Tillotama Shome Age, Husband, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Tillotama Shome

• In an interview, she shared that she used to stammer in childhood. Later, when she started working in theatres, she got over stammering. ^[4]Telegraph India

  Tillotama Shome’s childhood picture with her brother

• While she was enrolling at New York University, she got a letter of recommendation from the Indian filmmaker Mira Nair.

• After graduating from NYU, she worked at domestic violence shelters and prisons with the Creative Arts Team.

• According to Tillotama, she was not good at studies while studying in school.

• While studying at Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi, she watched a play by Piyush Mishra and became curious about acting. She later auditioned for a college play in which she got very few lines as she had stammering issue.

• To brush up her acting skills, she joined Asmita Theatre Group, New Delhi

• She has worked as a model in many print advertisements and photoshoots.

  Tillotama Shome’s photo from her first photoshoot

• She has also walked the ramp in many popular fashion shows.

  Tillotama Shome in a fashion show

• She has been working as a theatre artist for many years. She has performed in many theatre plays like ‘What is Done is Done.’

  Tillotama Shome in a theatre play

• She has acted in a few English films such as ‘Little Box of Sweets’ (2006), ‘The Waiting City’ (2009), and ‘Sold’ (2014).

  A still from the film Sold

• She did a Bengali film ‘Tasher Desh’ in 2012.

  Tasher Desh

• Some of her Hindi films as an actor are ‘Shanghai’ (2012), ‘Hindi Medium’ (2017), ‘Sir’ (2018), and ‘Angrezi Medium’ (2020).

  Hindi Medium

• In 2012, Shome acted in the German film ‘Monsoon.’ She played the role of Shanti in the film.

• She has appeared in various English short films like ‘Clap Clap’ (2003), ‘Butterfly’ (2003), ‘Long After’ (2006), and ‘Zamir and Preeti: A Love Story’ (2009).

  Butterfly

• She acted in the 2013 Nepali short film ‘Sahasi Chori’ in which she played the role of Radha.

  Sahasi Chori (Brave Girl)

• She has also appeared in a few Hindi short films like ‘Nayantara’s Necklace’ (2015) and ‘Love Shots’ (2016).

• She has acted in various Hindi web series like ‘Mentalhood (2020; ALTBalaji and ZEE5), ‘Delhi Crime’ (2022; Netflix), ‘The Night Manager’ (2023; Disney+ Hotstar), ‘Tooth Pari: When Love Bites’ (2023; Netflix), and ‘Lust Stories 2’ (2023; Netflix).
  

  Tooth Pari: When Love Bites

• She loves animals and has shared many pictures of them on her social media accounts.

• She oftenly smokes cigarettes.

  Tillotama Shome holding a cigarette

• She regularly practices yoga to remain fit.

  Tillotama Shome doing yoga

• Whenever she gets time from her busy schedule, she enjoys travelling and reading books.

  Tillotama Shome during her trip

• She has appeared on various magazine covers such as ISHQ, HT Brunch, Filmfare, Runway Square, and Cosmopolitan.

  Tillotama Shome featured on HT Brunch magazine

• She is a good friend of actress Konkona Sen Sharma.

  Tillotama Shome and Konkana Sen