Rahul Bose is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, rugby player and activist who works primarily in Bengali and Hindi films. He is the founder of The Foundation, an anti-discrimination NGO.
Wiki/Biography
Rahul Bose was born on Thursday, July 27, 1967, in Kolkata (56 years old as of 2023). His star sign is Leo.
Rahul Bose Childhood
He graduated from Bombay Cathedral and John Connon School. He excelled in sports and acting from an early age. At the age of 6, he made his stage debut, playing the lead role in the school play Tom, the Piper’s Son.
Rahul Bose during his teenage years
After graduating from grade 12, Rahul applied to about 18 different American colleges but was rejected by all of them. He then enrolled in Sydenham College in Mumbai for further studies. During college, Rahul was a member of the school’s rugby team and participated in the West Indian Championships, winning a silver medal in boxing. Bose’s mother died when he was 20 years old. After his mother’s death, Rahul started working as a copywriter at “Rediffusion”, a radio and television signal distribution company.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 6″
Hair color: Black
Eye color: dark brown
Family and caste
Rahul Bose belongs to a Hindu family.
Parents and siblings
Rahul’s father, Rupen Bose, is a marketing consultant. His mother’s name is Kumud Bose. Rahul has an elder sister, Anuradha Bose Ansari. His sister Anuradha is married to Tariq Ansari, the director of Mid-Day Multimedia.
Rahul Bose’s father
Rahul Bose’s mother and sister
Rahul Bose with his father and sister
Rahul Bose and his mother
Rahul Bose and his sister
relation
Rahul Bose was in a relationship with late actress and model Nafisa Joseph.
Rahul Bose’s ex-girlfriend Nafisa Joseph
Acting career
Rahul Bose started his career as a theatre artist in 1989 with the play Topsy Turvey. He then acted in several plays like Are There Tigers in Congo?, Art, Square Circle and Seascape with Sharks and Dancers. He started his acting career in 1994 with the Indian English film August English, in which he played the role of ‘Agastya Sen’. After that, he started working in television; he was roped in to play the role of ‘Sarkar/Pavan’ in the TV serial A Mouthful of Sky.
Rahul Bose August English Report
Bose subsequently acted in films like Bombay, Bombay Boy, Kick It Out, Mr and Mrs Iyer, Side Effects, Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii and The Japanese Wife.
Rahul Bose, Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii
In 2001, he made his directorial debut with the film Everybody Says I’m Fine!. Apart from acting and directing, Rahul was also the voiceover singer for the song Akashe chhorano megher in the film Anuranan. In 2020, he played the role of Mahendra/Indranil in the Netflix original Bulbul.
Rahul Bose in Bulbbul
Sports career
Rahul Bose started his sports career as a rugby player in 1998. He was a member of the first Indian national rugby team to participate in an international tournament, the Asian Rugby Confederation Championship.
Rahul Bose and the 1999 Indian rugby team
In the Indian national team, he has played as both a midfielder and a right winger.
Rahul Bose is a rugby player
Social Action
In 2007, Bose founded an NGO named ‘The Foundation’. The NGO works towards eliminating discrimination in all walks of life. As a social activist, Bose has been involved in many national and global events like the ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’, the ‘World Youth Peace Summit 2004’ and the ‘Copenhagen World Climate Change Summit 2009’. He is closely associated with many charitable organizations like ‘Teach for India’, ‘Akshara Centre’, ‘Breakthrough’, ‘Citizens for Justice and Peace’ and ‘Spastic Society of India’.
Rahul Bose works for his NGO The Foundation
In 2007, Bose became the first Oxfam India Global Ambassador. He is also an ambassador for the American India Foundation, the World Youth Peace Movement, and Planet Alert. He has spoken on gender equality and human rights at Oxford University and during the World Youth Peace Summit (2004). On February 17, 2013, Bose gave a speech at the 8th graduation ceremony of BRAC University in Bangladesh.
Rahul Bose attends the 8th graduation ceremony of BRAC University in Bangladesh
In 2017, Rahul founded HEAL, a non-governmental organization against child sexual abuse.
Rahul Bose attends the launch of HEAL
dispute
In 2013, Rahul Bose was criticized for supporting the accused in the Delhi gang rape case. Bose said,
We have to ask ourselves, among the five or six rapists on December 16, who wants to change, who wants to reform… No one is talking about reducing the sentence, the sentence remains the same, but can we cultivate a gender warrior among them?”
The actor further stated,
If anyone is willing to reaffirm, are we capable of subverting our patriarchal mindset and telling them that we are ready to give you the right to reform even though public sentiment against you is so strong? … If we must … develop as a civilization beyond the borders of India, then we must seek forgiveness.”
His comments drew strong backlash from Twitter users. However, Bose tweeted again that he stands by his statement.
Awards
- Karmaveer Puraskaar Award for “Artist for Change” (2007)
- IBN Outstanding Citizen Journalist Award (2008)
- Youth Icon Award for Social Justice and Welfare (2009)
- Green Earth Foundation Public Figure Outstanding Contribution Award (2010)
- Hakeem Khan Sur National Integration Award – Maharana Mewar Charitable Foundation (2012)
- Lieutenant Governor’s Commendation for services to Andaman and Nicobar Islands (2012)
Favorite things
- Food: Shami Kebab, Baingan Ka Bharta
- Dessert: Häagen-Dazs Belgian Chocolate Ice Cream
- Actress: Konkana Sen Sharma
Rahul Bose and Konkana Sen Sharma
- Musicians/Brands: Radiohead, Bhimsen Joshi, Billie Holiday
- Books: Ulysses by James Joyce, Brando: A Biography by Peter Manso, A Life by Elia Kazan, The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
- Writers/screenwriters: Haruki Murakami, Bruce Chatwin, Anthony Bourdain
Facts/Trivia
- His hobbies include reading and watching cricket.
- Rahul is not a vegetarian.
Rahul Bose’s Instagram post
- Bose’s mother, Kumud Bose, introduced him to rugby and boxing at a very young age. She encouraged him to become a sportsman.
- Apart from rugby and boxing, Rahul was also good at cricket in his youth and played cricket under the guidance of the late cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
- Rahul’s debut film, August, was the first film to be bought by American film distribution company 20th Century Fox.
- In 1998, Rahul spent two weeks observing a drug dealer in the slums of Mumbai in preparation for his role as a “water vendor” in the film “The Killing”, for which he won the Best Asian Actor Award at the 2000 Singapore International Film Festival.
- In 2007, Bose adopted six 11-year-old children from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with the charity’s consent and raised Rs 2.4 million for their upbringing and education.
- He has been described by Time magazine as “the superstar of Indian art cinema” and “the Sean Penn of Maxim’s Oriental cinema”.
- He has appeared on the cover of Just Urbane magazine.
Rahul Bose on the cover of Just Urbane magazine
- Rahul has acted in many shelved films like Exchange Offer (2008), Click and Marry (2009), Jeene Do (2012) and Travelling With Mohammed (2013).
- In July 2019, Rahul was shocked when he ordered room service for two bananas during his stay at a luxury hotel in Chandigarh. The hotel charged him Rs 442.50, after which he shared the incident on Twitter. His post immediately caught the attention of the public and started trending on Twitter. Later, the Tel Aviv State Excise and Taxation Department fined the hotel Rs 25,000 for overcharging Bose for the fruits he provided.
- Bose is a fitness enthusiast and visits the gym regularly.
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