Full name: Tillotama Shome
Nickname: Shome
Birthdate: N/A
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 2001-present
Spouse (s): Kunal Ross
Religion: Hindu
Zodiac sign: Libra
Tillotama Shome is an Indian actress who mainly appears in English and Hindi films. She has also starred in Bengali, Punjabi, and Nepali films. The actress is very talented and has appealing figures. She has already passed almost 16 years as a successful actress both in Hollywood and Bollywood by showing off her splendid performances.
Tillotama Shome Early Life:
Tillotama Shome was born in Kolkata, India. Her father was an Indian Air Force officer, so she had to move to several towns of India in her childhood. Shome has a brother named Gaurav Shome. She attended at Lady Shri Ram College. Then she shifted to New York in 2004 for a master’s program in educational theater at New York University and there she remained until visiting Mumbai in February 2008.
Tillotama Shome Career:
Tillotama Shome made her film debut with director Mira Nair’s romantic movie ‘Monsoon Wedding’ where she played a supporting role as Alice with Naseeruddin Shah and Lillete Dubey in 2001. Then she appeared in several movies most of which got positive remarks at the box office. In 2009, the actress played a nun in the Australian film ‘The Waiting City’ directed by Claire McCarthy. Italo Spinelli’s social awareness movie ‘Gangor’ based on Mahashweta Devi’s novel had her playing a social worker.
Shome also acted in Qaushiq Mukherjee’s Bengali film ‘Tasher Desh’ as Queen along with Soumyak Kanri Debiswas and Anubrata Basu in 2012. After that, she played the character Mrs. Ahmadi in the Hindi political thriller film ‘Shanghai’ directed by Dibakar Banerjee. Seeing her brilliant performance in the movie, Rediff stated: “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’ Afia Nathaniel and Miracle in ‘Butterfly’. Her mind-blowing performance as a girl who is raised as a boy in the movie ‘Qissa’ won the title ‘Best Actress’ in the New Horizons Competition of the seventh Abu Dhabi Film Festival. The charming actress next appeared in the film ‘Children of War’ which is based on Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. She was last seen in the Hindi movie ‘Budhia Singh-Born on Run’ as Sukanti in 2016.
Personal Life:
The devoted actress Tillotama Shome married Kunal Ross who is Jaya Bachchan’s nephew in 2015. She is very fond of cooking and reading books. Now the lady is leading a happy conjugal life with her husband in Mumbai.
Tillotama Shome Height Weight and Body Measurement:
Height: 5 feet 3 inches
Weight: 56kg
Bra size: 34B
Waist Size: 28 inches
Hip Size: 34 inches
Body measurement: 34-28-34 inches
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Body Shape: Rectangle
Shoe size: 7
The film Sir, is love enough is truly a remarkable film not only for the brillient acting but also for bringing into light how society controls the individual lives. This is film is a testimony that no matter what the social status of a person (in particular a woman) is, he/she can dream and achive the desired goal with determination and continued effort. Shome acted with beautiful restraint and poise needed for the character. Hope to see more films of her in future.