Shahana Goswami
{{Short description|Indian actress}}
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{{BLP sources|date=April 2009}}
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| name = Shahana Goswami
| image = Shahana Goswami at the launch of ‘Tu Hai Mera Sunday’.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|22|2009|01|16}}
| birth_place = New Delhi, India
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| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 2006–present
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| father = Omkar Goswami
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Shahana Goswami (born {{birth based on age as of date|22|2009|01|16|noage=1}}) is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of Indian economist and writer Omkar Goswami. She became known for her supporting role in the musical drama film Rock On!! (2008), which won her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Firaaq (2009). She subsequently featured in films such as Heroine and Midnight's Children (both 2012) as well as the series A Suitable Boy (2020). Goswami has since taken on lead roles in the independent films Zwigato (2023) and Santosh (2024), the latter of which earned her the Asian Film Award for Best Actress.
Career
Through her theater circle Goswami met talent consultant Shaanu Sharma who asked her to audition for a role in Naseeruddin Shah's directorial debut Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota. Subsequently, she stumbled upon the small role of Boman Irani's daughter in Reema Kagti's Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., when she visited the production house for some other work.{{cite news |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/13914/powerhouse-talent.html |title=Shahana Goswami interview |work=Deccan Herald |accessdate=14 May 2011}} Meanwhile, a cinematographer who noticed her work in Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota recommended her and she auditioned for the lead role in Percept Picture Company's Ru Ba Ru, directed by Arjun Bali, with Randeep Hooda as her co-star. For Goswami, Ru Ba Ru happened while she was still in college completing her graduation. She gave her first shot for the film in Bangkok, much before she was signed on for Rock On!!.{{cite news |url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/meet-the-glittering-and-stylish-screen-divas-who-ruled-2008/411152/ |title=Shahana Goswami interview |publisher=Screen India |accessdate=14 May 2011 |date=16 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124173418/http://www.screenindia.com/news/Meet-the-glittering-and-stylish-Screen-divas-who-ruled-2008/411152/ |archivedate=24 January 2009 }}
Her friends Shaanu Sharma and Simran, who were in the middle of casting for Rock On!!, at that time suggested her name to the film's director, Abhishek Kapoor. Later, she auditioned for the film and got her big break in the role of Debbie. Her performance earned her the Filmfare Best Actress (Critics) award.{{cite news |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/Shahana-Goswami-of-Rock-On-and-her-future-imagegallery-bollywood-jdwmSfjgejc.html?html=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020193858/http://www.sify.com/movies/Shahana-Goswami-of-Rock-On-and-her-future-imagegallery-bollywood-jdwmSfjgejc.html?html=5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 October 2012 |title=Shahana Goswami interview |website=Sify |accessdate=14 May 2011}}
She then appeared in the music video for Dido's Let's Do the Things We Normally Do as a taxi driver in Mumbai. The video was shot by Siddharth Sikand. In between, she also featured in a Fevicol commercial set in a village in Rajasthan.
Goswami's first international project was Deepa Mehta's Midnight's Children (2013), an adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize winning novel.
Goswami played the female lead in Vara: A Blessing directed by Khyentse Norbu (director of The Cup and Travellers and Magicians, which was shot in Sri Lanka. She received the Asian Award for best actress for her performance in the film.
In 2016, she was cast as one of the lead roles in Tu Hai Mera Sunday and it received positive review from the critics.{{Cite web |date=2017-10-05 |title=Tu Hai Mera Sunday Movie review: This Barun Sobti, Shahana Goswami film is just what you can relate to |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/life/entertainment-tu-hai-mera-sunday-movie-review-this-barun-sobti-shahana-goswami-film-is-just-what-you-can-relate-to-883538/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}
Goswami appeared in Bombay Begums directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, starring Pooja Bhatt, Amruta Subhash, Plabita Borthakur and Aadhya Anand.{{Cite web |date=16 July 2020 |first=Shweta |last=Keshri |title=Netflix's Bombay Begums starring Pooja Bhatt deals with desire, ethics and vulnerabilities |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/story/netflix-s-bahu-begums-starring-pooja-bhatt-deals-with-desire-ethics-and-vulnerabilities-1701235-2020-07-16 |access-date=9 February 2021 |website=India Today |language=en}}
She starred in Zwigato (2023) directed by Nandita Das. Set in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, it featured Kapil Sharma as a food delivery rider and Goswami as his wife.{{Cite web |title=Kapil Sharma to play food delivery rider in Nandita Das' next film |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/entertainment/kapil-sharma-joins-nandita-das-to-play-food-delivery-rider-in-her-next-film-370730}} The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.{{Cite news |last=Chhabra |first=Aseem |date=2022-09-22 |title='I don't have the desire to change my image,' says Nandita Das after Zwigato's TIFF première |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/nandita-das-new-film-zwigato-kapil-sharma-shahana-goswami-director-india-toronto-international-film-festival-tiff-premiere/article65913161.ece |access-date=2023-10-05 |issn=0971-751X}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||
| Year
! Film | Role | Language | Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{Refh}} | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="1" |2006 | Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota | Payal | Hindi | | |
| rowspan="1" |2007 | Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. | Gina | Hindi | | |
| rowspan="2" |2008 | Rock On!! | Debbie Mascarenhas | Hindi | | |
| Ru Ba Ru | Tara Mishra | Hindi | | | |
| rowspan="2" |2009 | Firaaq | Munira | Hindi | | |
| Jashnn | Nisha | Hindi | | | |
| rowspan="3" |2010 | Mirch | Ruchi | Hindi | | |
| Break Ke Baad | Nadia | Hindi | | | |
| Tera Kya Hoga Johnny | Divya | Hindi | | | |
| rowspan="2" |2011 | Game | Tisha Khanna | Hindi | | |
| Ra.One | Jenny Nayar | Hindi | | | |
| rowspan="2" |2012 | Midnight's Children | Amina | English | | |
| Heroine | Promita Roy | Hindi | | | |
| rowspan="1" |2013 | Vara: A Blessing | Lila | English | | |
| rowspan="4" |2016 | Rock On 2 | Debbie Mascarenhas | Hindi | | |
| Force of Destiny | Maya | English | | | |
| Under Construction | Roya | Bengali | Bangladeshi film
| | |
| Tu Hai Mera Sunday
|Kavya |Hindi | | | ||||
| rowspan="1" |2018 | Gali Guleiyan | Saira | Hindi | | |
| 2019 | Made in Bangladesh | Nasima | Bengali | Bangladeshi film
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2023 | Zwigato | Pratima | Hindi | | |
| Neeyat | Lisa, AK's girlfriend | Hindi | | | |
| rowspan="2"|2024
| Santosh Saini |Hindi | |{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/santosh-sandhya-suris-oscars-uk-best-international-feature-2024-1236098151/|title=Oscars: UK Selects Sandhya Suri's 'Santosh' As Best International Feature Submission|first=Zac |last=Ntim |date=25 September 2024|access-date=25 September 2024 |website= Deadline |language=en}} | ||||
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|Shweta Bag |Hindi | |
File:Shahana Goswami - Festival des Cinémas d'Asie - Vesoul 2016.jpg
= Television =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes !{{Refh}} |
| 2020
|A Suitable Boy{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} |Meenakshi Chatterji Mehra | | |
| rowspan="2" |2021
|Fatima Warsi | | |
| The Last Hour
|Lipika Bora | | |
| 2022
| Zaira | |
| 2024
|Sridevi |SBS |{{Cite news |last=Low |first=Lenny Ann |date=26 September 2024 |title=Could your marriage survive if you were apart for four years? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/could-your-marriage-survive-if-you-were-apart-for-four-years-20240918-p5kbo4.html |access-date=29 September 2024 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |department=TV and radio |publisher=Nine Entertainment |location=Sydney |language=en-AU}} |
Awards
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| Year | Film | Role | Award | Result
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="7" align="center"| 2009
| rowspan="7" align="center"| Rock On!! | rowspan="7" align="center"| Debbie | Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) | {{won}} | ||||
| Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress
| {{won}} | ||||
| Lions Gold Award for Best Supporting Actress
| {{Won}} | | ||||
| Cineblitz Award for Best Supporting Actress
| {{Won}} | | ||||
| IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress
| {{Nom}} | ||||
| Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female
| {{Nom}} | ||||
| rowspan="2" | Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
| {{Nom}} | ||||
| rowspan="4" align="center"| 2010
| rowspan="4" align="center"| Firaaq | rowspan="4" align="center"| Muneera | {{nom}} | ||||
| Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress
| {{Nom}} | ||||
| Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female
| {{won}} | | ||||
| Lions Gold Award for Best Supporting Actress
| {{won}} | | ||||
| rowspan="1" align="center"| 2011
| rowspan="1" align="center"| Break Ke Baad | rowspan="1" align="center"| Nadia | Jeeyo Bollywood Award for Best Supporting Actress | {{Nom}} | | ||||
| align="center" | 2016
| align="center" | Under Construction | align="center" | Roya | Best Actress, Festival de Cine de Islantilla - Spain | {{Won}} | | ||||
| align="center" |2024
| align="center" |Zwigato |Pratima Mahto |Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress |{{nom}} | ||||
| align="center" | 2025
| align="center" | Santosh | Santosh Saini | Asian Film Award for Best Actress | {{won}} | {{Cite web |last=Brzeski |first=Patrick |date=March 16, 2025 |title=Asian Film Awards: 'All We Imagine as Light' Wins Best Picture, Yoshida Daihachi Takes Best Director for 'Teki Cometh' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/asian-film-awards-2025-winners-list-1236162661/ |access-date=March 22, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} |
References
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