
|-
|-
|rowspan=2| 2010 || ''Futurestates'' || Syama || English || (TV series) Episode: Pia
|rowspan=2| 2010 || ''Futurestates'' || Syama || [[English language|English]]|| (TV series) Episode: Pia
|-
|-
| ''[[Gangor (film)|Gangor]]'' || Medha || English, Bengali ||
| ''[[Gangor (film)|Gangor]]'' || Medha || [[English language|English]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]]||
|-
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Turning 30]]'' || Malini Roy || Hindi ||
| 2011 || ''[[Turning 30]]'' || Malini Roy || [[Hindi]]||
|-
|-
|rowspan=2| 2012 || ''[[Shanghai (2012 film)|Shanghai]]'' || Aruna Ahmedi || Hindi ||
|rowspan=2| 2012 || ''[[Shanghai (2012 film)|Shanghai]]'' || Aruna Ahmedi || [[Hindi]]||
|-
|-
| ''[[Tasher Desh]]'' || Queen || Bengali ||
| ''[[Tasher Desh]]'' || Queen || [[Bengali language|Bengali]]||
|-
|-
|rowspan=3| 2013 || ''Sahasi Chori'' || Radha || Nepali || Short Film
|rowspan=3| 2013 || ''Sahasi Chori'' || Radha || [[Nepali language|Nepali]]|| Short Film
|-
|-
| ''[[Aatma (2013 film)|Aatma]]'' ||  || Hindi ||
| ''[[Aatma (2013 film)|Aatma]]'' ||  || [[Hindi]]||
|-
|-
| ''[[Qissa (film)|Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost]]'' || Kanwar || Punjabi ||
| ''[[Qissa (film)|Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost]]'' || Kanwar || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]||
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2014 || ''[[Sold (2014 film)|Sold]]'' || Bimla || English ||
| rowspan="3" | 2014 || ''[[Sold (2014 film)|Sold]]'' || Bimla || [[English language|English]]||
|-
|-
| ''[[Children of War (2014 film)|Children of War]]''<ref name="cow">{{cite web|title=Actress Tillotama Shome to feature next in Children of War|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/actress-tillotama-shome-to-feature-next-in-children-of-war/|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=15 February 2014}}</ref>  || Bhitika || Hindi ||
| ''[[Children of War (2014 film)|Children of War]]''<ref name="cow">{{cite web |title=Actress Tillotama Shome to feature next in Children of War |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/actress-tillotama-shome-to-feature-next-in-children-of-war/ |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |publisher=news.biharprabha.com |access-date=15 February 2014}}</ref>  || Bhitika || [[Hindi]]||
|-
|-
|[[:de:Monsoon Baby|Monsoon Baby]]
|''[[:de:Monsoon Baby|Monsoon Baby]]''
|Shanti
|Shanti
|German
|[[German language|German]]
|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=2| 2015 || ''[[The Letters (2014 film)|The Letters]]'' || Kavitha Singh || English ||  
|rowspan=2| 2015 || ''[[The Letters (2014 film)|The Letters]]'' || Kavitha Singh || [[English language|English]]||
|-
|-
| ''Nayantara's Necklace'' || Alka || Hindi || Short Film
| ''Nayantara's Necklace'' || Alka || [[Hindi]]|| Short Film
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016 || ''Love Shots''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74GdWIwIWp4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/74GdWIwIWp4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Love Shots - Full Film #5: Fired feat. Salim Merchant & Tillotama Shome |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> || Nidhi || Hindi || Short Film
| rowspan="2" | 2016 || ''Love Shots''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74GdWIwIWp4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/74GdWIwIWp4 |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live |title=Love Shots - Full Film #5: Fired feat. Salim Merchant & Tillotama Shome |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> || Nidhi || [[Hindi]]|| Short Film
|-
|-
| ''[[Budhia Singh – Born to Run]]'' || Sukanti || Hindi ||  
| ''[[Budhia Singh – Born to Run]]'' || Sukanti || [[Hindi]]||
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2017 || ''[[Union Leader (film)|Union Leader]]'' || Geeta || Hindi ||  
| rowspan="5" | 2017 || ''[[Union Leader (film)|Union Leader]]'' || Geeta || [[Hindi]]||
|-
|-
| ''[[Hindi Medium (film)|Hindi Medium]]'' || Education Consultant || Hindi ||
| ''[[Hindi Medium (film)|Hindi Medium]]'' || Education Consultant || [[Hindi]]||
|-
|-
|''[[A Death in the Gunj]]''
|''[[A Death in the Gunj]]''
|Bonnie Bakshi
|Bonnie Bakshi
|English, Hindi, Bengali
|[[English language|English]], [[Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|Nominated – [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|Nominated – [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|-
|-
| ''[[The Song of Scorpions]]'' || Lady of The Night || Hindi ||
| ''[[The Song of Scorpions]]'' || Lady of The Night || [[Hindi]]||
|-
|-
| ''[[Kadvi Hawa]]'' || Mukund's wife|| Hindi ||
| ''[[Kadvi Hawa]]'' || Mukund's wife|| [[Hindi]]||
|-
|-
|2018
|2018
|''[[Sir (2018 film)|Sir]]''
|''[[Sir (2018 film)|Sir]]''
|Ratna
|Ratna
|Hindi, Marathi
|[[Hindi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics)]]
| [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics)]]
|-
|-
|2019
| rowspan=2 | 2019
|Raahgir - The Wayfarers
|''Raahgir - The Wayfarers''
|Nathuni
|Nathuni
|Hindi
|[[Hindi]]
|
|
|-
|-
|2019
|''[[Chintu Ka Birthday]]''
|''[[Chintu Ka Birthday]]''
|Sudha Tiwary
|Sudha Tiwary
|Hindi
|[[Hindi]]
|Released on [[ZEE5]]
|Released on [[ZEE5]]
|-
|-
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|''Dheet Patangey''
|''Dheet Patangey''
|Devi
|Devi
|Hindi
|[[Hindi]]
|
|
|-
|-
|''[[Mentalhood]]'' || Preeti|| Hindi || Web series released on [[ALTBalaji]] and ZEE5
|''[[Mentalhood]]'' || Preeti|| [[Hindi]]|| Web series released on [[ALTBalaji]] and ZEE5
|-
|-
| ''[[Angrezi Medium]]'' || Education Consultant || Hindi ||  
| ''[[Angrezi Medium]]'' || Education Consultant || [[Hindi]]||
|-
|2021
|''Deep6''
|Mitul
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|Released on 26th Busan International Film Festival
|-
|2022
|''[[Delhi Crime]]''
|Lata Solanki/Karishma
|[[Hindi]]
|Season 2
|-
|2023
||''[[The Night Manager (Indian TV series)|The Night Manager]]'' || Lipika Saikia Rao || [[Hindi]]|| Web series released on [[Disney+ Hotstar]]
|}
|}


== Achievements ==
== Achievements ==


* Tillotama Shome won '''Best Actor Award'''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chakraborty|first=Juhi|date=11 June 2021|title=Tillotama Shome on her film Raahgir winning at UK film fest: The timing is surreal|work=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/tillotama-shome-on-her-film-raahgir-winning-at-uk-film-fest-the-timing-is-surreal-101623411926573.html|access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref> at [[London Asian Film Festival|UK Asian Film Festival]] for her film [[Raahgir – The Wayfarers|Raahgir - The Wayfarers]] which was released in 2019.
* Tillotama Shome won '''Best Actor Award'''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chakraborty |first=Juhi |date=11 June 2021 |title=Tillotama Shome on her film Raahgir winning at UK film fest: The timing is surreal |work=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/tillotama-shome-on-her-film-raahgir-winning-at-uk-film-fest-the-timing-is-surreal-101623411926573.html |access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref> at [[London Asian Film Festival|UK Asian Film Festival]] for her film [[Raahgir – The Wayfarers|Raahgir - The Wayfarers]] which was released in 2019.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 15:33, 3 March 2023


Tillotama Shome
Press conference by Mrituniay Devvrat, Director of the film “CHILDREN OF WAR” Soumya Joshi Devvrat, Producer and Actress Tillotma Shome, at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2014), in Panaji, Goa.jpg
Shome at IFFI 2014
Born
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
OccupationActress

Tillotama Shome is an Indian actress. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 63rd Filmfare Awards for her role in A Death in the Gunj. In 2021, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) for portraying a praiseworthy role Ratna in Sir at the 66th Filmfare Awards.

Career[edit]

Born in Kolkata, Shome grew up all over India since her father was with the Indian Air Force. She went to Delhi's Lady Shri Ram College and became a part of Arvind Gaur's Asmita theatre group.[1] She moved to New York in the Autumn of 2004 for a master's program in educational theatre at New York University, where she remained until visiting Mumbai 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.[2] In New York, she also taught theatre to murder convicts at a high security US prison.[3][4] Shome is married to Kunal Ross, the nephew of Jaya Bachchan, thus making her the niece-in-law of Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan.

She played Alice in Mira Nair's feature film Monsoon Wedding, and played Deepa in Shadows of Time (Schatten der Zeit), directed by Florian Gallenberger. She played a nun in the Australian film The Waiting City by Claire McCarthy.[3] Italo Spinelli's Gangor, based on Mahashweta Devi's novel, had her play a social worker.[5] She also worked in Qaushiq Mukherjee's Tasher Desh.[6] She played Mrs. Ahmadi in the Hindi political thriller film Shanghai directed by Dibakar Banerjee. About her performance in Shanghai Rediff wrote "Shome created one of this year's most heartbreaking performances in a Hindi film".[7]

Her other roles have included Lara in Little Box of Sweets (directed by Meneka Das),[8] Jaya in Long After (short film, directed by Afia Nathaniel) 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.[9]

Filmography[edit]

Year Film Role Language Notes
2001 Monsoon Wedding Alice English
2003 Butterfly Miraal English Short Film
2004 Shadows of Time Deepa Bengali
2006 Long After Jaya English Short Film
Little Box of Sweets Lara English
2009 Zamir and Preeti: A Love Story Preeti English Short Film
Clap Clap Leena English Short Film
Boond Jeevni Hindi Short Film
The Waiting City Sister Tessila English
2010 Futurestates Syama English (TV series) Episode: Pia
Gangor Medha English, Bengali
2011 Turning 30 Malini Roy Hindi
2012 Shanghai Aruna Ahmedi Hindi
Tasher Desh Queen Bengali
2013 Sahasi Chori Radha Nepali Short Film
Aatma Hindi
Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost Kanwar Punjabi
2014 Sold Bimla English
Children of War[10] Bhitika Hindi
Monsoon Baby Shanti German
2015 The Letters Kavitha Singh English
Nayantara's Necklace Alka Hindi Short Film
2016 Love Shots[11] Nidhi Hindi Short Film
Budhia Singh – Born to Run Sukanti Hindi
2017 Union Leader Geeta Hindi
Hindi Medium Education Consultant Hindi
A Death in the Gunj Bonnie Bakshi English, Hindi, Bengali Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Song of Scorpions Lady of The Night Hindi
Kadvi Hawa Mukund's wife Hindi
2018 Sir Ratna Hindi, Marathi Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics)
2019 Raahgir - The Wayfarers Nathuni Hindi
Chintu Ka Birthday Sudha Tiwary Hindi Released on ZEE5
2020 Dheet Patangey Devi Hindi
Mentalhood Preeti Hindi Web series released on ALTBalaji and ZEE5
Angrezi Medium Education Consultant Hindi
2021 Deep6 Mitul Bengali Released on 26th Busan International Film Festival
2022 Delhi Crime Lata Solanki/Karishma Hindi Season 2
2023 The Night Manager Lipika Saikia Rao Hindi Web series released on Disney+ Hotstar

Achievements[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Alice in thunderland | Culture". Times Crest. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Masala is in Mumbai Archived 26 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Mumbai Mirror, 18 May 2008
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "I just want to act: Tillotama Shome – Entertainment – DNA". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Not Just the 'Monsoon Wedding' Girl – Grazia India". Grazia.co.in. 1 January 1970. Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Alice of Monsoon Wedding is back". The Indian Express. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  6. ↑ Priyanka Dasgupta (25 November 2011). "I did sword fighting in Tasher Desh: Tillotama Shome". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ten Most Memorable Movie Moments of 2012". Rediff.com. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  8. ↑ Little Box of Sweets, The Guardian, 15 August 2008
  9. ↑ [1] Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ "Actress Tillotama Shome to feature next in Children of War". news.biharprabha.com. Indo-Asian News Service. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "Love Shots - Full Film #5: Fired feat. Salim Merchant & Tillotama Shome". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  12. ↑ Chakraborty, Juhi (11 June 2021). "Tillotama Shome on her film Raahgir winning at UK film fest: The timing is surreal". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

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