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Aparna Sen on why writing is her new love, films and OTT: ‘My life is a school’
May 25, 2025 8:09 am
Filmmaker Aparna Sen, whose journey has been chronicled in a recent documentary, speaks about translating Bengali poets, putting women at the centre of her films and why she is still looking for a space to tell her stories
Konkona Sen Sharma says she feels guilty for being a 'nepo baby', admits she's 'been around film sets since I was a kid'
August 12, 2023 5:45 pm
Konkona Sen Sharma is the daughter of eminent Bengali actor and filmmaker Aparna Sen.
Konkona Sen Sharma's mother Aparna Sen never allowed her to watch Ramayan and Mahabharat on TV: 'She insisted that...'
August 12, 2023 11:44 am
Konkona Sen Sharma said that her mother Aparna Sen's intervention might have helped her to a certain extent to expand her worldview and be open to different kinds of narratives and art forms.
Rahul Bose and his ode to waiting in Antaheen
July 27, 2022 4:52 pm
On Rahul Bose’s 54th birthday, here is a look at the actor's moving performance in Aniruddho Roy Chowdhury's National Award-winning 2009 film Antaheen.
London Indian Film Festival 2022: Aparna Sen, Nandita Das win Icon Awards; Taapsee, Konkona get Outstanding Achievement Award
July 13, 2022 10:06 pm
The awards also included an Outstanding Achievement Award for Taapsee Pannu for her hard-hitting roles, including in the new Anurag Kashyap film Dobaaraa which opened the festival.
Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law joins BJP, Akhilesh says spread of 'Samajwadi ideology'
January 20, 2022 1:26 am
Top BJP leaders from Uttar Pradesh, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, met Aparna soon after she had joined the party at the Delhi headquarters.
Dilip Ghosh calls Aparna Sen ‘anti-national’ over BSF remark
November 20, 2021 8:07 am
Aparna Sen allegedly said that Central force is being given more power
What Satyajit Ray asked Aparna Sen after she made 36 Chowringhee Lane
October 24, 2021 9:08 am
For Sen, 75, the Kim Jiseok Award at the recent Busan International Film Festival holds special significance. She talks about being outspoken and why women don’t have to bear the burden of being virtuous all the time
From Ray to Rituparno: A long history of politics in Bengali cinema
June 20, 2021 9:03 am
Ray’s trilogy along with a host of other celluloid dramas, primarily Mrinal Sen and Rwitik Ghatak’s works, form the spine of Bengali political cinema on a more tangible understanding. However, the term ‘political’ has never been restricted to its definition in Bengal.
Bengali novel adapted into Aparna Sen film now available in English
November 06, 2020 4:58 pm
Regarded a classic of Bengali literature, the novel is one of the early texts to have talked about the agony, struggle and liberation of the oriental woman.
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Kagaz Ke Phool to Luck By Chance: 10 Indian films about filmmaking
July 06, 2022 1:15 pm
From Guru Dutt to Zoya Akhtar, Indian film-makers have never shied away from making sumptuous and personal odes to the circus of our film industry. Here are 10 must-see films about film-making.
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