Tillotama Shome


Tillotama Shome is an Indian film actress. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 63rd Filmfare Awards for her role in A Death In The Gunj.

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. She moved to New York in the Autumn of 2004 for a master's programme 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. In New York, she also taught theatre to murder convicts at a high security US prison.
She played Alice in Mira Nair's feature film, Monsoon Wedding, and played Deepa in Shadows of Time, directed by Florian Gallenberger. She played a nun in the Australian film, The Waiting City by Claire McCarthy. Italo Spinelli's Gangor, based on Mahashweta Devi's novel had her playing a social worker. She also worked in Qaushiq Mukherjee's Tasher Desh. 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".
Her other roles have included Lara in Little Box of Sweets, Jaya in Long After and Miraal in Butterfly.
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. She shared the title with Norwegian actress Julia Wildschutt.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2001Monsoon WeddingAliceEnglish
2003ButterflyMiraalEnglishShort Film
2004Shadows of TimeDeepaBengali
2006Long AfterJayaEnglishShort Film
2006Little Box of SweetsLaraEnglish
2009Zamir and Preeti: A Love StoryPreetiEnglishShort Film
2009Clap ClapLeenaEnglishShort Film
2009BoondJeevniHindiShort Film
2009The Waiting CitySister TessilaEnglish
2010FuturestatesSyamaEnglish
Episode: Pia
2010GangorMedhaEnglish, Bengali
2011Turning 30Malini RoyHindi
2012ShanghaiAruna AhmediHindi
2012Tasher DeshQueenBengali
2013Sahasi ChoriRadhaNepaliShort Film
2013AatmaHindi
2013Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely GhostKanwarPunjabi
2014SoldBimlaEnglish
2014Children of WarBhitikaHindi
2014:de:Monsoon Baby|Monsoon BabyShantiGerman
2015The LettersKavitha SinghEnglish
2015Nayantara's NecklaceAlkaHindiShort Film
2016Love ShotsNidhiHindiShort Film
2016Budhia Singh – Born to RunSukantiHindi
2017Union LeaderGeetaHindi
2017Hindi MediumEducation ConsultantHindi
2017A Death In The GunjBonnie BakshiEnglish, Hindi, Bengali
2017The Song of ScorpionsLady of The NightHindi
2017Kadvi HawaMukund's wifeHindi
2018SirRatnaHindi
2019Raahgir - The WayfarersNathuniHindi
2019Chintu Ka BirthdaySudha TiwaryHindi
2020MentalhoodHindiWeb series
2020Angrezi MediumEducation ConsultantHindi