Gauri Shinde (born 6 July 1974) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Shinde made her directorial debut with the highly acclaimed '' English Vinglish'' (2012), which marked the comeback of actress

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. Shinde featured in the ''

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'' 2012 list of '25 Indians To Watch'. She also featured on Rediff's list of 'Bollywood's 5 Best Directors of 2012'.

Early life and education

Gauri Shinde was born and brought up in Pune, where she studied at St Joseph's High School and later graduated from Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication in

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. Her aspiration towards film-making started right from the days at the end of her college life.

Career

She moved to Mumbai for her internship with documentary director

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and later started working with advertising agencies like IBW, Bates Clarion and Lowe Lintas, where

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was the creative director. In following years she made over 100 advertising films and short films; her short film ''Oh Man!'' (2001) was selected for the

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. She made her feature film debut as a director with '' English Vinglish'' (2012), a film inspired by Shinde's own relationship with her mother, who ran her own pickle business out of her home in Pune, and was a Marathi-speaking woman, who didn't speak English well, which embarrassed Shinde as a child. As she said in an interview, "I made this film to say sorry to my mother." The film was released on 14 September 2012 at the

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followed by its commercial release in India and worldwide on 5 October 2012, and went on to receive both critical and commercial success. Besides the

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, she was awarded the 'Laadli National Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity'.

Personal life

Shinde married film director

in 2007.

Filmography

Awards

References

External links

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