Aparna Sanyal Explained

Aparna Sanyal is an Indian director and producer. She has directed multiple films, and produced several international documentary-series. She runs Mixed Media Productions,[1] a production house based in Delhi, and is one of the co-founders of The Carbon Union, a creative collective.[2]

Education

Aparna pursued Mass Communication from A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.[3]

Filmography and contributions

She directed A Drop of Sunshine, a film about Reshma Valliappan's journey with schizophrenia.[4] [5] Her other films include Tedhi Lakeer - The Crooked Line, a film about two gay men in India;[6] [7] The Monks who won the Grammy, about the history, mythology and philosophy of Vajrayana Buddhism;[8] Shovana,[9] about the celebrated Kathak dancer and guru, Shovana Narayan and One Mustard Seed, on death and dying.[10]

She also directed Shunyata - When Kathak met Cham,[11] a film about a performance in 2014 called Shunyata,[12] where monks of a Buddhist monastery, Palpung Sherabling 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.

She was also the programming head of the Delhi bureau of Times Now for about three years, from 2005 to 2008.

She has been a producer and line producer for several international documentary series filmed in India, including IRT - Deadliest Roads, a 10-part series for History,[13] and The Real Marigold Hotel, a series for BBC 2.[14]

Aparna was part of a group of filmmakers who ran 'FD Zone' in Delhi, a monthly screening of documentaries at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi.[15]

Awards and recognitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Drop of Sunshine – PSBT. en-US. 2019-01-31.
  2. Web site: The Carbon Union. www.thecarbonunion.com. 2019-01-31. 31 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190131202812/http://www.thecarbonunion.com/. dead.
  3. Web site: 2012-03-10. Jamia alumni bags National Film Awards. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210311182807/https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/art-and-theatre/jamia-alumni-bags-national-film-awards_107314.html. 2021-03-11. 2021-03-11. Zee News. en.
  4. Web site: APARNA SANYAL - Public Service Broadcasting Trust. www.psbt.org. 2016-09-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20160921001826/http://www.psbt.org/directors/282. 21 September 2016. dead.
  5. News: A beautiful mind, yet again. Basheer. K. p m. 2012-01-23. The Hindu. 2016-09-18. en-IN. 0971-751X.
  6. Web site: [Sarai Newsletter] 'FRIENDS OF SIDDHARTHA' FILM FESTIVAL]. mail.sarai.net. 2016-09-18. 16 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171216163046/http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/newsletter_mail.sarai.net/2003-February/000065.html. dead.
  7. Web site: Filmography. globalqueerdesi. 2011-08-26. globalqueerdesi. 2016-09-18.
  8. Web site: FILM 'The Monks who Won the Grammy' Screening followed by a discussion > 6:30pm on 16th July 2018 - Delhi Events. www.delhievents.com. 2019-01-31.
  9. News: In the lens of the beholder. Rajan. Anjana. 2017-09-22. The Hindu. 2018-02-03. en-IN. 0971-751X.
  10. Web site: One Mustard Seed preview: Exploring death and the idea of dying. https://web.archive.org/web/20190201014711/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/sep/11/15562/one-mustard-seed-preview-exploring-death-and-the-idea-of-dying. live. 1 February 2019. Kahlon. Sukhpreet. Cinestaan. 2019-01-31.
  11. Web site: "Shunyata-When Kathak Met Cham"" By Aparna Sanyal.. www.pocketnewsalert.com. en. 2018-02-03.
  12. News: "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. 2018-02-03.
  13. Web site: Aparna Sanyal. IMDb. 2016-09-17.
  14. Web site: Aparna Sanyal. IMDb. 2019-01-31.
  15. Web site: Visiting Faculty -. en-US. 2019-01-31.
  16. Web site: Jamia - Press Releases - Latest - Press Release: Jamia alumni bag National Film Awards. jmi.ac.in. 2016-09-17.
  17. Web site: IDPA Awards for 2010 show variation in creativity in short films. 2011-10-29. 2016-09-17.

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