Aparna Sen

Aparna Sen

actress, director, writer

Aparna Sen was born on Oct 25, 1945 in British India [now India]. Aparna Sen's big-screen debut came with Aranyer Din Ratri directed by Satyajit Ray in 1970. Aparna Sen is known for Ek Je Chhilo Raja directed by Srijit Mukherji, Jisshu Sengupta stars as Raja Mahendra Kumar Chowdhury and Jaya Ahsan as Mrinmoyee Debi. Aparna Sen has got 21 awards and 12 nominations so far. The most recent award Aparna Sen achieved is Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne. The upcoming new movie Aparna Sen plays is Ghawre Bairey Aaj which will be released on Nov 15, 2019.

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. Her father is film critic and film maker Late Chidananda Das Gupta. She studied at Modern High School and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Presidency College, Kolkata. Her first film appearance happened in Satyajit Ray's Trois femmes (1961) when she was sixteen. Since then, Aparna has acted in many films in lead roles.In 1981, Aparna made her debut as a film director with 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) which won national and international awards. Since then, Aparna has directed series of films on a wide variety of subjects. Most of her films have been well acclaimed nationally and internationally. Aparna moved to Mumbai and continues to make films in Hindi and English.Aparna acted in little theatre groups and commercial theatres for a period of time. She was also editor of a popular Bengali magazine (Sananda) for long time.

  • Birthday

    Oct 25, 1945
  • Place of Birth

    Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

Known For

Awards

21 wins & 12 nominations

Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne
2022
Best Director
Winner - IFF Award
The Rapist (2021)
London Indian Film Festival, UK
2022
Contribution to Cinema
Winner - Outstanding Achievement Award
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