Tillotama Shome is an award-winning Indian film actress.Born in Tollygunge, 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 third degree 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. 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. She would be next seen in the film Children of War, which based upon Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. 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 (directed by Meneka Das), Miraal in Butterfly(directed by Tanuj Chopra). Now she has been seen in new upcoming movie “Kadvi Hawa” which has been released on 24 November 17.
Tillotama Shome Biography |Wiki.
| Name | Tillotama Shome |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Tillotama |
| Date Of Birth | Unknown |
| Age | Unknown |
| Height | 5'3" |
| Weight | 52 Kg |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Body Measurement | 34-27-35 |
| Profession | Indian film Actress |
| TV Serials | Unknown |
| Movie | The Letters Love Shots A Death In The Gunj Love Shots [11] Nidhi Hindi Short Film A Death In The Gunj English Budhia Singh – Born to Run Union Leader Hindi Medium The Song of Scorpions |
| Debut Movie | Monsoon Wedding (2001) |
| Upcoming Movie | Kadvi Hawa(2017) |
| School | Unknown |
| College | Lady Shri Ram College for Women |
| Education | Masters in English Literature,Masters in Educational Theatre |
| Hobbies | Cooking,Reading, Theatre Plays |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Home Town | Kolkata, West Bengal , India |
| City | Kolkata, West Bengal , India |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Fathers Name | Unknown |
| Mothers Name | Unknown |
| Siblings | Gaurav Shome |
| Spouse | Kunal Ross (Jaya Bachchan’s sister’s son) |
| Girlfriend/Boyfriend | Kunal Ross (Jaya Bachchan’s sister’s son) |

