Aparna Sen

First Take | Bengali cinema finally regains its glory

For the great Bengali celluloid creators—and make no mistake, Aditya Vikram Sengupta is one of them—the City Of Joy has constantly been a source of nurturing and inspiration.

Aparna Sen directorial The Rapist to premiere at Busan International Film Festival

The Rapist stars Konkona Sensharma, Arjun Rampal, and Tanmay Dhanania.

Aparna Sen and Madhabi Mukherjee on Satyajit Ray, the man, and his enduring legacy

On Satyajit Ray's 100th birth anniversary, his leading ladies Aparna Sen and Madhabi Mukherjee weigh in on the political significance of the man and his legacy, even 29 years since he breathed his last.

Konkona Sensharma, Arjun Rampal to lead Aparna Sen directorial The Rapist; filming will begin in March

Aparna Sen describes The Rapist, which is currently in pre-production, as a “hard-hitting drama that examines how much of society is responsible for producing rapists.”

Indian films that sparked the critic in me: Aparna Sen’s 36 Chowringhee Lane is the ultimate portrait of rejection in old age

36 Chowringhee Lane broke new ground with its open depiction of sex on an otherwise prudish Indian film landscape.

The Japanese Wife turns 10: Aparna Sen's film addressed repressed sexuality, patriarchal customs, and communalism

The Japanese Wife is Aparna Sen's version of an epic romance about a Bengali arithmetic teacher and a Japanese shopowner.

Taapsee Pannu, Swara Bhasker, Shabana Azmi, Riteish Deshmukh condemn violence against JNU students, teachers

Swara Bhasker condemns police crackdown on UP protesters: Duty of police is to control situation

In a recent video that has gone viral across social media, Swara Bhasker condemns police crackdown on protesters in Uttar Pradesh.

Anurag Kashyap, Aparna Sen, Alankrita Shrivastava and other film artistes seek judicial probe over UP violence around CAA protests

Declaring that they don't support any form of vandalism, a group of film artistes have asked for an independent judicial probe into the violence against anti-CAA protesters in Uttar Pradesh.

Citizenship Amendment Bill: Over 700 civil society members demand CAB's withdrawal in joint statement, ask govt not to 'betray the Constitution'

In the statement, they threw light on how 'the CAB 2019 tears to shreds the inclusive, composite vision of India that guided our freedom struggle,' and the execution of the bill would fundamentally alter the character of the Indian republic.