--- name: "Shahana Goswami" canonical: "https://film.one/person/shahana-goswami" fi1m_id: "shahana-goswami" imdb_id: "nm2257218" tmdb_id: 85577 wikidata_id: "Q11303319" roles: ["Actor"] born: "6 May 1986" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-03T03:35:36.659815+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Shahana Goswami ## Identity Shahana Goswami - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shahana-goswami - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** shahana-goswami - **IMDb ID:** nm2257218 - **TMDB ID:** 85577 - **Wikidata ID:** Q11303319 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahana_Goswami, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11303319, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2257218/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85577 Actor. Born 6 May 1986 in New Delhi. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 6 May 1986, New Delhi - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahana_Goswami, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11303319, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2257218/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85577 ## Fi1m on Shahana Goswami > Shahana Goswami makes vulnerability visible without turning it into a plea for sympathy. We value her restraint in *Santosh*, where she gives an absorbing police drama human weight despite gaps in the writing. In *Santosh* (2024), Shahana Goswami gives little away, yet we are seldom shut out. Her Constable Santosh Saini, a widow entering the police force, is vulnerable without continually asking for our sympathy. We felt for her because Goswami lets us see how exposed she is within an institution that rewards prejudice. Her restraint is a good reason to watch Sandhya Suri’s absorbing police drama, even when its writing becomes too eager to explain what the actors have already made clear. That interest in women negotiating difficult circumstances runs through work that has moved between supporting parts and independent leads. Her earlier parts included *Firaaq* (2009) with director Nandita Das and *Midnight’s Children* (2012) with Deepa Mehta. Television brought prominent parts in *A Suitable Boy* (2020) and *Bombay Begums* (2021), followed by the lead roles in *Zwigato* (2023) and *Santosh*. The move into independent leads makes particular sense for an actor whose characters can remain interesting without announcing everything they feel. Das returned to her for *Zwigato*, casting her as Pratima in a household under gig-economy pressure, where her warmth and naturalism suit the everyday demands of the part. Suri gives that attention to ordinary vulnerability a harsher setting in *Santosh*. Alongside Sunita Rajwar, Goswami helps keep a story about prejudice and institutional power attached to the women working within it. Their performances make the screenplay’s urge to explain itself feel unnecessary. That is where Suri gets the strongest results from her cast. The limitation in *Santosh* is how little room the film leaves for the officer’s grief. Goswami holds our attention, but she cannot supply all the missing connections between private loss and conduct at work. We are asked to do too much of that work ourselves, and the performance does not remove the gap. Her ability to remain interesting in an underwritten passage should not become an excuse to give her another one. Start with *Santosh*, but be prepared to supply some of the private life that its screenplay leaves out. ## Biography Shahana Goswami is an Indian actress. Born in New Delhi on 6 May 1986, she attended Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Delhi and Sophia College in Mumbai, and trained in Odissi dance for a decade. She made her film debut in *Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota* (2006) and gained recognition for her supporting role as Debbie in *Rock On!!* (2008), for which she received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress. Subsequent credits include *Firaaq* (2009), *Break Ke Baad* (2010), *Ra.One* (2011), *Midnight's Children* (2012) and *Heroine* (2012). She has also appeared in the series *A Suitable Boy* (2020) and *Bombay Begums* (2021). Goswami took lead roles in the independent films *Zwigato* (2023) and *Santosh* (2024), playing the title character in the latter. For her performance in *Santosh*, she won the Asian Film Award for Best Actress. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Santosh* (2024), Fi1m 76, as Constable Santosh Saini — [page](https://film.one/film/santosh.md) ## Complete filmography (32) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Yuva: Sapno Ka Safar* (2025), series, Actor - *Despatch* (2024), as Shweta Varma - *Four Years Later* (2024), series, as Sridevi Aggarwal - *Santosh* (2024), as Constable Santosh Saini — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/santosh.md) - *Neeyat* (2023), as Lisa - *Zwigato* (2023), as Pratima - *Hush Hush* (2022), series, Actor - *The Last Hour* (2021), series, as Lipika - *Bombay Begums* (2021), series, as Fatima - *A Suitable Boy* (2020), series, as Meenakshi Mehra - *The Sleepwalkers* (2020), as Meena - *Made in Bangladesh* (2019), as Nasima - *Believe* (2019), as Maya - *Gali Guleiyan* (2018), as Saira - *Tu Hai Mera Sunday* (2017), as Kavya Ranganathan - *Rock On 2* (2016), as Debbie Mascarenhas - *Under Construction* (2015), as Roya - *Force of Destiny* (2015), as Maya - *Vara: A Blessing* (2014), as Lila - *Heroine* (2012), as Promita Roy - *Midnight's Children* (2012), as Amina - *Ra.One* (2011), as Jenny Nayar - *Game* (2011), as Tisha Khanna - *Tera Kya Hoga Johnny* (2010), Actor - *Break Ke Baad* (2010), as Nadia - *Mirch* (2010), as Ruchi - *Jashnn: The Music Within* (2009), as Nisha - *Firaaq* (2009), as Muneera - *Ru-Ba-Ru: For Now & Forever* (2008), as Tara Mishra - *Rock On!!* (2008), as Debbie - *Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.* (2007), as Geena Fernandes - *Yun Hota To Kya Hota* (2006), as Payal ## Gallery - ![Festival des Cinémas d'Asie - Vesoul 2016](https://film.one/media/person/5512245/gallery-fc81e02afa14.jpg) Festival des Cinémas d'Asie - Vesoul 2016 — Christophe DELORME, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Shahana_Goswami_-_Festival_des_Cin%C3%A9mas_d%27Asie_-_Vesoul_2016.jpg/1280px-Shahana_Goswami_-_Festival_des_Cin%C3%A9mas_d%27Asie_-_Vesoul_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Shahana Goswami](https://film.one/media/person/5512245/gallery-3ab26164e87b.jpg) Shahana Goswami — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Shahana_Goswami_at_the_launch_of_%E2%80%98Tu_Hai_Mera_Sunday%E2%80%99.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won, 4 nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress 2010: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Firaaq* - Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female 2010: Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female (won), for *Firaaq* - Apsara Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2009: Apsara Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nominated), for *Rock On!!* - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress 2009: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Rock On!!* - Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress 2009: Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress (won), for *Rock On!!* - IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress 2009: IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Rock On!!* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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