Shonali Bose

Directing

Shonali Bose

Born 1965-06-03

Shonali Bose 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 Bridgestone Narrative Award, and a Sundance Mahindra Global Filmmaker Award.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Sky Is Pink poster
7.7

After succumbing to her terminal illness, a teenager posthumously narrates her parents’ tenacious relationship.

The Sky Is Pink

2019

The Sky Is Pink poster
7.7

After succumbing to her terminal illness, a teenager posthumously narrates her parents’ tenacious relationship.

The Sky Is Pink

2019

Amu poster
7.1

Amu is the story of Kaju, a twenty-one-year-old Indian American woman who returns to India to visit her family and discover the place where she was born. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju stumbles against secrets and lies from her past. A horrifying genocide that took place twenty years ago turns out to hold the key to her mysterious origins.

Amu

2005

Amu poster
7.1

Amu is the story of Kaju, a twenty-one-year-old Indian American woman who returns to India to visit her family and discover the place where she was born. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju stumbles against secrets and lies from her past. A horrifying genocide that took place twenty years ago turns out to hold the key to her mysterious origins.

Amu

2005

Margarita with a Straw poster
6.8

A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.

Margarita with a Straw

2015

Margarita with a Straw poster
6.8

A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.

Margarita with a Straw

2015

A Fly on the Wall poster
NR

Follows the final days of Chika Kapadia, given four months to live, who has chosen to end his life through physician-assisted suicide at Dignitas in Switzerland. The filmmakers, tasked with documenting Kapadia’s countdown to death, capture both his journey and their own emotional response.

A Fly on the Wall

2024