FILM DIRECTOR

Aparna Sen

1945 - Today

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Aparna Sen (née Dasgupta, Ôporna Shen) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has received several accolades as an actress and filmmaker, including nine National Film Awards, five Filmfare Awards East and thirteen Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aparna Sen has received more than 2,015,189 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Aparna Sen is the 1,565th most popular film director (up from 1,573rd in 2019), the 891st most popular biography from India (down from 842nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Indian Film Director.

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  • 4.99

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Aparna Sen ranks 1,565 out of 2,041. Before her are Sergey Mikaelyan, Andy Tennant, Nikolaj Arcel, Tom Six, Scott Cooper, and Phil Alden Robinson. After her are Erick Zonca, Andrea Arnold, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Oscar Micheaux, Bryan Forbes, and James McTeigue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Aparna Sen ranks 614. Before her are Franz Keller, Ralph Doubell, Mike Garson, Daniel Rudisha, Pipo Rodríguez, and Herman Cain. After her are Gülsün Sağlamer, Pat Conroy, Surekha Sikri, Walden Bello, Elizabeth Moon, and Leonardo Véliz.

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In India

Among people born in India, Aparna Sen ranks 891 out of 1,861. Before her are Simon Pimenta (1920), Fareed Zakaria (1964), Norman Pritchard (1877), Kenneth Anderson (1891), Bappi Lahiri (1952), and Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919). After her are Mridula Sinha (1942), Baselios Cleemis (1959), Parmanand Jha (1944), Gulshan Kumar (1956), Surekha Sikri (1945), and Ravi Zacharias (1946).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Aparna Sen ranks 18. Before her are Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Tarsem Singh (1961), Ismail Merchant (1936), V. Shantaram (1901), Subhash Ghai (1945), and Deepa Mehta (1950). After her are Tapan Sinha (1924), Karan Johar (1972), Nasir Hussain (1931), Prakash Jha (1952), Mani Ratnam (1956), and Sanjay Leela Bhansali (1963).

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Filmography

Chotushkone
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Four famous directors and old friends are reunited together by an unknown producer to make a film. They have to make four short story in this film with one common theme: Death.
Sep 26o 20147.3 / 10
Unishe April
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A female dancer becomes famous but loses her relationship with her daughter on the way.
Nov 18o 19947.9 / 10
Pikoo
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A day in the life of a six-year-old child in Calcutta, who lives shut up in the family home, insulated from the city by a park. The father is away at work. The grandfather is alone in his room, ill and confined to his bed. The mother receives her lover.
Apr 1o 19814.8 / 10