Aparna Sen

Indian actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter. Studied at Modern High School for Girls, Kolkata and B.A. English at Presidency College. She made her film debut at the age of 15, in Satyajit Ray’s Three Daughters (1961). In 1965, she resumed her film career in Mrinal Sen’s Akash Kusum. Until the end of the 1970s, she worked steadily in the Bengali film industry. She made her debut as screenwriter and director with 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981), that won the Best Director award at the Indian National Film Awards. Other films directed by her include Paroma (1984), Sati (1989), Yugant (1995), Paromitar Ek Din (2000), Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), Goynar Baksho (2013), among others. She has been a part of the Bengali film industry for close to fifty years, has won eight National Film Awards and the Padma Shriin 1986.

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