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Tagore's 150 anniverasary with Aparna Sen
Rabindranath Tagore 150th Anniversary
With
Aparna Sen
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Author, activist, artist, choreographer, dramatist, educator, musician and philosopher, Rabindranath Tagore was primarily a poet. He has been called the “Universal Man”, which he certainly was. His talents blossomed from the dusty, wet plains of Bengal in over a thousand poems, two-and-a-half thousand songs, a sizable number of short stories, novels, discursive essays on education, history, literature, rural reconstructions, politics, philosophy and science. He became a painter at seventy, rather late in life. In ten years he produced, approximately, three thousand paintings. He is regarded as India’s first modern painter.
In 1913, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. He was the first non-western writer to win this highest honor.
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The Satyajit Ray Film & Study Center (Ray FASC) at UCSC will mark Tagore’s 150th anniversary on the April 21-22 weekend .
The guest of honor will be Ms.Aparna Sen, arguably one of India’s and world’s most eminent film star and filmmaker. She appeared in Satyajit Ray’s 1961 film Samapti (Denouement) at age 16. She has acted in three other Ray film classics. She acted in Merchant-Ivory’s Guru and Bombay Talkies and several other English language films. She also acted in select Hindi films.
She directed her debut film 36 Chowringee Lane in 1981. In 1985, she directed Paroma a landmark feminist film. Altogether, she has directed over ten films including Mr. & Mrs. Iyer (2002), which won critical acclaim and awards.
On April 21 at the Media Theater, UCSC at 5P.M. we will screen Ray’s Samapti based on a short story by Tagore. The Academy Film Archives in L.A has recently restored this film. Ms. Sen will talk on the Tagore heritage and a Q&A will follow this screening.
On April 22 at 2 P.M. Sen’s recent film The Japanese Wife, will be screened at Nickelodeon, downtown Santa Cruz. This is a long distance romantic story. This will be followed by a short Q&A session with Ms. Sen.
Admission to the April 21 event at Media Theater is free. April 22 screening at Nickelodeon ticketed at the usual price. Seats are limited both at the Media Theater and at Nickelodeon. For further inquiries, please contact (831) 459-4012.
