Indra Bhose (he/him) was born in Scotland, brought up in India, moved to exotic Hertfordshire and has lived in Italy, France and Belgium. And he’s not remotely confused.

After Oxford University, he studied film at Goldsmith’s College, London. His graduation film, Shona May won awards in the Fuji Film Scholarship Competition and David Puttnam selected it to screen on Thames Television’s First Run, showcasing the finest young film making talent in Britain.

Since then, Indra has directed a wide variety of dramas, in almost every format !

Series include London’s Burning, The Grand, Where The Heart Is and Down To Earth and episodes of Continuing Dramas, such as The Bill, Casualty, Holby City, River City and Hollyoaks. In 2019 he returned to the BBC’s EastEnders, where he started his career, and continues to direct episodes of this award-winning drama.

He has worked on light-hearted children’s series Girls In Love and The Worst Witch, and comedies as “Carry-On” as Is Harry On The Boat to the more gentle humour of the much-loved, children’s classic, Grandpa Chatterjee.

Always keen to spend winters somewhere warm he directed the Channel Four mini-series Bombay Blue entirely in Mumbai, India, and in Bangladesh, the feature-length opener of Bishaash – BBC World Service Television’s sci-fi comedy-adventure series – a cross between X-Files, Torchwood and Scooby Doo !

Indra co-wrote and directed Bollywood Carmen – a live BBC extravaganza on the streets of Bradford, which was nominated for the Sport & Live Event BAFTA, the Broadcast Awards Best Music Programme, the RTS Best Live Event Award and the Televisual Bulldog Award for Best Live Event.

Recently, Indra directed the film version of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing for RSC Live/BBC4.

Indra’s writing includes his screenplays – the award-winning script of Shona May and his Channel Four documentary Puja, Puja and several shorts. He has co-written a feature script, Ebeneezer Goodbye with actor Ross McCall (Band of Brothers / Ghost Whisperer).

Indra Bhose has dual UK/EU citizenship and is bi-lingual English/French. He also happily chatters away in Italian, as Dante spins in his grave !