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Tillotama Shome

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Tillotama Shome
Shome in 2025
Born (1979-06-25) 25 June 1979 (age 47)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
OccupationActress
Spouse
Kunal Ross
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(m. 2015)​

Tillotama Shome (Bengali pronunciation: [tilotːɔma ʃom];[1] born 25 June 1979[2]) is an Indian actress known primarily for her work in independent films. She began acting with a supporting role in Mira Nair's film Monsoon Wedding (2001). She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for playing the lead role of a housemaid in the drama film Sir (2018). Shome has also starred in the films A Death in the Gunj (2017) and Lust Stories 2 (2023), as well as the television series Delhi Crime (2022), The Night Manager (2023), and Paatal Lok (2025).

Early life

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Shome was born in Bengali Family in Kolkata to Anupam and Baisakhi Shome.[3] Shome grew up all over India since her father was with the Indian Air Force.[4]

Career

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Shome went to Delhi's Lady Shri Ram College and joined Arvind Gaur's Asmita theatre group.[5] 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.[6] In New York, she also taught theatre to murder convicts at a high security US prison.[7][8]

She made her film debut as Alice in Mira Nair's feature film Monsoon Wedding,[9] 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.[7] Italo Spinelli's Gangor, based on Mahashweta Devi's novel, had her play a social worker.[10] She also worked in Qaushiq Mukherjee's Tasher Desh.[11] 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".[12]

Her other roles have included Lara in Little Box of Sweets (directed by Meneka Das),[13] 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.[14]

Personal life

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Shome is married to Kunal Ross, the nephew of Jaya Bachchan, thus making her the niece-in-law of Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan.[15][16]

Filmography

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Films

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YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2001Monsoon WeddingAliceHindi, English
2003ButterflyMiraalEnglishShort film
2004Shadows of TimeDeepaBengali
2006Long AfterJayaEnglishShort film
Little Box of SweetsLara
2009BoondJeevniHindiShort film
The Waiting CitySister TessilaEnglish
Zamir and Preeti: A Love StoryPreetiShort film
Clap ClapLeena
2010GangorMedhaEnglish, Bengali
2011Turning 30Malini RoyHindi
2012ShanghaiAruna Ahmedi
Tasher DeshQueenBengali
2013Sahasi ChoriRadhaNepaliShort film
AatmaVaishali SinhaHindi
Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely GhostKanwarPunjabi
2014The LettersKavita SinghEnglish
SoldBimlaEnglish
Children of WarBhitikaHindi[17]
Nayantara's NecklaceAlkaShort film
2015LudoShamanBengali
2016Budhia Singh – Born to RunSukantiHindi
2017A Death in the Gunj Bonnie Bakshi English, Hindi, Bengali
Hindi MediumEducation ConsultantHindi
The Song of ScorpionsLady of The Night
Union LeaderGeeta
Kadvi HawaParvati
2018 Manto Prostitute
Sir Ratna Hindi, Marathi
2019 India's Got Colour Herself Hindi Music video
Raahgir – The Wayfarers Nathuni
2020 Dheet Patangey Devi
Angrezi MediumImmigration Consultant
Chintu Ka Birthday Sudha Tiwary
2021 Deep6 Mitul Bengali
2023 Lust Stories 2 Ishita Hindi Segment: The Mirror
2024 The Fable Radha
2025 Shadowbox Maya Bengali [18]
2026 Ikka Madhura Banerjee Hindi Netflix film[19]

Television

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YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2010 Futurestates Syama English Episode: Pia
2014 Monsoon Baby Shanti German TV Movie
2016 Love Shots Nidhi Hindi Episode: Fired
2020 Mentalhood Preeti 10 episodes
2022 Delhi Crime Lata Solanki/Karishma Season 2; 5 episodes
2023 The Night Manager Lipika Saikia Rao 7 episodes
Tooth Pari: When Love BitesMeera 8 episodes
2024 Kota Factory: Season 3 Pooja Agarwal (Pooja Didi) 5 episodes
Tribhuvan Mishra: CA Topper Bindi Jain 9 episodes
2025 Paatal Lok Meghna Barua Hindi, Nagamese Season 2; 8 episodes
Saare Jahan Se Accha Mohini, Vishnu's wife Hindi 6 episodes

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2018 Filmfare Awards A Death in the Gunj Best Supporting Actress Nominated [20]
2021 Sir Best Actress (Critics) Won [21]
2023 Filmfare OTT Awards The Night Manager Best Supporting Actress – Drama Nominated [22][23]
Delhi Crime Won
2018 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Sir Best Actress Nominated [24]
2023 Delhi Crime Best Actress in a Series Nominated [25]

References

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  1. ↑ Kumar, Vineeta (1 February 2025). "Tillotama Shome on 'misrepresentation, under-representation' of Northeast India". India Today. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Sana Farzeen (29 June 2023). "Tillotama Shome says she faced many moments of 'deep despair' in career: 'I became bitter, angry and cynical'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Ghosh, Ananya (30 November 2022). "The Accidental Actor: Tillotama Shome". Man's World. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Social Media Star of The Week: Tillotama Shome". Hindustan Times. 13 January 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023 – via PressReader.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "Alice in thunderland; Culture". Times Crest. 9 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  6. ↑ Masala is in Mumbai Archived 26 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Mumbai Mirror, 18 May 2008
  7. 1 2 "I just want to act: Tillotama Shome – Entertainment – DNA". Daily News and Analysis. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ Das, Garima (27 June 2023). "Tillotama Shome: In My Career Of 20 Years I Got Very Little Work But Didn't Give Up". Outlook. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Alice of Monsoon Wedding is back". The Indian Express. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  11. ↑ Priyanka Dasgupta (25 November 2011). "I did sword fighting in Tasher Desh: Tillotama Shome". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 June 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ↑ "Ten Most Memorable Movie Moments of 2012". Rediff.com. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  13. ↑ Little Box of Sweets Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, 15 August 2008
  14. ↑ Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ "Tillotama Shome is related to Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and the rest of the Bachchan family. Here's how". 5 July 2023. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  16. ↑ "Bachchan family attends Tillotama Shome's wedding ceremony". 4 April 2015. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  17. ↑ "Actress Tillotama Shome to feature next in Children of War". news.biharprabha.com. Indo-Asian News Service. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  18. ↑ Davide Abbatescianni (21 January 2025). "The Berlinale unveils the titles playing in its Competition and its Perspectives and Berlinale Special strands". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  19. ↑ "Next On Netflix 2026: Ikka actor Tillotama Shome reveals, "A fly crawled into Sunny Deol's EYE; he STILL didn't stop the shot...he reasoned, 'I didn't want to spoil your take'"". Bollywood Hungama. 3 February 2026.
  20. ↑ "63rd Jio Filmfare Awards 2018 Nominations". 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  21. ↑ "66th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2021: Complete Winners' List". The Times of India. 28 March 2021. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  22. ↑ "Nominations for the Filmfare OTT Awards 2023: Full List Out". 23 November 2023. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  23. ↑ "Winners Of The Filmfare OTT Awards 2023: Full List Out". 27 November 2023. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  24. ↑ "Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne 2018". IMDb. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  25. ↑ "Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne 2023". IMDb. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
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