An alumnus of Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi, Tillotama Shome's first role as an actress was in Mira Nair's 'Monsoon Wedding', which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2001. The New York magazine described Tillotama's performance as having "a moonstruck quality right out of A Midsummer Night's Dream."
A maverick at heart, Tillotama quit films to do a second masters from New York University in Educational Theatre and received the prestigious INLAKS scholarship. She worked as a teaching artist in New York, exploring issues of violence in prison and domestic violence shelters.
She returned to films four years later, and has since worked extensively in both feature films and
television series, gaining critical acclaim and multiple awards along the way. She turned Producer with Baksho Bondi, that has its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, 2025, competing in the Perspectives section.
Lead Actress
Baksho Bondi
