The first heroine in Indian cinema was a man. Anna Salunke played Rani Taramati, wife of Raja Harishchandra, in the eponymous 1913 film that is regarded as the first feature film in India. Breaking ...

In 36 Chowringhee Lane, Aparna Sen’s unforgettable film about Anglo-Indians, ageing and loneliness (and so much more), Jennifer Kendal’s character Violet Stoneham permits her former student Nandita, ...

Christmas cheer and New Year revelry strangely brings back heartwrenching memories of Miss Violet Stoneham’s desperate attempts to become a part of the celebrations in 36 Chowringhee Lane. Christmas ...

After the marriage of her niece, an Anglo-Indian school-teacher, Violet Stoneham, lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta. When a former student starts ...

A still from '36 Chowringhee Lane', directed by Aparna Sen While she does not like to talk about her career as an actress, it is worthwhile to probe her career as one. Most of the earlier films she ...

I still think that 36 Chowringhee Lane was like a love affair. It’s my first film. I lived and breathed [that film]. As my daughter said, I was consumed by it. But you go past that, you move on. You ...

Veteran actress and filmmaker Aparna Sen, who has made path-breaking films like "36 Chowringhee Lane" and "Mr and Mrs Iyer", says that she has a small yet dedicated following. How do you like the new ...

Indian actress Aparna Sen made her directorial debut with this 1981 feature about the English in postindependence India. Jennifer Kendall stars as a British schoolteacher and spinster who reluctantly ...