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Aparna Sen was born as Aparna Dasgupta on Thursday, 25 October 1945 (age 77 years; as of 2022) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. She did her schooling at South Point School in Kolkata and Modern High School for Girls in Kolkata. Aparna spent her childhood in Kolkata and Hazaribagh (Jharkhand). She pursued a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at P...
Director
In 1981, Aparna made her directorial debut with the Bengali film ’36 Chowringhee Lane,’ which was produced by Shashi Kapoor. Aparna’s elder daughter, Kamalini Chatterjee, also played a role in this film. Aparna directed several Bengali films including Iti Mrinalini (2009), Goynar Baksho (2013), and 15 Park Avenue (2005). In 2022, she directed a Hindi film titled ‘The Rapist,’ starring her daughter, Konkona Sen Sharma, and actor Arjun Rampal.
Editor
From 1986 to 2005, Aparna was associated with the Bengali women’s magazine ‘Sananda’ as an editor. She worked as a creative director at Kolkata TV, a Bengali 24×7 infotainment channel for a year. In 2011, she became the editor of Paroma magazine. After the Saradha Group financial scandal, the company shut down. In 2013, Aparna and the editorial team of Paroma magazine launched a new magazine ‘Prothoma Ekhon.’
Writer
Apart from directing, Aparna Sen also wrote the films ‘The Rapist’ (2022) and ‘Sonata’ (2017).
Saradha Group financial scandal 2013
In 2013, when the Saradha Group financial scandal took place, the magazine Paroma was one of the 200 private companies that went into loss and got shut down. Reportedly, Aparna Sen, the editor of Paroma magazine, was grilled by the ED officials for more than five hours during which she was asked questions regarding the financial transactions. The Enforcement Directorate accused Aparna of receiving INR 75 lakh as remuneration from Saradha. Paroma finally closed down on 14 April 2013. The India...
FIR by Kalyan Chaube
In September 2022, the BJP North Kolkata district president, Kalyan Chaube, filed an FIR against Aparna Sen for making statements like calling the BSF personnel ‘rapists’ and ‘murderers,’ claiming that the military had been given more power than it should get. Hindustan Times
Letter to PM
On 23 July 2019, around 49 celebrities across India wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modiin which they expressed their concern about the intolerance in the country. The letter claimed that ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chants had become a war cry, creating communal tension in the society. They also requested the Prime Minister to address the tragic events including the killing of Dalits, Muslims, and other minorities in the country. Aparna Sen joined this campaign and was criticized heavily after she was confr...
Padma Shri – 1987 National Film Awards 1. Best Direction for 36 Chowringhee Lane in 1981 1. Best Feature Film in English for 36 Chowringhee Lane in 1981 1. Best Feature Film in Bengali for Paroma in 1984 1. Best Feature Film in Bengali for Yugant in 1995 1. Best Feature Film in Bengali, for Paromitar Ek Din in 2000 1. Best Direction for Mr and Mrs ...
Indian singer(s):Ustad Amir Khan, Late Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, and Ustad Rashid KhanEnglish Singer(s):Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, and MozartSitarist:Nikhil BandopadhyayAuthor(s):Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Roald Dahl, and Fyodor DostoyevskyNovel: The Family Moskat by Isaac Bashevis SingerFilm:Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001) (a Mexican road film)In 1960, New Zealand photographer Brain Brake was working on a photo series on monsoons and the people affected by them. He captured Aparna Sen, who was then 14 years old, on the terrace of her hom...
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Sen's foray into the world of entertainment happened when she was fifteen and was photographed by Brian Brake for the well-known photo from his 1960 "Monsoon" series of photographs; the photo appeared on the cover of Life.
Actress. Director. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 2:18. Bohomaan (2019) 6 Videos. 15 Photos. Aparna Sen is a renowned name in Bengali as well as Indian cinema. She has excelled both as an actor in film and theatre and as a director of parallel cinema. Aparna was born in 1945 in Kolkata.
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