Aparna Sen's hard-hitting social drama, 'The Rapist', was declared the joint winner of the Kim Jiseok Award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which concluded here on Friday. The film, starring Konkona Sen Sharma, had been premiered at the festival's 'A Window on Asian Cinema' section on October 7.
October 15, 2021National Award-winning actress and filmmaker Aparna Sen's directorial 'The Rapist' is all set for its world premiere at the 26th edition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF).
September 6, 2021The graduates of the thirteenth batch of the Film Wing, the first batch of the Electronic and Digital Media wing and the first batch of the Animation Cinema gets their Post Graduate Diploma Certificate after pursuing different specializations and successfully completed their first films.
May 3, 2021Actors Aparna Sen, Kaushik Sen and many other noted personalities participated in the protest march that started from Ramlila Maidan near Moulali crossing and terminated at New Market this afternoon.
December 20, 2019The West Bengal police ruled out any political angle in the killings of three members of a family in Murshidabad district's Jiaganj.
October 12, 2019Two teachers Debashis Burman and Manish Kumar Mondal were rushed to nearby Bidhannagar Seva Hospital after their body temperature drastically came down with severe breathlessness,” said Mrs Bela Saha Ghosh, one of the teachers.
July 27, 2019She appreciated the filmmakers and writers who have come together to draw the Prime Minister's attention to the "tragic events" happening all over the country.
July 25, 2019Ghawre Bairey Aaj (ঘরে বাইরে আজ) | Official Teaser | Aparna Sen | Jisshu | Anirban | Tuhina | SVF
June 17, 2019Director Suman Ghosh's latest venture leaves one with ample food for thought
April 20, 2019The actor-director had conceived the idea for the film following activist-journalist, Gauri Lankesh's murder.
April 15, 2019Aparna Sen’s 36 Chowringhee Lane realistically depicts the story of Anglo-Indians left isolated in post -Independent India. Perhaps Merle Oberon, the talented actress, was a unique case in the history of Anglo-Indians0. Surely no other Anglo-Indian gave herself a false identity so elaborately in order to pass off as an upper crust pucca memsahib. Perhaps …
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November 25, 2018Upholding the true spirit of International Women’s Day, an organisation called Beyond Dreams felicitated personalities who have managed to defy all kinds of gender stereotypes and created a niche for themselves by impacting the lives of many. The noted individuals who were recognised for their outstanding contributions with the Tumi Annanya award are singer Usha …
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March 11, 2018Two of the legendary actors from the Bengali cinema, Aparna Sen and Soumitra Chatterjee, will be back on screen together after 18 years. Sen and Chatterjee were last seen together on Paromitar Ek Din. They have worked together in amazing films, including Jiban Saikate, Basanta Bilap, Teen Bhubaner Pare, Baksha Badal and many more. Now, …
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February 9, 2018The Bengali film industry, also known as Tollywood, has produced many remarkable movies. Be it Satyajit Ray’ s Pather Panchali, Ritwick Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara or Rituporno Ghosh’s Chokher Bali, many of them would have made you cry, but these comedy films make you laugh the loudest. Here is a list of five comedy films …
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January 12, 2018Bengali film and television actress Rita Koiral died on Sunday after a three-month battle with liver cancer at a private city hospital, her family said. She was 58. Survived by a daughter, Koiral was a popular face on Bengali big and small screens and mostly portrayed negative roles. She worked with directors like Aparna Sen, …
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November 20, 2017Konkona Sen Sharma's A Death In The Gunj is about secrets and whispers that hover over our lives and lies that are dormant in the family history. And one family secret that Konkona and her distinguished mother filmmaker Aparna Sen share is that the latter has made a quiet non-visible guest appearance in her daughter's …
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June 8, 2017Auteur Satyajit Ray was not apolitical and portrayed it in his films, says actress-filmmaker Aparna Sen. "Many of Ray's critics have called him indifferent to the plight of the urban poor and criticised him for being apolitical. Ray wasn't apolitical at all. No man or woman is. It's just that Ray's politics was not the politics …
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April 30, 2017