The Japanese Wife: Aparna Sen in conversation with Kunal Basu and Rahul Bose

Speakers: Aparna Sen, Kunal Basu and Rahul Bose

October 6, 2010 | 4.30 pm
Little Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai

The screening of the feature film, The Japanese Wife, based on an eponymous short story written by Kunal Basu will be followed by a conversation between Aparna Sen, Kunal Basu and Rahul Bose.

The film, directed by Aparna Sen, revolves around a young village school teacher (Rahul Bose) who marries his Japanese pen friend (Chigusa Takaku) through letters, without their ever setting eyes on each other, their intimacy of words tested ultimately by life’s miraculous upheavals.

Kunal Basu teaches at Oxford University’s Said Business School. His novels include The Opium Clerk (2001), The Miniaturist (2003) and Racists (2006). His most recent work is a collection of short stories, The Japanese Wife (2008).

Aparna Sen is a critically acclaimed filmmaker, script writer, and actress. She is the winner of several National and International film festival awards. She began her career as a director in 1981 with 36 Chowringhee Lane. She followed up this early success with several other films, notably Paroma, Sati, Yugant, Paromitar Ek Din, and 15 Park Avenue.

Rahul Bose is an actor, director, screenwriter, social activist, and rugby player. Bose has appeared in films such as Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Kalpurush, Anuranan, Antaheen, Laptop and The Japanese Wife.