Gauri Shinde is an Indian ad-film and feature film director, who is highly acclaimed for "English Vinglish". Her work is concentrated on the gender biasness, creativity and the national consciousness. She won 'Laadli National Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity' for her work in Bollywood films. .

Early Life of Gauri Shinde
Gauri Shinde was born and brought up in Pune located in Maharashtra. She studied at St Joseph's High School and later graduated from Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication in Pune. Her aspiration towards film-making started right from the days at the end of her college life. Gauri Shinde moved to Mumbai for her internship with documentary director Siddharth Kak and later started working with advertising agencies like IBW, Bates Clarion and Lowe Lintas, where R. Balki was the creative director. In following years she made over 100 advertising films and short films; her short film Oh Man! (2001) was selected for the Berlin Film Festival.

Career of Gauri Shinde
Shinde has made her directional debut with the highly acclaimed English Vinglish (2012), which marked the comeback of actress Sridevi. Shinde featured in the Financial Times 2012 list of '25 Indians To Watch'. She also featured on Rediff's list of 'Bollywood's 5 Best Directors of 2012.' R. Balki, is her husband is the director of acclaimed films such as Cheeni Kum (2007) and Paa (2009). She made her feature film debut as a director with English Vinglish (2012), a film by Shinde's own relationship with her mother, who ran her own pickle business out of her home in Pune, and was a Marathi-speaking woman, who didn't speak English well, which embarrassed Shinde as a child. The film was released on 14 September 2012 at the Toronto Film Festival followed by its commercial release in India and worldwide on 5 October 2012, and went on to receive both critical and commercial success. Besides the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director, she was awarded the 'Laadli National Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity'.

Filmography of Gauri Shinde

Year	Film	Role	Cast	Music
2012	English Vinglish	Director, Screenplay, Story	Sridevi, Priya Anand, Mehdi Nebbou	Amit Trivedi

Award Received by Gauri Shinde

Awards	Category
14th IIFA Awards	Best Debut Director
58th Filmfare Awards	Best Debut Director
Zee Cine Awards 2013	Best Debut Director
19th Annual Colours Screen Awards	Most Promising Debut Director
Max Stardust Awards	Best Debut Director
Laadli National Media Awards	Best Mainline Film
Star Guild Awards	Best Debut Director
Toifa Awards 2013	Best Debut Director