Rahul Bose was born in July 27, 1967 and grew up to be a nationally acclaimed actor, screenwriter, film director, social activist, and rugby union player. Rahul Bose is a remarkable person and feels for the society and humanity at its fullest; he was closely involved in the relief efforts that followed the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. He founded the anti-discrimination NGO - The Foundation.

Early Life of Rahul Bose
Rahul Bose was born to Rupen and Kumud Bose. He spent his early childhood in Kolkata and later in Mumbai which made him deep rooted to both the cultures. He is an alumnus of the Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai. Rahul Bose graduated from Sydenham College. He continued playing international rugby in the National Orange Indian Rugby Team but later left his job as a creative director at Rediffusion to take up the profession of acting, writing, and directing seriously.

Film Career of Rahul Bose
Rahul Bose did his debut in acting career at the tender age of six; when he played the lead character Tom, the Piper`s Son in his school play. He also performed on the Bombay stage as well as in foreign venues. One of the outstanding performances delivered was at the Leicester Haymarket in England where he starred in Tim Murari`s The Square Circle. His first film was `English, August` that became a cult favourite. He played the character of Agastya Sen. Other notable films by Rahul Bose include Kaizad Gustad`s Bombay Boys and Split Wide Open. He also directed and acted in a play Everybody Says I Am Fine. Other outstanding films in the career of Rahul Bose are Mr. and Mrs. Iyer opposite Konkona Sen and multi starrer comedy flick Jhankaar Beats. Rahul Bose is always seen in offbeat films with weighty characters.

Rahul Bose also did mainstream movies like Thakshak along side Tabu, Chameli with Kareena Kapoor, Pyaar Ke Side Effects (2006) and Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam with Mallika Sherawat, Shaurya (2008), Dil Kabaddi (2008) and Mumbai Matinee. He has also acted with Konkona with 15 Park Avenue. He was called "the superstar of Indian art house cinema" by Time magazine and "the Sean Penn of Oriental cinema" by Maxim. Bose has also acted in many Bengali movies like Kaalpurush (2008), The Japanese Wife, Anuranan and Antaheen. Along side these movies he acted in other two English art movies, Before the Rains and A Few Good Men.

Awards and Honours of Rahul Bose
Several awards have been conferred upon this versatile actor and director. He won the Best Asian Actor Award at the Singapore International Film Festival for Split Wide Open in 2000. In 2003 he got The John Schlesinger Honorable Mention Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for Everybody Says I`m Fine! and also the Mani Kaul Award for Outstanding Filmmaking for the same. He was awarded the Mahesh Bhatt Spokesperson Award in 2005. In 2007 he received the Artiste for Change Karmaveer Puraskaar award. The IBN Citizen Journalist Award was conferred upon to him in 2008. in 2009 he got the Idea International Indian Film Academy Green Award and the Youth Icon Award for Social Justice and Welfare. In 2010 he received the Green Globe Foundation Award for Extraordinary Work by a Public Figure.

Moreover, Rahul Bose was selected as the first Indian Oxfam global ambassador in 2007. He is also an ambassador for the World Youth Peace Movement and the American India Foundation. The lectures on gender equality and human rights given by Rahul Bose at Oxford and during the 2004 World Youth Peace Summit was attended by thousands and praised throughout.

Filography of Rahul Bose

Year Film
1994 English, August
1995 A Mouthful of Sky
1996 Bomgay
1998 Bombay Boys
1999 Split Wide Open, Thakshak
2001 Everybody Says I`m Fine!
2002 Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
2003 Jhankaar Beats, Ek Din 24 Ghante, Mumbai Matinee, Chameli
2004 White Noise
2005 The Fall, Silsilay, 15 Park Avenue
2006 Anuranan, Pyaar Ke Side Effects, The Other Side of Bollywood (Documentary)
2007 Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii
2008 Before the Rains, Shaurya, Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam, Dil Kabaddi, Tahaan, Kaalpurush
2009 Antaheen, The Whisperers
2010 Fired, The Japanese Wife, Kuch Love Jaisa

Playback Singing
Year Film Song
2006 Anuranan "Akashe chhorano megher"

Writer/ Director
Year Film
2001 Everybody Says I`m Fine!
2009 The Whisperers