Born in Kolkata, Shonali has an MA in Political Science from Columbia University and an MFA in Directing from the UCLA Film School.

She has written and directed three feature narrative films – Amu, Margarita with a Straw and The Sky is Pink. All three films had critically acclaimed theatrical releases in India and North America amongst many other countries and won major international awards (including at Sundance, TIFF and three Indian National Awards). They were in festivals such as Berlin, TIFF, Busan, BFI, Talinn amongst 100 others.

Shonali’s short film RaatRani, opened Modern Love Mumbai for Amazon.

She is the Lead Director of a new Series called Ziddi Girls. She also just made her first documentary film A Fly on the Wall which is on its Festival rounds.  She is currently in prep on a comedy feature film with an A list star, a Series for Netflix as well as an indie feature.

Bose lives between Los Angeles and Bombay and is most proud of being the mother of her two sons – Ishan and Vivan.