Kolkata: National Award winning director Aparna Sen says filmmakers wanting to portray the Kolkata of the past have a ready reckoner in the films of the 1960s and 1970s. "Let me talk about some of the problems one encounters when trying to shoot in Kolkata," Sen said at a seminar organised at the 17th Kolkata Film Festival. "There are times when we need to portray the city of yesteryears. There...
12:34 PM, Nov 15, 2011
Kolkata: After its critical acclaim at home and abroad at different film festivals, the world launch of the DVD of ace director Aparna Sen's 'Iti Mrinalini' took place at a city book store. "I am very happy with the work of Debu (ace music composer Debojyoti Misra. The film was possible because of everybody involved including Debu," Sen said as Misra was present at the DVD launch programme at a...
01:14 PM, Nov 08, 2011
Death is a paradox " it announces an absence yet it is profound and revered in religions. It is a bonding which marks a distance " between us and within us. This relativism of death makes it an abstraction of separation " intrigues longing and masquerades as permanence. Death therefore essentially links memories to absolutism and in turn rejects itself. In Hindu philosophy of re-birth and the circle (and cycle)...
01:37 PM, Aug 24, 2011
Cast: Aparna Sen, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rajat Kapoor, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Koushik Sen, Saheb Bhattacharjee Director: Aparna Sen Aparna Sen's 'Iti Mrinalini' is not so much of a bad film as it is a disappointing film, coming as it does after the exquisite 'The Japanese Wife.' The story is about Mrinalini, an actress well past her prime. On the night of the premiere of her latest movie, she realizes that her...
10:49 AM, Aug 02, 2011
Kolkata: Chidananda Dasgupta, noted film critic and father of renowned actor-director Aparna Sen, died here last night following brief illness. He was 89 and predeceased by his wife two years ago. He was suffering from acute broncho pneumonia and Parkinson's disease, doctors attending on him said. Aparna, who was away in the United States, would come here tomorrow to do the final rites. Born in 1922, Chidananda, along with Satyajit...
02:36 PM, May 23, 2011
New Delhi: Bengali film 'Sthaniya Sambaad' won Best Feature at the 11th Annual New York Indian Film Festival that closed on May 8 in Manhattan. Directed by Arjun Gourisaria and Moinak Biswas, the film traces the story of a settlement of refugees from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in Kolkata and sweeps through the lives of its four main protagonist. The Annual New York Indian Film Festival is North America's oldest...
07:45 PM, May 09, 2011
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Vadodara: India might be comfortably placed to wrap up the five-match series going into the third ODI against New Zealand with a 2-0 lead on Saturday but skipper Gautam Gambhir on Friday warned about the dangers of complacency creeping into the mindset of his team. I have always felt players need to be wary from becoming complacent. We are going to see it now as three-match series. New Zealand are ...
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10:44 PM, May 28, 2007
The India International Women's Film Festival may be a good idea but it seems to have no takers at all. ...
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