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Rahul Bose is creative, sporty with a desire to set the world right. He acts, he plays rugby and he is a social activist.
Basics on Rahul
Rahul Bose was born on 27th July 1967 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. His parents are Rupen and Kumud. His sister is Anuradha, who is married to Tarique Ansari who runs Mid Day Multimedia.
He finished schooling at Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai and Studies at Sydenham College.
He started working as a copy writer with Rediffusion and left behind his job as a creative director for acting in movies.
He was dating actress Koel Purie with whom he acted in Everybody Says I Am Fine and White Noise. He is currently not known to be dating anyone.
Rahul’s Sporty Side
Rahul Bose, with his mother’s encouragement, took up boxing, rugby and cricket, for which he coached under former skipper Mansoor Ali Khan.
He played at the Asian Rugby Football Union Championship as part of the Indian national team.
Rahul Bose, Social Saviour
Rahul Bose is actively involved in social causes and is part of numerous NGOs. He worked in the rehabilitation of victims of the Tsunami in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. He is an ambassador for American India Foundation, Oxfam and World Youth Peace Movement. He also founded the The Group of Groups with which many NGOs in Mumbai are associated.
Rahul Bose’s Movies
Rahul Bose’s tryst with acting began when he was six years old and was part of a school play Tom, The Piper’s Son. He was also part of plays like Topsy Turvy and Tim Murari’s The Square Circle.
He appeared in many non commercial arty movies and has also been seen in mainstream cinema.
His first movie was Dev Benegal’s English August (1994). It was based on a novel by Upamanyu Chatterjee and Bose played the character Agastya Sen. It won the National Film Award for Best English Film. His next movie was Kaizad Gustad’s Bombay Boys (1998) in which he played an Australian called Ricardo who comes to India to find his brother.
He teamed up with Dev Benegal again in Split Wide Open (1999) about the darker, hidden side of life, which is brought to the open in a television show. He then wrote, acted and directed a movie called Everybody Says I Am Fine about a hair stylist who can read people’s mind.
Aparna Sen’s Mr and Mrs Iyer (2002) was critically appreciated. He was seen in a light hearted comedy as a copy writer in Jhankaar Beats (2003). In Chameli (2003) his character encounters a prostitute played by Kareena Kapoor. Buddhadeb’s Bengali movie Kaalpurush (2008) won a National Award for Best Film.
After this he was seen in Aparna Sen’s 15 Park Avenue which dealt with schizophrenia and also starred Shabana Azmi and Konkana Sen Sharma. His other movies were Pyaar Ke Side Effects (2006) and Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam with Mallika Sherawat, Shaurya (2008) and Dil Kabaddi (2008).
In Aparna Sen’s The Japanese Wife he played the part of Snehamoy Chatterjee. The movie was based on a story written by Kunal Basu.
He is working on an adaptation of Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid. Other movies expected to release in 2009 are Mumbai Chakachak, Zara Jee Ke Dikha and Click & Marry.
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