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I feel ashamed today as Kolkata resident, says Aparna Sen on RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case

Aug 14, 2024, at 12:57 am

Expressing solidarity with the agitating medical students, noted Indian filmmaker Aparna Sen on Tuesday said she felt ashamed over the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Aparna Sen slams Mamata govt after police vacate TET protest site

Oct 21, 2022, at 05:27 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran actor-filmmaker Aparna Sen has lashed out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal after police at midnight vacated the site in Kolkata's Salt Lake where Teachers Eligibility Test (TET)-qualified candidates had camped for a hunger strike demanding their appointment letters.

Have I got my history all wrong? Aparna Sen on BJP's Bharat Ratna push for Veer Savarkar

Oct 18, 2019, at 12:40 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Actress-filmmaker Aparna Sen, who had earlier written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over mob lynching, has taken a potshot at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for proposing Bharat Ratna (the country's highest civilian honour) for Hindutva icon late Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar.

Murshidabad killings: You are CM to all, says Aparna Sen urging Mamata for action against perpetrators

Oct 11, 2019, at 03:50 pm

Kolkata: Amid a face-off between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and the ruling Trinamool Congress over the killing of three people in West Bengal's Murshidabad, actress-filmmaker Aparna Sen urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to take action against the perpetrators without seeing any political colours.

Open letter to Modi over mob lynching: Sedition case filed against celebrities including Ramchandra Guha, Aparna Sen

Oct 04, 2019, at 02:06 pm

Muzaffarpur: A First Information Report (FIR) was lodged against the celebrities including Ramchandra Guha, Aparna Sen who had voiced their concerns over mob lynching in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.

Arnab vs Arnab as filmmaker Aparna Sen tweets

Jul 27, 2019, at 04:57 pm

Kolkata, Jul 27 (UNI) The Twitter world was agog today with funny and scathing repartees after actor-director Aparna Sen tweeted an imaginary dialogue with a television anchor.

PM should intervne: Aparna Sen says after intellectuals write to Modi over Jai Shree Ram slogan issue

Jul 24, 2019, at 04:07 pm

Kolkata, July 24 (IBNS): Noted Indian filmmaker Aparna Sen on Tuesday said there is no 'political colour' to the letter written by 49 intellectuals to PM Narendra Modi over the 'Jai Shree Ram' slogan issue.

Several artists join doctors' protest over NRS issue in Kolkata

Jun 14, 2019, at 06:47 pm

Kolkata, Jun 14 (IBNS): In a solidarity with the agitators, several eminent personalities joined the doctors' protest against the attack on junior doctor of Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH), Paribaha Mukhopadhyay, on Thursday evening.

Mamata Banerjee is digging her own grave: Aparna Sen says on Jai Shree Ram controversy

Jun 04, 2019, at 05:47 pm

Kolkata, June 4 (IBNS): Renowned Indian filmmaker Aparna Sen feels that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee might be digging her own grave with her "kneejerk" reactions to the BJP's "Jai Shri Ram" campaign.