Personal info
Known for
Director
Gender
Female
Birthday
06 July
Location
Maharashtra, India
Edit pageGauri Shinde
Biography
An Indian ad filmmaker, director, and screenwriter, Gauri Shinde made her directorial debut with the critically acclaimed movie English Vinglish, for which she won a Filmfare Award for the Best Debut Director and Laadli National Media Award for Gender Sensitivity. After the success of the film, she was featured on Rediff's list of Bollywood's 5 Best Directors of 2012.
After a successful stint as an ad director, Gauri Shinde made her first feature film, English Vinglish, which also marked the successful comeback of actress Sridevi and ended her 15-year-long sabbatical from the Hindi film industry.
A comedy-drama based on the life of a housewife who enrolls herself in an English-speaking class to stop her husband and daughter from making fun of her was a blockbuster and was also critically applauded.
English Vinglish swept all the Best Debut Director awards of 2012 for Gauri Shinde. The film was also shortlisted as India's official entry for the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
Her 2016 directorial venture includes the Hindi drama film Dear Zindagi. Produced by Gauri Khan, R.Balki, and Karan Johar, the movie stars Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan, Ali Zafar, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor and Angad Bedi.
