Aparna Sanyal

Aparna Sanyal is a multiple award winning director and producer based in India.

Her work includes 'Tedhi Lakeer - The Crooked Line', a film about 2 gay men in India[1][2] and 'A Drop of Sunshine', a film about Reshma Valliappan's fight with Schizophrenia.[3][4] She won the National Award for the Best Educational Film in 2012.[5] A Drop of Sunshine also won 5 awards at the Indian Documentary Producers' Assoaciation (IDPA) Awards in 2010.[6]

She has also directed 'Shunyata - When Kathak met Cham',[7] a film about a performance in 2014 called 'Shunyata',[8] where monks of a Buddhist monastery, Palpung Shrabling Monastic Seat, and the doyen of Kathak, the Indian classical dance form, Shovana Narayan came together to create a ballet on popular stories from Buddhist mythology.

Aparna has also directed 'Shovana',[9] a film on Shovana Narayan, the Kathak dancer and guru.

She was a Producer for IRT - Deadliest Roads, a 10 part series for History in 2010.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "[Sarai Newsletter] 'FRIENDS OF SIDDHARTHA' FILM FESTIVAL". mail.sarai.net. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  2. ↑ globalqueerdesi (2011-08-26). "Filmography". globalqueerdesi. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. ↑ "APARNA SANYAL - Public Service Broadcasting Trust". www.psbt.org. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  4. ↑ Basheer, K. p m (2012-01-23). "A beautiful mind, yet again". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  5. ↑ "Jamia - Press Releases - Latest - Press Release: Jamia alumni bag National Film Awards". jmi.ac.in. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  6. ↑ "IDPA Awards for 2010 show variation in creativity in short films". 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  7. ↑ ""Shunyata-When Kathak Met Cham"" By Aparna Sanyal". www.pocketnewsalert.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  8. ↑ ""Shunyata" a dance and music production essaying the philosophy of Shakyamuni Gautam Buddha at Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg > 7pm on 30th September 2014". Delhi Events. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  9. ↑ Rajan, Anjana (2017-09-22). "In the lens of the beholder". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  10. ↑ "Aparna Sanyal". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
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