1. Rahul Bose
Rahul Bose is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, social activist, and rugby union
player.
Rahul Bose was born to Rupen and Kumud Bose on 27 July 1967.
Bose spent his early childhood in Kolkata, West Bengal and then moved to Mumbai with
his family. His first acting role was at age six when he played the lead in a school play,
Tom, the Piper's Son. As a child he took an interest in sports after his mother introduced
him to boxing and rugby union. He also played cricket and was coached by cricketer
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
. After his mother's death in 1987, Bose began working as a copy writer at Rediffusion
and was later promoted to advertising creative director. Bose left the job to become a full-
time actor after the release of his first film, English, August.
Bose started his acting career on the Bombay stage in Rahul D'Cunha's Topsy Turvey and
Are There Tigers In The Congo?. D'Cunha's aunt was the casting director for director
Dev Benegal's film English, August and suggested that Bose should play the lead role.
English, August was one of the first Hinglish films and gained Bose international
recognition when it became the first Indian film to be purchased by 20th Century Fox and
won several awards at international film festivals.
After English, August Bose found work in television; he was offered a role in India's first
English-language television serial, A Mouthful of Sky and also co-hosted BBC World's
Style! with Laila Rouass. In 1998 he appeared in Kaizad Gustad's Bombay Boys with
Naseeruddin Shah and starred in Dev Benegal's second film, Split Wide Open. Bose
received the Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Actor at the 2000 Singapore
International Film Festival for his performance.He also performed abroad in the Leicester
Haymarket in England where he starred in the English version of Tim Murari's play, The
Square Circle.
In 2001, Bose made his directorial debut with Everybody Says I'm Fine!. Starring Rehaan
Engineer and Koel Purie and featuring Bose in a supporting role, Everybody received
mixed reviews from critics, but won Bose the runner-up John Schlesinger Award for best
directorial debut at the 2003 Palm Springs International Film Festival. In 2002, Bose
starred opposite Konkona Sen Sharma in Aparna Sen's art film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer. The
film, a critique of communal violence, was a critical success and won several awards at
international film festivals as well as three National Film Awards.
In 2003, Bose entered mainstream Bollywood cinema with Jhankaar Beats. Jhankaar
Beats was a surprise hit in urban multiplexes and went on to win several awards for its
music.The same year, Bose appeared in another Bollywood film, Mumbai Matinee which

2. saw a UK release. He starred in Chameli opposite Kareena Kapoor, playing a wealthy
chain-smoking Mumbai banker who is stranded in the monsoon rains with a prostitute.
The film was not a box office success, but won several Filmfare and IIFA awards.
Bose's second film pairing with Konkona Sen Sharma, 15 Park Avenue released in
January 2006. Directed by Aparna Sen and filmed in English, 15 Park Avenue won the
2006 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English.
With his next effort, the romantic comedy Pyaar Ke Side Effects, Bose moved once more
into mainstream Bollywood cinema. Critics noted the freshness of Bose's narration style
which involves breaking the fourth wall, a device not commonly used in Indian cinema.
The film opened well in multiplexes and was a moderate financial success, eventually
ranking among the top-grossing films of 2006.Both Bose and Sherawat received positive
reviews for their performances. Sherawat and Bose also starred together in another
Bollywood comedy, Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam (2008), which was a commercial and
critical failure.
In 2006, Bose starred in the first of a trio of Bengali films, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury's
Anuranan. Anuranan was well received on the festival circuit and ran successfully for
three months in Bengal. It was then dubbed into Hindi and released nationally
.Kaalpurush, Bose's second Bengali film, was released commercially in April 2008
Bose continued working in a mix of mainstream and arthouse films in 2008, with the
English-language film, Before the Rains. Before the Rains was released in the US and the
UK and Bose's performance was praised by many critics, although the film received
mixed reviews. Bose also appeared in Shaurya, a military court room drama modelled on
the American film A Few Good Men. Bose's performance was well-received; critic Taran
Adarsh said his "performance easily ranks as one of his finest works". His appearance in
Dil Kabaddi paired him with Konkona Sen Sharma for the third time, this time playing a
husband and wife undergoing marital difficulties. The Japanese Wife, with Japanese
actress Chigusa Takaku, the third Aparna Sen film in which he has appeared, released on
9 April 2010.He also appeared as a contestant in the reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi
where he was eliminated in the 12th round.
He hosted the second series of Bloomberg UTV reality show The Pitch. His role as a gay
man harassed by the police in I Am was appreciated by critics.
In 1998, Bose was part of the first Indian national rugby team to play in an international
event, the Asian Rugby Football Union Championship.In an interview with Daily News
& Analysis, Bose announced that he would not return to the team for the 2009 season.
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.

3. Bose is associated with several charitable organizations such as Akshara Centre,
Breakthrough, Citizens for Justice and Peace and the Spastics Society of India. He is
closely associated with the Teach For India movement to eradicate inequity in education.
In addition, he became the first Indian Oxfam global ambassador in 2007. He is the
founder and chairman of The Group of Groups, an umbrella organisation for 51 Mumbai
charitable organisations and NGOs. He is also an ambassador for the American India
Foundation, the World Youth Peace Movement and Planet Alert. He was also a vocal
proponent of Narmada Bachao Andolan and its efforts to halt the construction of the
Narvada dam.He also recorded the Terre des hommes audio book Goodgoodi karna, gale
lagana; Sparsh ke niyam sikhiye (English: Tickle and hugs: Learning the touching rules),
which is designed to give children resources against sexual abuse.
Bose has given lectures on gender equality and human rights at Oxford and during the
2004 World Youth Peace Summit. In 2009, he toured Canada lecturing on global climate
change under the auspices of Climate Action Network and demonstrated with protesters
at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. In 2011, he worked in conjunction with
Bhaichung Bhutia to raise funds for victims of the Sikkim earthquake.