Gauri Shinde Age, Husband, Family, Biography, Facts & More

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Gauri Shinde
Profession(s)	Director, Writer, Producer, Screenplay Writer, Dialogue Writer
Famous For	Directing English Vinglish (2012)
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in feet inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 60 kg in pounds- 133 lbs
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	6 July 1974 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2024)	50 Years
Birthplace	Pune, Maharashtra, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Cancer
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Pune, Maharashtra, India
School	St Joseph's High School, Pune
College/University	Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication, Pune
Educational Qualification	Graduated (mass communication) from Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication in Pune
Debut	Film (Director, Story, Screenplay): English Vinglish (2012)
Religion	Hinduism
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Hobbies	Travelling, Watching Movies (Movie Marathons), Netflix
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• 14th IIFA Awards (Best Debut Director) • 58th Filmfare Awards (Best Debut Director) • Zee Cine Awards 2013 (Best Debut Director) • 19th Annual Colors Screen Awards (Most Promising Debut Director) • Max Stardust Awards (Best Debut Director) • Laadli National Media Awards (Best Mainline Film) • Star Guild Awards (Best Debut Director) • Toifa Awards 2013 (Best Debut Director)
Controversy	Dear Zindagi was said to be having strong similarities with Canadian TV series "Being Erica", which drew a lot of criticism on social media.
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	2007
Family
Husband/Spouse	R. Balki
Children	None
Parents	Father- Name Not Known Mother- Vaishali Shinde
Siblings	Not Known
Favourite Things
Favourite Food	Fish
Favourite Film	The Hours (2002), Blue Valentine (2010)
Favourite Actor(s)	Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh
Favourite Actress(s)	Deepika Padukone
Favourite thing to wear	Anything loose and airy
Favourite Colour(s)	White, Light Blue
Favourite Place to hang out in Mumbai	Olive Bar & Kitchen

Some Lesser Known Facts About Gauri Shinde

Gauri Shinde was born and brought up in the City of Pune, Maharashtra.

Her aspirations towards films started at the fag end of her college days.

Gauri Shinde went on to do a course in filmmaking in New York and made a short film there. The film also went to the Berlin International Film Festival.

Gauri loved New York so much, that she promised herself that she will shoot her first movie there. That really happened six years later.

Gauri met her husband and director R. Balki in the office lift of the building where she was shooting an ad film, but for her, Balki was just the new creative director everybody was talking about. She had seen him on a magazine cover where he was sitting on a basketball and remembers smirking at that cover. They got married in 2007 after years of dating.

She draws her inspiration from her own life experiences.

The inspiration for the film English Vinglish came from her mother Vaishali Shinde, who, like most people in India, struggled with the language. She even claims that she made the film to say sorry to her mother.

Also, English Vinglish was much anticipated because it was the comeback of Sridevi after 15 years.

The film went to the Toronto International Film Festival, and it got a standing ovation from all 2500 people there. It was then that Shinde realized that “maybe, I was on to something big.”

Shinde loves to watch love stories like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kal Ho Na Ho and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna and would love to make a romantic movie. Also, she would like to work with Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt again.

A genre she would never like to work on is Horror; as she is easily scared of the horror films.

Gauri firmly believes in the power of the script and says that she will not start working on a new film till she is entirely convinced that the story is good enough to be a memorable one, because for her, “A film is not a ‘project’. It is life.”

She feels strongly about her female characters and said that she will always put them firmly on the big screen.