Who is aparna sen

But, she steeled herself and spoke to one of them. For a number of days, she questioned him and he kept quiet. This episode made me question why men become rapists. There could be a combination of many things. I have tried to explore that in the film.

She has always been a fine actor. Shabana Azmi watched this movie and asked how did Konkona get into the soul of the character so perfectly. And, I am not talking as a mother, but as a director.

We did workshops. Kanishka Agarwal, who has now moved to California, worked with the actors for four to five days; she made them open up emotionally. Even if her kurta rolled up, she was not allowed to pull it down.

Gitanjali said it somehow freed her. The characters in The Rapist speak in English and Hindi. How do you decide on the language of your movies? My characters and story determine the language. There is only one film that could have been made in Hindi but I made it in English — 15 Park Avenue How can she talk in Bangla? Our society is becoming multi-lingual, so are the films. The point is the kind of films I make are niche. Usually, my films are for an urban audience. I made Parama in Bengali and Hindi.

Often, it also depends on what the producers think. Definitely, it has contributed. Also, there is a certain kind of morality that was instilled in me. My grandfather was a Brahmo Samaj preacher. Personally, I am an agnostic on the verge of being an atheist. The ethics and morality of my father and grandfather have been passed on to me.

That has translated into humanism and a strong sense of morality. It teaches me to speak out. Sometimes, practical considerations come in. I may not have dialogues or scenes expressing my views but I may suggest it. I brought up issues that I wanted to talk about — the plurality of India that I love and how that has diminished.

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See all results matching 'mub'. See full bio. National Awards. Best Director Mr. And Mrs. Her father is the veteran critic and film-maker Chidananda Dasgupta. She met the Magnum photographer, Brian Brake, in Kolkata in when he was visiting India to photograph his Monsoon series.

Brake used Sen as the model for what was to become one of his most well known photographs - a shot of a girl holding her face to the first drops of monsoon rain.

The photo shoot was set up on a Kolkata rooftop with a ladder and a watering can. Sen described the shoot: He took me up to the terrace, had me wear a red sari in the way a village girl does, and asked me to wear a green stud in my nose.

To be helpful, I said let me wear a red one to match, and he said no - he was so decisive, rather brusque - I think a green one. It was stuck to my nose with glue, because my nose wasn't pierced. Someone had a large watering can, and they poured water over me. It was really a very simple affair. It took maybe half an hour. Acting career Sen made her film debut at the age of 16, when she played the role of Mrinmoyee in the Samapti portion of the film Teen Kanya Three Daughters directed by Satyajit Ray who was a long time friend of her father's.

She then studied at Kolkata's Presidency College. Later in life she would work with Satyajit Ray in several of his films, including the short Pikoo where she played the role of an adulterous wife and mother. From then until the end of the s, she worked steadily in the Bengali film industry, as leading heroine of the time. The film went on to win four National Awards. Aparna as director In , Sen made her debut as a film director with 36 Chowringhee Lane.

She also wrote its screenplay. The film, about an aged Anglo-Indian teacher living in Calcutta, won positive reviews from critics.