Rahul Bose

Infobox actor
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occupation = actor, screenwriter, film director
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awards = Palm Springs International Film Festival for the John Schlesinger Honorable Mention Award
2003 "Everybody Says I'm Fine!"
Singapore International Film Festival for the Silver Screen Award
2000 "Split Wide Open"

Rahul Bose ( _bn. রাহূল বোস; Hindi: राहुल बोस; Urdu: رہُل بوس) (born July 27, 1967), an Indian actor, screenwriter, film director, social activist, and rugby union player. He is notable for his involvement in the relief efforts that followed the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami and is also the founder of the anti-discrimination NGO, The Foundation. [Citation
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Early life

Rahul Bose was born on July 27, 1967 to Rupen and Kumud Bose.He spent his childhood in Kolkata, West Bengal then moved to Mumbai with his family. He is an alumnus of the Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai and graduated from Sydenham College. Rahul spent time doing theatre, boxing, and playing rugby, during his college days.His mother introduced him to boxing and rugby union. He plays international rugby in the National Orange Indian Rugby Team.Bose left his job at Rediffusion as a creative director to become a serious actor, writer, and director.

Career

Rahul Bose started his acting career at age six when he played the lead in his school play, "Tom, the Piper's Son". He has performed on the Bombay stage as well as abroad in venues such as the Leicester Haymarket in England where he starred in Tim Murari's "The Square Circle". His first film, "English, August" became a cult favourite. Other notable films include "Split Wide Open" (Best Actor, Singapore Film Festival, 2000), "Mr. And Mrs. Iyer", and "Jhankaar Beats". Despite his roles in more mainstream movies like "Thakshak" and "Chameli", Bose has been called "the superstar of Indian arthouse cinema" by Time magazine and "the Sean Penn of Oriental cinema" by Maxim. He is scheduled to begin shooting his adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel, Moth Smoke in early 2009. [cite web |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Buzz/My_acting_is_my_God/articleshow/3352380.cms |title= "My acting is my God" |accessdate= 2008-08-22 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= Dutta|first= Ayandrali |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2008-08-11 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= Times of India |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

Activism

Bose assisted in the relief efforts in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. As a result of this work, Bose launched the Andaman and Nicobar Scholarship Initiative through his NGO, The Foundation. The scholarship program provides for the education of underprivileged children from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [Citation
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url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/521529.cms
accessdate = 2008-08-05] He is associated with several other charitable organizations such as Akshara Centre, Breakthrough, and the Spastics Society of India. In addition, he became the first Indian Oxfam global ambassador in 2007. [Citation
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accessdate = 2008-08-05] He is also an ambassador for both the American India Foundation and the World Youth Peace Movement. [Citation
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accessdate = 2008-08-05] Bose has given lectures on gender equality and human rights at Oxford and during the 2004 World Youth Peace Summit.Citation
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Filmography

*" Tahaan" 2008
*" Dil Kabaddi" 2008
*" Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam" 2008
*" Mumbai Chakachak" 2008
*" Shaurya" 2008
*" The Japanese Wife" 2008
*" "Before the Rains" 2007
*" Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii" 2007
*" Pyaar Ke Side Effects" 2006
*" Anuranan" 2006
*" Ctrl + Alt + Del" 2005
*" 15 Park Avenue" 2005
*" Kalpurush" 2005
*" Silsiilay" 2005
*" The Fall" 2005 - seven-minute film
*" White Noise" 2004
*" Chameli" 2004
*" Ek Din 24 Ghante" 2003
*" Mumbai Matinee" 2003
*" Jhankaar Beats" 2003
*" Mr. and Mrs. Iyer" 2002
*" Everybody Says I'm Fine!" 2001
*" Thakshak" 1999
*" Split Wide Open" 1999 (directed by Dev Benegal)
*" Bombay Boys" 1998
*" A Mouthful of Sky" 1995 TV-Series
*" English, August" 1994 (directed by Dev Benegal)

Writer

*" The Whisperers" 2006
*" Everybody Says I'm Fine!" 2001

Director

*"Everybody Says I'm Fine!" 2001

Awards

* 2005 Mahesh Bhatt Spokesperson Award
* 2004 Mani Kaul Award for "Everybody Says I'm Fine!"
* 2000 Best Asian Actor Award at the Singapore International Film Festival for "Split Wide Open"

References

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