Quotes from Aparna Sen

When I make a film about a woman, it is possible that my feminist politics surfaces somewhere but it is not with the intention of propagating feminism.

Every single person is political. I am a Left-liberal and my politics is issue-based.

I feel scenes of sexual intimacy are ruined if the director is embarrassed.

The fact of the matter is that all true artistes are androgynous by nature, the yin and yang perfectly balanced.

As it happens, I live in Kolkata; my husband Kalyan lives in New Jersey in USA; our elder daughter lives in Cincinnati - also in USA; my younger daughter lives in Mumbai; my sisters live in Delhi.

Mainstream Bengali cinema unashamedly tries to copy Bollywood. They forget that they don't have the kind of budgets that Hindi filmmakers have.

I had a turtle that I called Kalidas.

I don't think I have too many filmmaking years left since I hurt my spine and knee.

With the kind of money Bollywood directors have, they can at least add drama, gloss and glamour to their films, even if the stories are uninspiring and run-of-the-mill.

A musical by its very nature doesn't allow for a lot of nuances.

Unless we citizens speak out, unless we are vigilant, democracy cannot fully function.

All human beings are lonely at the core. We come alone, we go alone.

I grew up in a film lovers' family and I have been watching the best of world cinema from age six.