Aparna Sen

Proxy|
1977

Nidhi Ram Sardar|
1976
Nidhi Ram Sardar
1976 | 114 min
Suddenly a thief named Nidhiram Sardar totally changed the life of Kolkata police. He theft from the dishonest businessman and distributed them to the poor. Mr. Gangaram an importer-exporter also faced the same at Hotel Love Bird. The owner of the hotel Sitesh Pyne a whimsical, high profile criminal become very anxious about the incident. On the other side Jamini, a young, smart girl is the only earning member of a middle class family suddenly faces some problem. Some unknown antisocial follows her regularly. In such a situation, she asks for help from Ram Prasad Singha. Ram Prasad who is a reputed singer as well as a bold man with his own values tries to reveal the problem. He puts his every effort and solves the case with the help of his relative Mallik and old friend Sanjay.
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Aparajito|
1956
Aparajito
1956 | 93 min
Harihar with wife, Sarbajaya and 10-year-old son, Apu has moved to the holy city of Benaras. Harihar earns a meager by reciting religious scriptures. Tragedy strikes when Harihar falls ill with fever and collapses at the riverbank and dies soon after. The mother Sarbajaya decides to relocate to her uncle s village where Apu resumes his education at the local school. Apu, now sixteen wins a scholarship and departs for Calcutta, leaving his mother alone. It breaks Sarbajaya s heart, but she relents. Engulfed in city life-studying during the day and working in a printing press at night. Apu grows away from his mother. His visits get shorter as time passes. This emotional distance unnoticed by the growing Apu hurts Sarbajaya deeply. On a night sparkling with dancing fireflies, Sarbajaya dies. Apu comes back to an empty house. He grieves for his mother but soon finds the strength to leave the village for the last time, to carry on with his new life in the city.
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Devika|
1985
Devika
1985 | 117 min
Devika is a social drama that is based on the life of Devika and her relationship with Kishore. The movie portrays the social stigma for widows in the late 17th century that was prevalent in India. The plot line runs through many layers of complications both in Debika s personal life and her place in society, as she fights with her family, quarrels and distances herself from Kishore, marries another man under social pressures and much more. The movie makes the point that instead of behaving like meek sheep under social influences, we must understand every individual s perspective from our own point of view. The movie ends on a happy note where Kishore and Debika both stand against the blind and illogical superstitious mentality and are finally reunited.
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Asati|
1974
Asati
1974 | 133 min
A rich and successful industrialist, Khokon Chowdhary, gets everything he wants but still gets drunk alone every night. His young wife, Soma, deprived of love and disturbed with his attitude, stumbles into someone from her past. Khokon's scarred childhood and Soma's desire for love lead them to some unfortunate events. Will they survive what fate has in store for them?
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Shyam Saheb|
1986
Shyam Saheb
1986 | 134 min
Shyam Saheb is a social drama about an old man, Samuel Aratoon. He owns a school and thus is very rich man and being called as Shaym sir by his surrounding people. On the other side Chandra, an independent thinking woman marries a rich modern man, Santanu. But getting trapped by some people Santanu misunderstands his wife and gets involved with a girl Madhu. So Chandra left him with their daughter, Rinkie and started living in a rented house. She comes in contact with Samuel Aratoon who offers her job at his school. Mr. Aratoon helps Chandra in many ways and finally being impressed by her nature he wrote his property in her name. Later Santanu, realizing his mistake comes back to Chandra when Samuel was at his death bed. The story ends when Samuel blessed Chandra and her family and died peacefully.
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Padma Golap|
1970
Padma Golap
1970 | 94 min
Ramakanta is a businessman whose wife Lata dies mysteriously. Lata had adopted Mamata s daughter and writes her a letter before dying. Mamata comes to prove Ramakanta s involvement in the death and an investigative officer joins his office undercover. What do the investigations reveal about Ramakanta?
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Maha Prithivi|
1991