Shonali Bose is an Indian film director, writer and film producer. Having made her feature film debut in 2005, she has since won such accolades as a National Film Award, a Bridgestone Narrative Award, and a Sundance Mahindra Global Filmmaker Award.
Biography from TMDB.
- June 3, 1965 (61)
- Director, writer and producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Shonali Bose's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Shonali Bose's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Shonali Bose's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Shoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Ziddi Girls(2025)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
A Fly on the Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Modern Love Mumbai(2022)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
The Sky Is Pink(2019)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Margarita with a Straw(2014)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Chittagong(2012)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Amu(2005)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles from 2005 to 2026.

Biggest box office
The Sky Is Pink (2019)

Highest rated
The Sky Is Pink (2019)

Most popular right now
Ziddi Girls (2025)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Shonali Bose's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 38/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Shonali Bose work with?
People who share at least 2 of Shonali Bose's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nilesh Maniyar shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Nilesh ManiyarShared titles: The Sky Is Pink (2019), Margarita with a Straw (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Nilesh Maniyar

Editors
- Bob BrooksShared titles: Margarita with a Straw (2014), Amu (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Bob Brooks
Producers
- Apoorva BakshiShared titles: Chittagong (2012), Amu (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Apoorva Bakshi

- Bedabrata PainShared titles: Chittagong (2012), Amu (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Bedabrata Pain
