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Rahul Bose

Rahul Bose (born 27 July 1967) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, social activist, and athlete. Bose is the President of Indian Rugby Football Union.

Rahul Bose
Bose in 2008
Born (1967-07-27) 27 July 1967 (age 56)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • screenwriter
  • social activist
Years active1989–present

He has appeared in Bengali films such as Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Kalpurush, Anuranan, Antaheen, Laptop and The Japanese Wife. He has also appeared in Hindi films such as Pyaar Ke Side Effects, Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam, Jhankaar Beats, Kucch Luv Jaisaa, Dil Dhadakne Do, Chameli and Shaurya. He also played the antagonist in the Tamil thriller Vishwaroopam (2013) and its sequel.[1] Time magazine named him "the superstar of Indian arthouse cinema" while Maxim named him "the Sean Penn of Oriental cinema"[2] for his work in parallel cinema films like English, August and Mr. and Mrs. Iyer. He is also notable for his social activism: he participated in the relief efforts that followed the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and is also the founder of the anti-discrimination NGO, The Foundation.[3]

Early life edit

Rahul Bose was born to father Rupen and mother Kumud Bose on 27 July 1967.[4]

Bose's first acting role was at the age of six when he played the lead character 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.[5] He also played cricket and was coached by former India cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.[6]

He is an alumnus of the Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai. After being rejected by a number of American universities, Bose attended Sydenham College. While at the college he played on the school's rugby team and competed in the Western India Championships, winning a silver medal in boxing. After his mother's death in 1987, Bose began working as a copywriter 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.[5]

Stage and film career edit

Early career: 1993–2003 edit

Bose started his acting career on the Mumbai 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. After filming a screen test, Benegal decided to cast him as civil servant Agastya Sen.[4] Based on the novel of the same name by Upamanyu Chatterjee, 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.[7]

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. To prepare for his role as a roving water vendor, Bose lived in Mumbai's slums and observed a drug dealer for two weeks.[5] He later cited this time—along with the 2002 Gujarat riots—as the beginning of the awakening of his social conscience.[8] Although Split Wide Open was controversial in India because of its depictions of sexual abuse,[9][10] Bose received the Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Actor at the 2000 Singapore International Film Festival for his performance.[5] 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.[11][12]

In 1997, Bose was cast to play the role of Saleem Sinai in the BBC adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children. The project was eventually canceled after the Indian and Sri Lankan governments refused to allow filming.[13] After seeing Bose in English, August, director Govind Nihalani cast him in the villain role opposite Ajay Devgan in the mainstream film Thakshak. The film was not a financial success, although Bose received positive reviews.[14]

Bose also appeared as "Vikal" a villain in the 1998 Science fiction TV series Captain Vyom

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.[15] 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.[16][17]

Mainstream work: 2003–present edit

In 2003, Bose entered mainstream Bollywood cinema with Jhankaar Beats in which he played one of two friends, R.D. Burman fans who are obsessed with winning a music competition. Boosted by a successful soundtrack, Jhankaar Beats was a surprise hit in urban multiplexes[18] and went on to win several awards for its music.[19] The same year, Bose appeared in another Bollywood film, Mumbai Matinee which 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[20] and IIFA awards.[21][22]

He was the screenwriter of Hero Bhakti Hi Shakti Hai of Hungama TV in 2005.

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.[23]

 
Bose (far left) on the set of National Award-winning Hindi film I Am in 2010

With his next effort, the romantic comedy Pyaar Ke Side Effects, Bose moved once more into mainstream Bollywood cinema. The film follows the rocky relationship of Bose's commitment phobic Mumbai DJ Sid and his Punjabi girlfriend, Trisha played by Mallika Sherawat. Critics noted the freshness of Bose's narration style which involves breaking the fourth wall, a device not commonly used in Indian cinema.[24] The film opened well in multiplexes[25][26] and was a moderate financial success, eventually ranking among the top-grossing films of 2006.[27] Both Bose and Sherawat received positive reviews for their performances.[28] Sherawat and Bose also starred together in another Bollywood comedy, Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam (2008), which was a commercial and critical failure.[29]

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.[30] Kaalpurush, Bose's second Bengali film, was released commercially in April 2008. Kaalpurush details a father-son relationship and earned writer-director Buddhadeb Dasgupta a National Film Award for Best Feature Film. Bose teamed with Chowdhury again in 2009 for Antaheen which tells the story of online relationships. Like Anuranan, Antaheen was released commercially in West Bengal and was screened at various film festivals, including the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival (MIACC) and the International Film Festival of India (IFFI).[31][32] Antaheen went on to win several National Awards including one for Best Film.[33]

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".[34] 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.[35] The Japanese Wife, with Japanese actress Chigusa Takaku, the third Aparna Sen film in which he has appeared, released on 9 April 2010.[36][37] He also appeared as a contestant in the reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi where he was eliminated in the 12th round.[38] He hosted the second series of Bloomberg UTV reality show The Pitch.[39] His role as a gay man harassed by the police in I Am was appreciated by critics.[40]

He appeared in Deepa Mehta's version of Midnight's Children where he played the role of General Zulfikar.[41] He also played the villain in the 2013 Tamil film Vishwaroopam.[1] Naren Weiss who was 19 years old at the time, acted opposite Bose in all of his scenes for Vishwaroopam, and credited Bose for working with him during filming.[42] He was scheduled to begin shooting his adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel, Moth Smoke in early 2010,[43] but the project was postponed after the film's financial backers pulled out.[44] In 2013, he also played opposite Konkona Sen Sharma again in Suman Mukhopadhyay's Shesher Kabita.[45] In 2017, he directed, produced and acted in the biopic Poorna about the youngest girl to climb Mount Everest.[46]

Filmography edit

Year Film Role Other notes
1988 The Perfect Murder Prem
1992 Ramayana the Legend of Prince Rama Bharata (voice)
1994 English, August Agastya Sen
1995 A Mouthful of Sky Sarkar, Pavan TV
1996 Bomgay The Lefty
1998 Bombay Boys Ricardo Fernandes
1999 Split Wide Open Kut Price
Thakshak Sunny
2001 Everybody Says I'm Fine! Rage
2002 Mr. and Mrs. Iyer Jahangir Chaudhary a.k.a. "Raja"
2003 Jhankaar Beats Rishi
Ek Din 24 Ghante Virendra
Mumbai Matinee Debashish "Debu" Chatterjee
Chameli Aman Kapoor
2004 White Noise Karan Deol
2005 The Fall Short film
Scrum in the Mud with Rahul Bose Himself TV documentary
Silsiilay Neel Kashyap
15 Park Avenue Joydeep "Jojo" Roy
Ctrl+Alt+Del Kabir
2006 Anuranan Rahul Chatterjee
Pyaar Ke Side Effects Siddharth "Sid" Bose
The Other Side of Bollywood Himself Documentary
2007 Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii Varun Roy
2008 Before the Rains T. K. Neelan English
Malayalam bilingual film
Shaurya Major Siddhant "Sid" Chaudhary
Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam Arjun Rastogi
Dil Kabaddi Rishi Sharma
Tahaan Zafar
Kaalpurush Son
2009 Antaheen Abhik Choudhury
2010 Fired Joy Mittal
The Japanese Wife Snehamoy Chatterjee
2011 Kuch Love Jaisa Raghav Passport Released 27 May 2011[47]
2011 I Am Jay Gowda
2012 Midnight's Children Zulfikar
Laptop Indro
2013 Vishwaroopam Omar Qureshi Bilingual film in Tamil and Hindi
Shesher Kabita Amit Ray Bengali film
2014 Shondhey Namar Agey Prottush Alok Vhattacharjee Bengali film
2015 Dil Dhadakne Do Manav Sangha
Under Construction Imtiaz Bangladeshi film
2016 Niruttara Pradeep Kannada film
2017 Poorna: Courage Has No Limit Dr. R.S. Praveen Kumar Also director and producer
Biopic on Malavath Purna
2018 Vishwaroopam II Omar Qureshi Tamil-Hindi film
2020 Bulbbul Mahendra / Indranil Netflix Original Release
2022 Salaam Venky Lawyer Parvez Alam [48]
2023 Binodini: Ekti Natir Upakhyan Rangababu
Neeyat Jimmy Mistry
Iraivan "Smiley Killer" Brahma Tamil film
2024 Bhairathi Ranagal TBA Kannada Film; Filming

Playback singing edit

Year Film Song
2006 Anuranan "Akashe chhorano megher"

Writer/director edit

Year Film
2001 Everybody Says I'm Fine!
2009 The Whisperers
2017 Poorna: Courage Has No Limit

Producer edit

Television edit

Year Title Role Language
2019 Teacher's Genuine Stories Host Hindi
2021 Bombay Begums Mahesh Rao Hindi
2021 Rabindranath Ekhane Kokhono Khete Asen Ni Nirupam Chanda Bengali
2022 Eternally Confused and Eager for Love Ray's Father English
2023 Taj: Divided by Blood Mirza Hakim Hindi

Stage edit

Year Title Role
1989 Topsy Turvey
1993 Are There Tigers in the Congo?
1996 Art Mark
1999 The Square Circle Lakshmi/Lakshman
Seascape with Sharks and Dancer

Awards edit

  • 2007 – "Artiste for Change" Karmaveer Puraskaar award[49]
  • 2008 – IBN Eminent Citizen Journalist Award[50]
  • 2009 – Youth Icon Award for Social Justice and Welfare[51]
  • 2010 – Green Globe Foundation Award for Extraordinary Work by a Public Figure[52]
  • 2012 – Hakim Khan Sur Award for National Integration – Maharana Mewar Charitable Foundation[53]
  • 2012 – Lt. Governor's Commendation Award for services to Andaman & Nicobar Islands[54]
  • 2020 - Filmfare OTT Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Web Original Film for Bulbbul

Sports career edit

 
Rahul Bose juggles a rugby ball at the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament

In 1998, Bose was part of the first Indian national rugby team to play in an international event, the Asian Rugby Football Union Championship.[55] He has played both scrum-half and right-winger positions.[56] In an interview with Daily News & Analysis, Bose announced that he would not return to the team for the 2009 season.[57]

Activism edit

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.[58] The scholarship program provides for the education of underprivileged children from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[59]

Bose is associated with several charitable organizations such as Teach for India, 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.[60] He is the founder and chairman of The Group of Groups, an umbrella organisation for 51 Mumbai charitable organisations and NGOs.[61] He is also an ambassador for the American India Foundation, the World Youth Peace Movement[62] and Planet Alert.[63] He was also a vocal proponent of Narmada Bachao Andolan and its efforts to halt the construction of the Narmada dam.[64][65] 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.[66]

Bose has given lectures on gender equality and human rights at Oxford and during the 2004 World Youth Peace Summit.[2] In 2009, he toured Canada lecturing on global climate change under the auspices of Climate Action Network[67] and demonstrated with protesters at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit.[68] In 2011, he worked in conjunction with Bhaichung Bhutia to raise funds for victims of the Sikkim earthquake.[69]

At the 8th convocation of BRAC University Bangladesh on 17 February 2013, Bose delivered the convocation speech.[citation needed]

Personal life edit

Bose has one elder sister, Anuradha, who is married to Tariq Ansari, the owner and director of Mid-Day Multimedia.[70] She had a cameo role in Everybody Says I'm Fine!.[71] Bose is single. On his relationships, Rahul said, "I've had five very long relationships in my life, the last one finished seven years ago. I've had a life full of romantic love. Would I like another relationship, or five, or ten? Of course, I mean The Beatles said it best, 'all you need is love.' I would love to be in love, it would be fantastic."[72]

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Rahul Bose born 27 July 1967 is an Indian actor director screenwriter social activist and athlete Bose is the President of Indian Rugby Football Union Rahul BoseBose in 2008Born 1967 07 27 27 July 1967 age 56 Calcutta West Bengal IndiaOccupationsActordirectorscreenwritersocial activistYears active1989 present He has appeared in Bengali films such as Mr and Mrs Iyer Kalpurush Anuranan Antaheen Laptop and The Japanese Wife He has also appeared in Hindi films such as Pyaar Ke Side Effects Maan Gaye Mughal e Azam Jhankaar Beats Kucch Luv Jaisaa Dil Dhadakne Do Chameli and Shaurya He also played the antagonist in the Tamil thriller Vishwaroopam 2013 and its sequel 1 Time magazine named him the superstar of Indian arthouse cinema while Maxim named him the Sean Penn of Oriental cinema 2 for his work in parallel cinema films like English August and Mr and Mrs Iyer He is also notable for his social activism he participated in the relief efforts that followed the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and is also the founder of the anti discrimination NGO The Foundation 3 Contents 1 Early life 2 Stage and film career 2 1 Early career 1993 2003 2 2 Mainstream work 2003 present 3 Filmography 3 1 Playback singing 3 2 Writer director 3 3 Producer 3 4 Television 3 5 Stage 4 Awards 5 Sports career 6 Activism 7 Personal life 8 References 9 External linksEarly life editRahul Bose was born to father Rupen and mother Kumud Bose on 27 July 1967 4 Bose s first acting role was at the age of six when he played the lead character 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 5 He also played cricket and was coached by former India cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 6 He is an alumnus of the Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai After being rejected by a number of American universities Bose attended Sydenham College While at the college he played on the school s rugby team and competed in the Western India Championships winning a silver medal in boxing After his mother s death in 1987 Bose began working as a copywriter 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 5 Stage and film career editEarly career 1993 2003 edit Bose started his acting career on the Mumbai 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 After filming a screen test Benegal decided to cast him as civil servant Agastya Sen 4 Based on the novel of the same name by Upamanyu Chatterjee 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 7 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 To prepare for his role as a roving water vendor Bose lived in Mumbai s slums and observed a drug dealer for two weeks 5 He later cited this time along with the 2002 Gujarat riots as the beginning of the awakening of his social conscience 8 Although Split Wide Open was controversial in India because of its depictions of sexual abuse 9 10 Bose received the Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Actor at the 2000 Singapore International Film Festival for his performance 5 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 11 12 In 1997 Bose was cast to play the role of Saleem Sinai in the BBC adaptation of Salman Rushdie s novel Midnight s Children The project was eventually canceled after the Indian and Sri Lankan governments refused to allow filming 13 After seeing Bose in English August director Govind Nihalani cast him in the villain role opposite Ajay Devgan in the mainstream film Thakshak The film was not a financial success although Bose received positive reviews 14 Bose also appeared as Vikal a villain in the 1998 Science fiction TV series Captain VyomIn 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 15 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 16 17 Mainstream work 2003 present edit In 2003 Bose entered mainstream Bollywood cinema with Jhankaar Beats in which he played one of two friends R D Burman fans who are obsessed with winning a music competition Boosted by a successful soundtrack Jhankaar Beats was a surprise hit in urban multiplexes 18 and went on to win several awards for its music 19 The same year Bose appeared in another Bollywood film Mumbai Matinee which 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 20 and IIFA awards 21 22 He was the screenwriter of Hero Bhakti Hi Shakti Hai of Hungama TV in 2005 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 23 nbsp Bose far left on the set of National Award winning Hindi film I Am in 2010 With his next effort the romantic comedy Pyaar Ke Side Effects Bose moved once more into mainstream Bollywood cinema The film follows the rocky relationship of Bose s commitment phobic Mumbai DJ Sid and his Punjabi girlfriend Trisha played by Mallika Sherawat Critics noted the freshness of Bose s narration style which involves breaking the fourth wall a device not commonly used in Indian cinema 24 The film opened well in multiplexes 25 26 and was a moderate financial success eventually ranking among the top grossing films of 2006 27 Both Bose and Sherawat received positive reviews for their performances 28 Sherawat and Bose also starred together in another Bollywood comedy Maan Gaye Mughal e Azam 2008 which was a commercial and critical failure 29 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 30 Kaalpurush Bose s second Bengali film was released commercially in April 2008 Kaalpurush details a father son relationship and earned writer director Buddhadeb Dasgupta a National Film Award for Best Feature Film Bose teamed with Chowdhury again in 2009 for Antaheen which tells the story of online relationships Like Anuranan Antaheen was released commercially in West Bengal and was screened at various film festivals including the Mahindra Indo American Arts Council Film Festival MIACC and the International Film Festival of India IFFI 31 32 Antaheen went on to win several National Awards including one for Best Film 33 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 34 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 35 The Japanese Wife with Japanese actress Chigusa Takaku the third Aparna Sen film in which he has appeared released on 9 April 2010 36 37 He also appeared as a contestant in the reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi where he was eliminated in the 12th round 38 He hosted the second series of Bloomberg UTV reality show The Pitch 39 His role as a gay man harassed by the police in I Am was appreciated by critics 40 He appeared in Deepa Mehta s version of Midnight s Children where he played the role of General Zulfikar 41 He also played the villain in the 2013 Tamil film Vishwaroopam 1 Naren Weiss who was 19 years old at the time acted opposite Bose in all of his scenes for Vishwaroopam and credited Bose for working with him during filming 42 He was scheduled to begin shooting his adaptation of Mohsin Hamid s novel Moth Smoke in early 2010 43 but the project was postponed after the film s financial backers pulled out 44 In 2013 he also played opposite Konkona Sen Sharma again in Suman Mukhopadhyay s Shesher Kabita 45 In 2017 he directed produced and acted in the biopic Poorna about the youngest girl to climb Mount Everest 46 Filmography editYear Film Role Other notes 1988 The Perfect Murder Prem 1992 Ramayana the Legend of Prince Rama Bharata voice 1994 English August Agastya Sen 1995 A Mouthful of Sky Sarkar Pavan TV 1996 Bomgay The Lefty 1998 Bombay Boys Ricardo Fernandes 1999 Split Wide Open Kut Price Thakshak Sunny 2001 Everybody Says I m Fine Rage 2002 Mr and Mrs Iyer Jahangir Chaudhary a k a Raja 2003 Jhankaar Beats Rishi Ek Din 24 Ghante Virendra Mumbai Matinee Debashish Debu Chatterjee Chameli Aman Kapoor 2004 White Noise Karan Deol 2005 The Fall Short film Scrum in the Mud with Rahul Bose Himself TV documentary Silsiilay Neel Kashyap 15 Park Avenue Joydeep Jojo Roy Ctrl Alt Del Kabir 2006 Anuranan Rahul Chatterjee Pyaar Ke Side Effects Siddharth Sid Bose The Other Side of Bollywood Himself Documentary 2007 Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii Varun Roy 2008 Before the Rains T K Neelan English Malayalam bilingual film Shaurya Major Siddhant Sid Chaudhary Maan Gaye Mughal e Azam Arjun Rastogi Dil Kabaddi Rishi Sharma Tahaan Zafar Kaalpurush Son 2009 Antaheen Abhik Choudhury 2010 Fired Joy Mittal The Japanese Wife Snehamoy Chatterjee 2011 Kuch Love Jaisa Raghav Passport Released 27 May 2011 47 2011 I Am Jay Gowda 2012 Midnight s Children Zulfikar Laptop Indro 2013 Vishwaroopam Omar Qureshi Bilingual film in Tamil and Hindi Shesher Kabita Amit Ray Bengali film 2014 Shondhey Namar Agey Prottush Alok Vhattacharjee Bengali film 2015 Dil Dhadakne Do Manav Sangha Under Construction Imtiaz Bangladeshi film 2016 Niruttara Pradeep Kannada film 2017 Poorna Courage Has No Limit Dr R S Praveen Kumar Also director and producer Biopic on Malavath Purna 2018 Vishwaroopam II Omar Qureshi Tamil Hindi film 2020 Bulbbul Mahendra Indranil Netflix Original Release 2022 Salaam Venky Lawyer Parvez Alam 48 2023 Binodini Ekti Natir Upakhyan Rangababu Neeyat Jimmy Mistry Iraivan Smiley Killer Brahma Tamil film 2024 Bhairathi Ranagal TBA Kannada Film Filming Playback singing edit Year Film Song 2006 Anuranan Akashe chhorano megher Writer director edit Year Film 2001 Everybody Says I m Fine 2009 The Whisperers 2017 Poorna Courage Has No Limit Producer edit Year Film 2017 Poorna Courage Has No Limit Television edit Year Title Role Language 2019 Teacher s Genuine Stories Host Hindi 2021 Bombay Begums Mahesh Rao Hindi 2021 Rabindranath Ekhane Kokhono Khete Asen Ni Nirupam Chanda Bengali 2022 Eternally Confused and Eager for Love Ray s Father English 2023 Taj Divided by Blood Mirza Hakim Hindi Stage edit Year Title Role 1989 Topsy Turvey 1993 Are There Tigers in the Congo 1996 Art Mark 1999 The Square Circle Lakshmi Lakshman Seascape with Sharks and DancerAwards edit2007 Artiste for Change Karmaveer Puraskaar award 49 2008 IBN Eminent Citizen Journalist Award 50 2009 Youth Icon Award for Social Justice and Welfare 51 2010 Green Globe Foundation Award for Extraordinary Work by a Public Figure 52 2012 Hakim Khan Sur Award for National Integration Maharana Mewar Charitable Foundation 53 2012 Lt Governor s Commendation Award for services to Andaman amp Nicobar Islands 54 2020 Filmfare OTT Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Web Original Film for BulbbulSports career edit nbsp Rahul Bose juggles a rugby ball at the All India amp South Asia Rugby Tournament In 1998 Bose was part of the first Indian national rugby team to play in an international event the Asian Rugby Football Union Championship 55 He has played both scrum half and right winger positions 56 In an interview with Daily News amp Analysis Bose announced that he would not return to the team for the 2009 season 57 Activism editBose 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 58 The scholarship program provides for the education of underprivileged children from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 59 Bose is associated with several charitable organizations such as Teach for India 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 60 He is the founder and chairman of The Group of Groups an umbrella organisation for 51 Mumbai charitable organisations and NGOs 61 He is also an ambassador for the American India Foundation the World Youth Peace Movement 62 and Planet Alert 63 He was also a vocal proponent of Narmada Bachao Andolan and its efforts to halt the construction of the Narmada dam 64 65 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 66 Bose has given lectures on gender equality and human rights at Oxford and during the 2004 World Youth Peace Summit 2 In 2009 he toured Canada lecturing on global climate change under the auspices of Climate Action Network 67 and demonstrated with protesters at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit 68 In 2011 he worked in conjunction with Bhaichung Bhutia to raise funds for victims of the Sikkim earthquake 69 At the 8th convocation of BRAC University Bangladesh on 17 February 2013 Bose delivered the convocation speech citation needed Personal life editBose has one elder sister Anuradha who is married to Tariq Ansari the owner and director of Mid Day Multimedia 70 She had a cameo role in Everybody Says I m Fine 71 Bose is single On his relationships Rahul said I ve had five very long relationships in my life the last one finished seven years ago I ve had a life full of romantic love Would I like another relationship or five or ten Of course I mean The Beatles said it best all you need is love I would love to be in love it would be fantastic 72 References edit a b Vats Rohit 29 August 2011 Why Rahul Bose is perfect for Vishwaroopam IBN Live Archived from the original on 10 October 2011 a b World Youth Peace Summit 2003 Rahul Bose Actor Producer Humanitarian Retrieved 5 August 2008 Ayaz Shaikh 23 November 2006 Rapid fire with Rahul Bose DNA Retrieved 5 August 2005 a b Hard work is never enough The Times of India 13 September 2003 Retrieved 11 September 2009 a b c d Rahul Bose Split wide open The Times of India Asia Africa Intelligence Wire 31 August 2003 Retrieved 16 December 2008 Meet the batman Times of India 17 June 2007 Retrieved 12 December 2023 Chatterjee Saibal 29 November 1995 On with the Offbeat Outlook Retrieved 2 December 2009 Anuradha Sengupta 21 October 2007 Being Rahul Bose Nothing run of the mill please IBN Archived from the original on 22 September 2011 Retrieved 31 December 2009 Peer Basharat 31 March 2001 Not for me a process that is illegal Rediff Retrieved 11 September 2009 Desai Jigna 2004 Sex in the Global City The Sexual and Gender Politics of the New Urban Transnational and Cosmopolitan Cinema in English Beyond Bollywood the cultural politics of South Asian diasporic film Routledge pp 197 8 ISBN 978 0 415 96684 9 Retrieved 10 September 2009 Chris Arnot 10 November 2009 Bollywood it ain t The Guardian London Retrieved 7 December 2009 Going Solo The Indian Express 16 February 2000 Retrieved 7 December 2009 Rushdie Salman 2002 Step across this line collected nonfiction 1992 2002 Random House p 77 ISBN 978 0 679 46334 4 Bella Jaisinghani 9 December 1999 Dark horse The Indian Express Retrieved 2 December 2009 A fine win at Palm Springs Times of India 22 January 2003 Retrieved 12 December 2023 Patrick Frater 11 September 2002 India s Madhu takes international rights on Mr And Mrs Iyer Screen Daily Retrieved 2 December 2009 Devgan Konkona bag National Film Awards Rediff 26 July 2003 Retrieved 2 December 2009 Sushmita Biswas 10 December 2005 The new melody moguls Calcutta Telegraph Archived from the original on 12 September 2012 Retrieved 7 December 2009 Cinema unplugged music unleashed The Indian Express 17 January 2008 Retrieved 7 December 2009 For Hrithik it is a Preity night to remember Rediff 22 February 2004 Retrieved 19 May 2011 Tony Tharakan 12 June 2005 6 IIFA awards go to Veer Zaara The Tribune Retrieved 22 July 2010 Indians bag honours at the Asian Television Awards Outlook Press Trust of India 2 December 2005 Archived from the original on 12 July 2012 Retrieved 19 May 2011 National Awards Your say CNBC TV18 22 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Herald 20 November 2009 Retrieved 7 December 2009 Bollywood wins big at National Film Awards Reuters India 23 January 2010 Retrieved 9 April 2010 Taran Adarsh 4 April 2008 Shaurya Bollywood Hungama Archived from the original on 14 February 2008 Retrieved 7 December 2009 Sneha Mahadevan 21 November 2008 The game of life Screen Archived from the original on 10 September 2012 Retrieved 7 December 2009 Aparna Sen s The Japanese Wife to be released on April 9 Outlook India 24 February 2010 Archived from the original on 18 July 2011 Retrieved 25 February 2010 The Japanese Wife most splendid film of my life Rahul Bose Press Trust of India 21 April 2009 Retrieved 7 December 2009 I did Khatron Ke Khiladi for the money Rahul Bose NDTV Press Trust of India 11 January 2011 Archived from the original on 5 October 2012 Retrieved 20 May 2011 Bhattacharyya Gautam 26 December 2011 Globosport makes the right moves Gulf News Retrieved 20 January 2012 Shekhar Mayank 30 April 2011 Mayank Shekhar s review I 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Retrieved 16 December 2008 Mukherjee Amrita 5 June 2006 Aamir is 25 times more famous than me Rahul The Times of India Retrieved 16 December 2008 When to shun that tickle hug The Times of India 24 September 2009 Archived from the original on 25 October 2012 Retrieved 28 September 2009 Urvashi Sarka 8 November 2009 Ace player actor and activist The Hindu Chennai India Retrieved 7 November 2009 Rahul Bose too at Copenhagen Protest Indian Express 13 December 2009 Retrieved 12 December 2023 Sen Zinia 2 October 2011 B wood going all out to raise money The Times of India Retrieved 7 October 2011 Ajwani Deepak 19 June 2010 Tariq Ansari Mid Day s MD I Never Closed the Door on Anyone Forbes India Archived from the original on 25 June 2010 Retrieved 20 May 2011 Anuradha Ansari IMDb Retrieved 20 May 2011 Rahul Bose s last relationship was seven years ago says would love to be in love Hindustan Times HT Media Group 15 March 2022 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rahul 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