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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 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ globalqueerdesi (26 August 2011). "Filmography". globalqueerdesi. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ "APARNA SANYAL - Public Service Broadcasting Trust". www.psbt.org. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  4. ^ Basheer, K. p m (23 January 2012). "A beautiful mind, yet again". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Jamia - Press Releases - Latest - Press Release: Jamia alumni bag National Film Awards". jmi.ac.in. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  6. ^ "IDPA Awards for 2010 show variation in creativity in short films". 29 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  7. ^ ""Shunyata-When Kathak Met Cham"" By Aparna Sanyal". www.pocketnewsalert.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  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 3 February 2018.
  9. ^ Rajan, Anjana (22 September 2017). "In the lens of the beholder". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Aparna Sanyal". IMDb. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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