From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shahana Goswami
Shahana Goswami
Shahana Goswami Shahana also features in the Chivas Studio 2011-12,
which will be held in November 2011.
Born May 6, 1986 (1986-05-06)
New Delhi, India
Occupation Actress
Filmography
Year Film Role Language Notes
Shahana Goswami is an Indian actress who works in Bol-
2006 Yun Hota Payal Hindi
lywood films.
To Kya Ho-
ta
Career 2007 Honeymoon Geena Hindi
Shahana had a single-minded focus on professional act- Travels Pvt.
ing since childhood. She moved to Mumbai to complete Ltd.
her graduation and to explore the possibility of taking up 2008 Rock On!! Debbie Mas- Hindi
acting as a career. In Mumbai, her first steps in acting carenhas
were at Jaimini Pathak’s theatre group Working Title.
Ru Ba Ru Tara Hindi
There, she started off as a production assistant and then
acted in their productions Seagull and Arabian Nights. 2009 Firaaq Munira Hindi
Through her theater circle she met talent consultant Jashnn Nisha Hindi
Shaanu Sharma who asked her to audition for a role in 2010 Mirch Ruchi Hindi
Naseeruddin Shah’s directorial debut Yun Hota Toh Kya
Break Ke Nadia Hindi
Hota. Subsequently, she stumbled upon the small role
Baad
of Boman Irani’s daughter in Reema Katgi’s Honeymoon
Travels Pvt. Ltd., when she visited the production house Tera Kya Divya Hindi
for some other work.[1] Meanwhile, a cinematographer Hoga John-
who noticed her work in Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota recom- ny
mended her and she auditioned for the lead role in Per- 2011 Game Tisha Khan- Hindi
cept Picture Company’s Ru Ba Ru, directed by Arjun Bali, na
with Randeep Hooda as her co-star. For Goswami, Ru Ba Ra.One Jenny Nayar Hindi
Ru happened while she was still in college completing
2012 Winds of Amina Hindi
her graduation. She gave her first shot for the film in
Change
Bangkok, much before she was signed on for Rock On!!.[2]
Her friends Shaanu Sharma and Simran, who were in Heroine Hindi Vara English
the middle of casting for Rock On!!, at that time suggest- | rowspan="2" |2012 || Midnight’s Children || || English ||
ed her name to Abhishek Kapoor (director of Rock On!!).
Later, she auditioned for the film and got the big break in
the role of Debbie. Her performance not only secured her
Awards
a prominent spot on the Bollywood map, but also fetched
her many awards, the most prestigious of them being the References
Filmfare Best Actress (Critics) award, which no support-
ing actress had won until then.[3] [1] ^ "Shahana Goswami interview". Deccan Herald.
She then appeared in the music video for Dido’s "Let’s http://www.deccanherald.com/content/13914/
Do the Things We Normally Do" as a taxi driver in Mum- powerhouse-talent.html. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
bai. The video was shot by Siddharth Sikand.[1] In be- [2] "Shahana Goswami interview". Screen India. 16 Jan
tween, she also featured in a Fevicol commercial set in a 2009. http://www.screenindia.com/news/meet-
village in Rajasthan. the-glittering-and-stylish-screen-divas-who-
Goswami’s first international project is Deepa Me- ruled-2008/411152/. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
hta’s Winds of Change, an adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s [3] "Shahana Goswami interview". Sify.
Booker Prize winning novel Midnight’s Children. The film http://www.sify.com/movies/Shahana-Goswami-
is expected to release in spring 2012. of-Rock-On-and-her-future-imagegallery-
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shahana Goswami
Year Film Role Award Result
2009 Rock On!! Debbie Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress Won [4]
Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Ac- Won [5]
tress
Lions Gold Award for Best Supporting Ac- Won
tress
Cineblitz Award for Best Supporting Ac- Won
tress
IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award Nominated
[6]
Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award Nominated
[7]
Stardust Award for Breakthrough Perfor- Nominated
mance – Female [8]
2010 Firaaq Munira Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award Nominated
[9]
Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Ac- Nominated
tress [10]
Stardust Award for Breakthrough Perfor- Won [11]
mance – Female
Lions Gold Award for Best Supporting Ac- Won
tress
2011 Break Ke Baad Nadia Jeeyo Bollywood Award for Best Support- Nominated
ing Actress
bollywood-jdwmSfjgejc.html?html=5. Retrieved 14 at-55th-filmfare-awards/3933. Retrieved 14 May
May 2011. 2011.
[4] "Winners of Filmfare Awards 2009". Bollywood [10] "Nominees for Star Screen Awards 2010". Filmi
Trends. 1 Mar 2009. Cafe. 30 Dec 2009. http://www.filmicafe.com/
http://www.bollywoodtrends.net/2009/02/ news_detail.php?news_id=13172. Retrieved 14 May
filmfare-awards-2009-jodhaa-akbar-wins.html. 2011.
Retrieved 14 May 2011. [11] "Winners of Stardust Awards 2010". Go Bollywood.
[5] "Winners of Star Screen Awards 2009". The Indian. 19 Jan 2010. http://www.gobollywood.com/2010/
14 Jan 2009. http://www.thaindian.com/ 01/stardust-awards-2010-winners.html. Retrieved
newsportal/entertainment/winners-of-star- 14 May 2011.
screen-awards-2009_100142476.html. Retrieved 14
[6]
May 2011.
"Nominees for IIFA Awards 2009". Desi Blitz. 30
External links
April 2009. http://www.desiblitz.com/content/iifa- • Shahana Goswami at the Internet Movie Database
awards-2009-nominees. Retrieved 14 May 2011. Persondata
[7] "Nominees for Filmfare Awards 2009". Indicine. 14 Name Goswami, Shahana
Feb 2009. http://www.indicine.com/movies/
bollywood/filmfare-awards- Alternative names
nominations-2008-2009. Retrieved 14 May 2011. Short description
[8] "Nominees for Stardust Awards 2009". i69. 16 Feb Date of birth 6 May 1986
2009. http://i69.in/bollywood/stardust-
Place of birth New Delhi, India
awards-2009-nominations.php. Retrieved 14 May
2011. Date of death
[9] "Nominees for Filmfare Awards 2010". Dear Place of death
Cinema. 12 Feb 2010. http://dearcinema.com/
news/kaminey-bags-maximum-nominations-
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