Mumbai, Aug 18: Filmmaker Aparna Sen, who had worked with cinematographer Ashok Mehta in "36 Chowringhee Lane", "Paroma" and "Sati", is devastated after learning about his demise, as she considered him her pillar of strength.
"The last time I met him was at the Mumbai premiere of my film 'The Japanese Wife'. I can't believe he's gone! I didn't even know he was suffering from lung cancer. But then I am not really that.
"The last time I met him was at the Mumbai premiere of my film 'The Japanese Wife'. I can't believe he's gone! I didn't even know he was suffering from lung cancer. But then I am not really that.
- 8/18/2012
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
Gettem while they’re hot! As of, well now really, the entire Pinky Eiga erotic cinema catalogue in the Japan Flix catalogue will be available for rental anywhere in the world (except Japan). With any major credit card, Pink Eiga fans will be able to stream online some of the best (and worst) that Japanese exploitation cinema has to offer. See popular titles such as The Japanese Wife Next Door, Ninja Pussycat, Sexy Battle Girls and Tsumugi starring one of the most popular Av actresses in the world, Sora Aoi. They’ve also upped the rental periods, so you can now enjoy between 2 days or 7 days of, full on Pinky oddness. Check out the full catalogue here.
- 2/3/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
Not too long ago, the industry was abuzz with news that Dharmendra's younger daughter Ahana was scheduled to make her acting debut with Vikramaditya Motwane's film Muqabloo. However, the film is now on hold. Now it is learnt that Ahana is all set to make her acting debut with another film this year. Ahana will face the camera for acclaimed director Aparna Sen, known for her films like Mr and Mrs Iyer, The Japanese Wife and 36 Chowrangee Lane. The yet untitled film is produced by Hema Malini, and will be an interpretation of the timeless Romeo-Juliet story with Prateik playing a modern-day Romeo to Ahana's. The shooting of the film will start in September this year.
- 2/11/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Not too long ago, the industry was abuzz with news that Dharmendra's younger daughter Ahana was scheduled to make her acting debut with Vikramaditya Motwane's film Muqabloo. However, the film is now on hold. Now it is learnt that Ahana is all set to make her acting debut with another film this year. Ahana will face the camera for acclaimed director Aparna Sen, known for her films like Mr and Mrs Iyer, The Japanese Wife and 36 Chowrangee Lane. The yet untitled film is produced by Hema Malini, and will be an interpretation of the timeless Romeo-Juliet story with Prateik playing a modern-day Romeo to Ahana's. The shooting of the film will start in September this year.
- 2/11/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Washington, Nov 6 – Aparna Sen’s Bengali film, ‘The Japanese Wife’, has won the best film award at the recently-concluded Hidden Gems Film Festival in Calgary, Canada.
The film, distributed in North America by Databazaar Media Ventures (Dmv), was awarded the stunning Amolite Trophy which is the official gemstone of the Province of Alberta.
The story of the film in English, Bengali and Japanese revolves around a young village school teacher (Rahul Bose) marrying his Japanese pen friend (Chigusa Takaku) over letters and remaining.
The film, distributed in North America by Databazaar Media Ventures (Dmv), was awarded the stunning Amolite Trophy which is the official gemstone of the Province of Alberta.
The story of the film in English, Bengali and Japanese revolves around a young village school teacher (Rahul Bose) marrying his Japanese pen friend (Chigusa Takaku) over letters and remaining.
- 11/6/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
October 21, 2010: The 10th edition of Annual Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (Miaac) Film Festival is starting on November 10 and will screen many Bollywood as well as other regional films. One of the much critically acclaimed Indian films, to be screened at the film festival is Aparna Sen directed ‘The Japanese Wife’.
The movie will be screened at Sva Beatrice Theatre on November 13th at 6pm. ‘The Japanese Wife’ is a trilingual movie with a mix of English, Bengali and Japanese languages. This film with duration of 105 minutes was released in India on April 9, 2010. Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Moushumi Chatterjee and Japanese actress Chigusa Takaku played important roles in the movie.
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The movie will be screened at Sva Beatrice Theatre on November 13th at 6pm. ‘The Japanese Wife’ is a trilingual movie with a mix of English, Bengali and Japanese languages. This film with duration of 105 minutes was released in India on April 9, 2010. Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Moushumi Chatterjee and Japanese actress Chigusa Takaku played important roles in the movie.
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- 10/21/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Raima Sen who was last seen in the film The Japanese Wife and has films like Sunglass under production has recently undergone a surgery. Our sources reveal that Raima Sen underwent an eye surgery lately as she wanted to rid of her bespectacled look. The actress was operated upon by famous eye surgeon Dr Himanshu Mehta, who in the past has treated celebs like Yash Chopra and Suzzane Roshan too. Our sources further reveal that Raima Sen went for lasik surgery for both her eyes...
- 8/17/2010
- GlamSham
August 3, 2010: Rahul Bose of Mr and Mrs Ayer fame is portraying the character of a gay in Onir’s upcoming cinematic venture I Am. Rahul, a special name to mention in the genre of parallel cinema like Kaalpurush and The Japanese Wife, says that the experience of playing such a role is complex as well as interesting.
“There is nothing effeminate about my character”, said Rahul to reporters. He added that to essay the role on screen, he had to understand how it feels being singled out as a gay in society and how it feels being in love with another man. In words of Bose, an Aparna Sen’s.
“There is nothing effeminate about my character”, said Rahul to reporters. He added that to essay the role on screen, he had to understand how it feels being singled out as a gay in society and how it feels being in love with another man. In words of Bose, an Aparna Sen’s.
- 8/3/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Peepli Live, Ishqiya and Love Sex Aur Dhokha will be amongst the films screened at the ongoing Melbourne International Film Festival's (Miff) section Not Quite Bollywood. The event that started Thursday will also screen other Indian movies like Aparna Sen's The Japanese Wife and Umesh Kulkarni's The Well at the festival, co-presented by the Australia India Institute. "Australian audiences have embraced Bollywood and Indian cinema in recent years. With the growing Indian diaspora in Australia, Australians are hungry to learn more about India and its diverse cultures," Lachlan Strahan, acting Australian high commissioner to India, said in a statement about the event ...
- 7/24/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
New Delhi, July 23 – ‘Peepli Live’, ‘Ishqiya’ and ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’ will be amongst the films screened at the ongoing Melbourne International Film Festival’s (Miff) section Not Quite Bollywood.
The event that started Thursday will also screen other Indian movies like Aparna Sen’s ‘The Japanese Wife’ and Umesh Kulkarni’s ‘The Well’ at the festival, co-presented by the Australia India Institute.
‘Australian audiences have embraced Bollywood and Indian cinema in recent.
The event that started Thursday will also screen other Indian movies like Aparna Sen’s ‘The Japanese Wife’ and Umesh Kulkarni’s ‘The Well’ at the festival, co-presented by the Australia India Institute.
‘Australian audiences have embraced Bollywood and Indian cinema in recent.
- 7/23/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Mumbai: Databazaar Media Ventures (Dmv) a distributor that brings Bengali movies to North America, has signed up with the Web site Dingora.com to stream Bengali movies online. Dingora.com has signed for three Databazaar movies; namely Dwando by Suman Ghosh, The Japanese Wife by Aparna Sen, and Jodi Ekdin (Life Is Magic) by Riingo. The first day, first show Bengali film at Dingora is Dwando starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Ananya Chatterjee, Koushik Sen, Samrat Chakrabarty. The film, produced by Suman Ghosh Productions has a duration of 96 minutes. Dingora.com aims to bring ...
- 7/19/2010
- BusinessofCinema
The Japanese Wife, a love poem in celluloid has been very warmly received by both cine goers and critics. The film has enjoyed special acclamation in various film festivals worldwide. Now in India it has won three main awards at prestigious Star Entertainment Award. For: 1) The Best Film Award 2) The Best Director Award - Aparna Sen 3) The Best Cinematography Award - Anay Goswamy The film, a must for all cinema lovers was successfully released on 9th of April, with a pro...
- 6/19/2010
- GlamSham
The Japanese Wife
Minimalist art has always looked at life pretty simply. It’s the urge to reflect life devoid of the creator’s own personal, social or demographic influence is what has made this form of art so appealing. Without going into the debate of bridging Modern with the Post-modern it is probably safe to assume, doing more with less is difficult to produce and even more difficult to apprehend. Watercolour for example is a minimalist medium with respect to the transparency water brings into the medium – dark shades placed on the canvas as pigments from the tube, adding water dilutes it. So to say, watercolour leaves spaces instead of painting that space opaque. Calligraphy is one of the popular exponents of the power of the medium – minimal, simple and poignant. In literature, haiku closely matches minimalism – in content where simplicity in itself is ultimately sophisticated. Thus it’s...
Minimalist art has always looked at life pretty simply. It’s the urge to reflect life devoid of the creator’s own personal, social or demographic influence is what has made this form of art so appealing. Without going into the debate of bridging Modern with the Post-modern it is probably safe to assume, doing more with less is difficult to produce and even more difficult to apprehend. Watercolour for example is a minimalist medium with respect to the transparency water brings into the medium – dark shades placed on the canvas as pigments from the tube, adding water dilutes it. So to say, watercolour leaves spaces instead of painting that space opaque. Calligraphy is one of the popular exponents of the power of the medium – minimal, simple and poignant. In literature, haiku closely matches minimalism – in content where simplicity in itself is ultimately sophisticated. Thus it’s...
- 6/9/2010
- by Amitava Nag
- DearCinema.com
Washington, June 6 – Leading Bengali organisations in the United States have come together to screen the latest Bengali films across America starting with Aparna Sen’s ‘The Japanese Wife’.
Four other films – ‘Jodi Ek Din’, ‘Dwando’, ‘Ekti Tara Khonje’, ‘Anghsumaner Chobi’ – will also be screened in Washington DC, Bay Area, Southern California, Houston, Atlanta, New York, and Atlantic City between June 12 and Aug 8.
Databazaar Media Ventures (Dmv), who are acquiring the latest.
Four other films – ‘Jodi Ek Din’, ‘Dwando’, ‘Ekti Tara Khonje’, ‘Anghsumaner Chobi’ – will also be screened in Washington DC, Bay Area, Southern California, Houston, Atlanta, New York, and Atlantic City between June 12 and Aug 8.
Databazaar Media Ventures (Dmv), who are acquiring the latest.
- 6/6/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Indian indie favourite Aparna Sen’s new film about love through letters lacks style and diction.
The phonetic possibility of her surname Sen makes Indian indie filmmaker Aparna Sen’s films a fine fodder for all sorts of rhetorical puns in English, most obviously for a word, like say, sensational. But sadly her latest outing, “The Japanese Wife,” does not lend itself to the word because the film is anything but an Aparna Sen film. This also means that many of her previous films actually do lend themselves to hyperbole and it is incumbent to look closely at them individually, which, given her sparse filmography, is not a difficult task at hand. Only such a critique will best highlight why her latest is simply not up to the mark. Otherwise, the author remains a huge admirer of Sen’s abundant sensibility as a filmmaker, which makes her deserving of a seat among global auteurs,...
The phonetic possibility of her surname Sen makes Indian indie filmmaker Aparna Sen’s films a fine fodder for all sorts of rhetorical puns in English, most obviously for a word, like say, sensational. But sadly her latest outing, “The Japanese Wife,” does not lend itself to the word because the film is anything but an Aparna Sen film. This also means that many of her previous films actually do lend themselves to hyperbole and it is incumbent to look closely at them individually, which, given her sparse filmography, is not a difficult task at hand. Only such a critique will best highlight why her latest is simply not up to the mark. Otherwise, the author remains a huge admirer of Sen’s abundant sensibility as a filmmaker, which makes her deserving of a seat among global auteurs,...
- 5/20/2010
- by Sayandeb Chowdhury
- The Moving Arts Journal
May 12, 2010:Recently release movie “The Japanese Wife” received a lot of praise and applaud from the audiences and from the critics as well. The story of “The Japanese Wife” which is a simple love story has become a huge hit in West Bengal.
Actress Raima Sen who plays one of the lead roles in the movie, “The Japanese Wife”, the role of a young widow who has a lot of inner strength has enacted the role with perfection. She also launched the DVD of the movie. After the launch of the DVD of “The Japanese Wife” the spokesperson of Saregama spoke to the media “The.
Actress Raima Sen who plays one of the lead roles in the movie, “The Japanese Wife”, the role of a young widow who has a lot of inner strength has enacted the role with perfection. She also launched the DVD of the movie. After the launch of the DVD of “The Japanese Wife” the spokesperson of Saregama spoke to the media “The.
- 5/12/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Basking in the glory of her widely appreciated performance in Aparna Sen's film The Japanese Wife, actress Raima Sen eagerly awaits the release of her Hindi film Mirch directed by Vinay Shukla who had introduced her to Bollywood with Godmother. "This is my second film with Vinay Shukla, who had directed me in Godmother and I have lots of hopes for Mirch because of the treatment," Raima told Pti. Of the four women-centric stories in the film, Sen will turn up in two, opposite Shreyas Talpade and Rajpal Yadav with each story sharing a common humorous ...
- 4/17/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
“The Japanese Wife”, directed by Aparna Sen is scheduled to be screened at The International Festival of Independent Cinema in Krakow, Poland. The 50th edition of the festival will be held from April 16-25 in Krakow, Poland. The only other Indian Film to be screened at this festival is R. Balki’s “Paa”.
Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest film event dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films in Europe. During the seven days of the festival, viewers can watch about 250 films from Poland and abroad.
Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest film event dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films in Europe. During the seven days of the festival, viewers can watch about 250 films from Poland and abroad.
- 4/17/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Actress Raima Sen, known for experimental and offbeat roles in 'Chokher Bali' and 'Antar Mahal', says she now wants to show her glamorous avatar on the big screen.'Yes, why not. I'm all for glamour and I would love to portray a glamorous character,' Raima, who showcased her talents in both Hindi as well as regional movies, told Ians in an interview.She made her debut with 'Godmother' in 1999, followed by Rituparno Ghosh's 'Chokher Bali' and Prdeep Sarkar's 'Parineeta'. She also featured in 'Antar Mahal' in Bengali and 'The Bong Connection'.But the 30-year-old denies on being typecast to a specific genre.'No it's not a conscious decision at all. Like I said, I end up choosing the best of what I get. So if a great commercial movie comes my way, I'll grab it. I want to work with...
- 4/17/2010
- Filmicafe
She was just 16 when she made her debut as an actress in Satyajit Ray’s Teen Kanya. She went on to do many critically acclaimed films in both Hindi and Bengali. But Aparna Sen found that her true calling was behind the camera. She turned director with the National Award-winning 36 Chowringhee Lane. Several other acclaimed films like Sati, Mr and Mrs Iyer and 15 Park Avenue followed. Now, this three-time National Award winner is getting good reviews for her film The Japanese Wife. What would you do if Superman paid you a visit?Ask for funding for ...
- 4/16/2010
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
Aparna Sen’s The Japanese Wife has been doing rounds of festivals for sometime, but didn’t have an immediate theatrical release. Does that make you apprehensive? When I do a film, I’d ideally want it to release immediately. Delay is always disappointing. But then, in case of The Japanese Wife, I was happy it was being shown at festivals, people knew about it. Ideally, a film should never miss its pre-release buzz. Any more films that’re stuck?There’s Meridian and Mumbai Cutting that’re ready but haven’t released. I feel apprehensive about these because they’d have missed the buzz by the time they ...
- 4/13/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aparna Sen’s The Japanese Wife that opened last Friday, was in the making for a long time. Sen waited for spring so she could capture the cherry blossoms in full bloom. She tried to wrap the film up during the summer months when the mercury was shooting up, but was hindered by her cast falling ill, one by one, and the fact that a kite sequence could be shot only during the rains. “So, we waited for the monsoons too,” she smiles. After it was edited, the film was screened for the team and the unanimous opinion was that this was ...
- 4/11/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Eight years after Rituparno Ghosh’s film Titli, actress Konkona Sen Sharma will team up once again with her mother Aparna Sen in Iti Mrinalini. “My next film is Iti Mrinalini. It’s also mommy’s film. That’s about a life of an actress where both of us are acting together,” said Konkona. Asked if she missed not being a part of her mother’s just released film, The Japanese Wife, Konkona said: “I think that Raima has done a very good job. You can’t expect that every time she (Aparna) will repeat same actors and same actresses. I have already done three films ...
- 4/10/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Film: ‘The Japanese Wife’; Starring: Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Chigusa Takaku, Moushumi Chatterjee; Written & Directed by Aparna Sen; Rating: **
The final lap in this lyrical but contrived tale of unfufilled love shows two women coming together after the tragic death of the man they both loved. One, the Japanese wife of the title, the other a silent widow of meagre means.
By then it’s too late. ‘The Japanese Wife’.
The final lap in this lyrical but contrived tale of unfufilled love shows two women coming together after the tragic death of the man they both loved. One, the Japanese wife of the title, the other a silent widow of meagre means.
By then it’s too late. ‘The Japanese Wife’.
- 4/10/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Movie: The Japanese Wife; Star cast: Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Chigusa Takaku, Moushumi Chatterjee; Director: Aparna Sen; Rating: 2 out of 5.
The final lap in this lyrical but contrived tale of unfufilled love shows two women coming together after the tragic death of the man they both loved. One, the Japanese wife of the title, the other a silent widow of meagre means.
By then it’s too late. “The Japanese Wife” has lost its claims to its director’s fame.
This story of a long-distance.
The final lap in this lyrical but contrived tale of unfufilled love shows two women coming together after the tragic death of the man they both loved. One, the Japanese wife of the title, the other a silent widow of meagre means.
By then it’s too late. “The Japanese Wife” has lost its claims to its director’s fame.
This story of a long-distance.
- 4/10/2010
- by Bollywood
- GoBollywood
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi, who came for the premiere of The Japanese Wife despite a fractured foot, believes director Aparna Sen is the true inheritor of legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray. "I have seen The Japanese Wife twice. It's such a wonderful film. I think that Aparna Sen is the true inheritor of Satyajit Ray," she said. "I am not saying because she is my very close friend, but I think she is the best filmmaker of the country. That's why I have come to support the film even with my fractured foot," Shabana told reporters at the premiere ...
- 4/9/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Although Aparna Sen’s new movie, The Japanese Wife, does not have a music album, much went into the making of its background score. Since the film is a love story between a Bengali schoolteacher and his Japanese pen friend, Sen wanted a Japanese touch to the background. To give the film authenticity, Sagar Desai, who’s composed for movies like Mixed Doubles, Straight and Quick Gun Murugun, and the upcoming Fatso, got a Japanese koto player on board. Koto is a Japanese musical instrument. Says Desai, “Though we had budget limitations, it was vital for us to get a Japanese koto player on ...
- 4/9/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Raima Sen’s The Japanese Wife releases today. She speaks on apprehensions of awaiting a release, her uncanny resemblance to granny Suchitra Sen and her sister-connect with Riya. I believe you have just wrapped up a film with Rituparno Ghosh. Yes, it’s titled Asamapt. I’ve been travelling a lot for it. It’s just been two days since we wrapped up.Aparna Sen’s The Japanese Wife has been doing rounds of festivals for sometime, but didn’t have an immediate theatrical release. Doesn’t that make you apprehensive? When I do a film, I would ideally want it to release immediately. Delay is always disappointing. But ...
- 4/9/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
The Japanese Wife
Aparna Sen has made several memorable films, starting with 36, Chowringhee Lane. Like her mentor Satyajit Ray, she too has this rare ability to take the simplest-looking story and turn it into a cinematic piece de resistance. But in The Japanese Wife, she has done something she has not done ever before. That is, to create an ode to love so poetic that it stays on with you for a long, long time.
The story of The Japanese Wife is quite straightforward at the first glance, and those who have read it, already know its flavour. Author Kunal Basu (who makes a one-scene appearance in the film) conjured up this long-distance love story set at a time when the world used to write letters and trans-continental phone calls were exorbitantly costly. Sen adapts this story to the big screen with a rare, lyrical elegance.
Set in the Sunderbans in West Bengal and Japan,...
Aparna Sen has made several memorable films, starting with 36, Chowringhee Lane. Like her mentor Satyajit Ray, she too has this rare ability to take the simplest-looking story and turn it into a cinematic piece de resistance. But in The Japanese Wife, she has done something she has not done ever before. That is, to create an ode to love so poetic that it stays on with you for a long, long time.
The story of The Japanese Wife is quite straightforward at the first glance, and those who have read it, already know its flavour. Author Kunal Basu (who makes a one-scene appearance in the film) conjured up this long-distance love story set at a time when the world used to write letters and trans-continental phone calls were exorbitantly costly. Sen adapts this story to the big screen with a rare, lyrical elegance.
Set in the Sunderbans in West Bengal and Japan,...
- 4/9/2010
- by Runumi G
- DearCinema.com
The Japanese WifeDirector: Aparna SenActors: Rahul Bose, Chigusa TakakuRating: ** Be wary of the friend who passes off as opinion on a film, comments such as, "It's beautifully shot". Or, “The acting is awesome.” Or, “The film’s good, but kinda long (or slow).” What he unknowingly means to say is the story sucks. Sen’s The Japanese Wife is wonderfully shot, reasonably well enacted, and is sure enough, long (or slow) as hell. Such elements individually draw attention toward themselves because, quite frankly, the script sucks. Spanning across almost two decades, Rahul Bose plays a graying schoolteacher in Sunderbans. He lives with his ...
- 4/8/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Mumbai, April 8 – Veteran actress Shabana Azmi, who came for the premiere of ‘The Japanese Wife’ despite a fractured foot, believes director Aparna Sen is the true inheritor of legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
‘I have seen ‘The Japanese Wife’ twice. It’s such a wonderful film. I think that Aparna Sen is the true inheritor of Satyajit Ray,’ she said.
‘I am not saying because she is my very close friend, but I think she is the best filmmaker.
‘I have seen ‘The Japanese Wife’ twice. It’s such a wonderful film. I think that Aparna Sen is the true inheritor of Satyajit Ray,’ she said.
‘I am not saying because she is my very close friend, but I think she is the best filmmaker.
- 4/8/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Mumbai, April 8 – Konkona Sen Sharma believes that ‘The Japanese Wife’ is Rahul Bose’s best film so far.
‘I think this is Rahul’s best film. This is a very poignant, sweet and sad love story. It’s very unusual. This kind of film we don’t get to see always,’ said Konkona who worked with him in ‘Mr & Mrs Iyer’.
‘The Japanese Wife’ is about three people – Snehamoy Chatterjee (Rahul Bose), an arithmetic.
‘I think this is Rahul’s best film. This is a very poignant, sweet and sad love story. It’s very unusual. This kind of film we don’t get to see always,’ said Konkona who worked with him in ‘Mr & Mrs Iyer’.
‘The Japanese Wife’ is about three people – Snehamoy Chatterjee (Rahul Bose), an arithmetic.
- 4/8/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
It's Friday! Posters of movies releasing today are already up in cinemas. Glimpses of Osar-winner The Hurt Locker and rom-com Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai catch the eye. Aparna Sen's The Japanese Wife is also up for running along with Date Night, directed by Shawn Levy. Who will take home the cup when it comes to the box office, is just a matter of time. Film: The Hurt LockerGenre: War/ DramaDirector: Kathryn BigelowCast: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, Evangeline LillySynopsis: An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one ...
- 4/8/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Genre: DramaDirector: Aparna SenCast: Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Chigasu Takaku, Moushmi Chatterjee, Rudranil Ghosh Synopsis: This screen adaptation of Kunal Basu’s novel The Japanese Wife is an improbable love story involving three shy people. Snehamoy Chatterjee, an Arithmetic teacher in a school in the interiors of riverine West Bengal writes to a Japanese girl, Miyage. She writes back. Romance blossoms between the two, the pen-friends exchange vows over letters, then spend the next fifteen years as a married couple without ever setting eyes on each other, until the intimacy of words is tested finally by the intimacy of life. The unusual ...
- 4/8/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
April 8, 2010:The gala premiere of ”The Japanese Wife” was held recently in Cinemax. Apurv Nagpal, the C.E.O of Saregama welcomed the stars and guests with beautiful girls wearing red Japanese formals.
First came the director of the film, Aparna Sen with daughter Konkona wearing a white saree but Aparna looked more beautiful than her daughter and Rahul Bose wearing a dashing black suit.
First entry among the guests was made by Ramesh Sippy and his wife Kiran Juneja. Sandhya Mridul, Sudhir Mishra, Piyush Jha of film ”Sikandar” fame, Raima Sen who looked gorgeous was also wearing.
First came the director of the film, Aparna Sen with daughter Konkona wearing a white saree but Aparna looked more beautiful than her daughter and Rahul Bose wearing a dashing black suit.
First entry among the guests was made by Ramesh Sippy and his wife Kiran Juneja. Sandhya Mridul, Sudhir Mishra, Piyush Jha of film ”Sikandar” fame, Raima Sen who looked gorgeous was also wearing.
- 4/8/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
This Friday will see an exciting clash as Tips' Prince starring Vivek Oberoi will take on the Milap Zhaveri directed Ritesh-Jacqueline venture Jaane Kahaan Se Aayi Hai. One feels that it will be Prince which will win the battle due to a superb and sustained publicity and reasonably popular music. Giving company to Prince and Jaane Kahaan Se Aayi Hai will be the Aparna Sen's The Japanese Wife, but it will only be appreciated by select multiplex audience. All the releases of last...
- 4/7/2010
- GlamSham
Filmmaker Aparna Sen was amazed by the will and ability of Rahul Bose to transform himself into the character Snehamoy Chaterjee in her upcoming movie The Japanese Wife. "I have worked with Rahul in two of my films and I am simply amazed by the ability and will of Rahul to transform himself into the character. He is a very good actor and I feel that this is his best performance," Aparna said. "When I planned to do the movie I just couldn't give a second thought to the decision of casting Rahul as Snehamoy Chaterjee," added Sen, ...
- 4/7/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Kolkata, April 6 – Filmmaker Aparna Sen was amazed by the will and ability of Rahul Bose to transform himself into the character Snehamoy Chaterjee in her upcoming movie ‘The Japanese Wife’.
‘I have worked with Rahul in two of my films and I am simply amazed by the ability and will of Rahul to transform himself into the character. He is a very good actor and I feel that this is his best performance,’ Aparna said.
‘When I planned to do the movie I just couldn’t.
‘I have worked with Rahul in two of my films and I am simply amazed by the ability and will of Rahul to transform himself into the character. He is a very good actor and I feel that this is his best performance,’ Aparna said.
‘When I planned to do the movie I just couldn’t.
- 4/6/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Actor Rahul Bose, who is a former member of India's international rugby team, wants to bring the sport to the silver screen.'I would love to make a film on rugby someday but the script will not be entirely on the sport. There will be something over and above the sport as well,' said the 42-year-old actor.So does he feel that a film is sufficient to increase people's interest in the sport?'Films on sports do increase the interest of audience in the sport initially, but I can't say that it gets a major boost in the long run,' he opined.The actor is currently upbeat about his upcoming film 'The Japanese Wife'.Directed by Aparna Sen, the film revolves around a young village school teacher (Rahul) marrying his Japanese pen friend (Chigusa Takaku) though letters and remaining true and loyal to her throughout his life,...
- 4/5/2010
- Filmicafe
Aparna Sen's latest film "The Japanese Wife" has been acquired by Databazaar Media Ventures (Dmv) for distribution in the Us and Canada through 19,000 retail outlets.
Dmv, the media arm of the Databazaar.com which acts as an exclusive gateway for Bengali films to North America acquired the film from Saregama India Limited, the producers of "The Japanese Wife". Expressing satisfaction over this acquisition, Aparna Sen said: "This is truly a historic occasion. The Indian Diaspora living in the Us and Canada will now be able to watch my film as Dmv will make 'The Japanese Wife' available through about 19,000 retail outlets, including Netflix, Amazon, ITunes, Blockbuster and others." Talking about The Japanese Wife, Sen said: "Some of you have seen and loved my earlier films...films like '36 Chowringhee Lane' or 'Mr. and Mrs. Iyer'. This one is different. My challenge here was to create a film...
Dmv, the media arm of the Databazaar.com which acts as an exclusive gateway for Bengali films to North America acquired the film from Saregama India Limited, the producers of "The Japanese Wife". Expressing satisfaction over this acquisition, Aparna Sen said: "This is truly a historic occasion. The Indian Diaspora living in the Us and Canada will now be able to watch my film as Dmv will make 'The Japanese Wife' available through about 19,000 retail outlets, including Netflix, Amazon, ITunes, Blockbuster and others." Talking about The Japanese Wife, Sen said: "Some of you have seen and loved my earlier films...films like '36 Chowringhee Lane' or 'Mr. and Mrs. Iyer'. This one is different. My challenge here was to create a film...
- 4/3/2010
- by IANS
- DearCinema.com
Washington, April 2 – Award winning director Aparna Sen’s latest film ‘The Japanese Wife’ has been acquired by Databazaar Media Ventures (Dmv) for distribution in the Us and Canada through 19,000 retail outlets.
Dmv, the media arm of the Databazaar.com which acts as an exclusive gateway for Bengali films to North America acquired the film from Saregama India Limited, the producers of ‘The Japanese Wife’.
Expressing satisfaction over this acquisition,.
Dmv, the media arm of the Databazaar.com which acts as an exclusive gateway for Bengali films to North America acquired the film from Saregama India Limited, the producers of ‘The Japanese Wife’.
Expressing satisfaction over this acquisition,.
- 4/2/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Mumbai, March 30 – The charming Moushumi Chatterjee returns to celluloid after several years in ‘The Japanese Wife’ and is as self-effacing as ever, calling herself a ‘very lazy actor’ who never took her career seriously and doesn’t want to work hard.
Moushumi, 61, says of her role as Rahul Boses’s ‘funny’ Mashi in the Aparna Sen-directed film, based on a book by Kunal Basu: ‘I play Snehamoy’s Mashi. My character is very funny in the film. I have a special.
Moushumi, 61, says of her role as Rahul Boses’s ‘funny’ Mashi in the Aparna Sen-directed film, based on a book by Kunal Basu: ‘I play Snehamoy’s Mashi. My character is very funny in the film. I have a special.
- 3/30/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
March 27, 2010: The Rahul Bose starrer, The Japanese Wife had its music launch on Wednesday. Director of the film, Aparna Sen and actors Rahul Bose and Moushumi Chatterjee were present at the launch.
The film is a book adaptation of Kunal Basu’s novel with the same name. The film has 16 songs. It stars Japanese actress Chigusa Takaku as the Japanese wife.
According to Aparna Sen, she found the story like a modern-day fairy tale. She reveals that when she heard the story from Kunal Basu, she found it very strangely odd and yet charming at the same time.
Rahul Bose, who has earlier worked.
The film is a book adaptation of Kunal Basu’s novel with the same name. The film has 16 songs. It stars Japanese actress Chigusa Takaku as the Japanese wife.
According to Aparna Sen, she found the story like a modern-day fairy tale. She reveals that when she heard the story from Kunal Basu, she found it very strangely odd and yet charming at the same time.
Rahul Bose, who has earlier worked.
- 3/27/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Aparna Sen, whose long-awaited film The Japanese Wife will soon be seen in the theatres, says she couldn't trust anyone but old favourite Rahul Bose to play Snehamoy, the Sundarbans schoolteacher who falls in love with a woman he's never met. "To play Snehamoy, I needed an actor who would give me 200 percent," Sen, who gets back to direction after "15 Park Avenue", told Ians in an interview. "What is very difficult about Snehamoy's character is that he is a humdrum little man and yet he has something extremely extraordinary in that humdrum life. ...
- 3/26/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Mumbai, March 26 – Aparna Sen, whose long-awaited film ‘The Japanese Wife’ will soon be seen in the theatres, says she couldn’t trust anyone but old favourite Rahul Bose to play Snehamoy, the Sundarbans schoolteacher who falls in love with a woman he’s never met.
‘To play Snehamoy, I needed an actor who would give me 200 percent,’ Sen, who gets back to direction after ‘15 Park Avenue’, told Ians in an interview.
‘What is very difficult about Snehamoy’s character is that he is a humdrum little man and yet he has something extremely extraordinary in that humdrum life. He has a Japanese wife.
‘To play Snehamoy, I needed an actor who would give me 200 percent,’ Sen, who gets back to direction after ‘15 Park Avenue’, told Ians in an interview.
‘What is very difficult about Snehamoy’s character is that he is a humdrum little man and yet he has something extremely extraordinary in that humdrum life. He has a Japanese wife.
- 3/26/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Actor-director Aparna Sen says the idea for her upcoming film The Japanese Wife came about over a cup of coffee with author Kunal Basu. "It's a very, very unusual love story," Aparna Sen told reporters at a press conference on Tuesday. She added that the movie, which stars Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Moushumi Chatterjee and Japanese actress Chingusa Takaku, is set to release April 9. The Japanese Wife tells the tale of Snehamoy (Rahul Bose), a schoolteacher in the interiors of Sundarbans, West Bengal, and Migaya (Chingusa Takaku). They start off as pen pals, fall in love and even ...
- 3/24/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Mumbai, March 23 – Actor-director Aparna Sen says the idea for her upcoming film ‘The Japanese Wife’ came about over a cup of coffee with author Kunal Basu.
‘It’s a very, very unusual love story,’ Aparna Sen told reporters at a press conference here Tuesday.
She added that the movie, which stars Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Moushumi Chatterjee and Japanese actress Chingusa Takaku, is set to release April 9.
‘The.
‘It’s a very, very unusual love story,’ Aparna Sen told reporters at a press conference here Tuesday.
She added that the movie, which stars Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Moushumi Chatterjee and Japanese actress Chingusa Takaku, is set to release April 9.
‘The.
- 3/23/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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