Tag: Aparna Sen
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Lauding excellence
Upholding 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, 2018 -
‘Alo Adhar’ to bring back Aparna Sen, Soumitra Chatterjee together on screen
Two 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, 2018 -
5 Bengali comedy films you should watch to have a hearty laugh
The 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, 2018 -
Bengali actress Rita Koiral dead at 58
Bengali 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, 2017 -
Aparna Sen on her secret appearance in Konkona’s directorial debut
Konkona 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, 2017 -
Satyajit Ray was not apolitical, says Aparna Sen
Auteur 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 -
‘Sonata’: Misses the beat of an art-house film
Film: Sonata Director: Aparna Sen Cast: Shabana Azmi, Aparna Sen, Lillete Dubey Based on a play by Mahesh Elkunchwar, Sonata celebrates womanhood and explores the friendship among three single middle-aged friends from college, Dolon Sen (Shabana Azmi), Professor Aruna Chaturvedi (Aparna Sen) who share an apartment while their third friend Subhadra Parekh (Lillete Dubey), is currently …
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April 20, 2017 -
A film is not a preacher’s pulpit: Filmmaker Aparna Sen
Veteran actress and filmmaker Aparna Sen, who has made path-breaking films like 36 Chowringhee Lane and Mr and Mrs Iyer, is ready with her next project — Sonata, a psychological exploration of three unmarried women facing mid-life crises. And despite the weighty subjects she chooses for her films, Sen says she never makes films to propagate …
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April 12, 2017 -
Transgenders becoming reality: Aparna Sen
Actress-filmmaker Aparna Sen who helms and stars in the forthcoming film Sonata said she included a transgender character in the English drama to enhance visibility of the marginalised. "I felt, apart from friendship, the film was exploring many aspects of the 'feminine'. I wanted to broaden that spectrum, include a person from a different economic strata …
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April 9, 2017 -
Ray’s film posters illustrate the story concept aptly: Aparna
Filmmaker Aparna Sen says the posters of Satyajit Ray's films are perfect examples of how a movie's art work can communicate the theme. “Think about Manik da's (as the maestro is fondly called by his admirers) Devi'. There is no third eye between the two brows. There is nothing in between two eyes,” Sen told …
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March 26, 2017 -
Aparna Sen’s ‘Sonata’ to release on April 21
Critically acclaimed filmmaker Aparna Sen's latest directorial venture Sonata, adapted from the eponymous play by award-winning playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar, is slated to hit the screens on April 21. Actress Shabana Azmi, who stars in the film, shared the poster and the release date on Twitter on Saturday. "The first poster of Aparna Sen's Sonata releasing 21st …
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March 25, 2017 -
Aparna Sen’s ‘Sonata’ to release on April 21
Critically acclaimed filmmaker Aparna Sen's latest directorial venture Sonata, adapted from the eponymous play by award-winning playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar, is slated to hit the screens on April 21. Actress Shabana Azmi, who stars in the film, shared the poster and the release date on Twitter on Saturday. "The first poster of Aparna Sen's Sonata releasing 21st …
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March 25, 2017