| 1. Aparna Sen is a renowned Indian director, scriptwriter, and actor in the Bengali film industry. |
| 2. Her name is pronounced as Oporna Shen. |
| 3. Shashi Kapoor affectionately nicknamed Aparna as Coppola. |
| 4. Aparna's mother, Supriya Dasgupta, won the National Film Award for Best Costume Design for the film Amodini at the age of 73. |
| 5. Her father, Chidananda Das Gupta, co-founded the Calcutta Film Society with Satyajit Ray in 1947. |
| 6. Aparna got married at a young age to Sanjay Sen and Mukul Sharma, but both marriages ended in divorce. |
| 7. Her elder daughter, Kamalini Chatterjee, pursued further studies in the United States. |
| 8. Aparna's photo was featured as the cover picture in Life Magazine when she was 14 years old. |
| 9. She made her acting debut at the age of 16 in Satyajit Ray's film Teen Kanya. |
| 10. Aparna has acted in various Bengali films and directed critically acclaimed movies like Paroma, Yugant, and 15 Park Avenue. |
| 11. She has worked as an editor for the Bengali women's magazine Sananda and as a creative director at Kolkata TV. |
| 12. Aparna has been a jury member at international film festivals and chaired the Ladakh International Film Festival jury. |
| 13. She also served as an editor for Paroma magazine and launched the new magazine Prothoma Ekhon. |
| 14. In 2019, Aparna Sen was among the celebrities who wrote an open letter to PM Narendra Modi to protest against religious intolerance. |
| 15. Aparna Sen directed the Hindi film The Rapist (2022) featuring Konkona Sen Sharma and Arjun Rampal. |
| 16. She is an avid student of literature and has translated modern Bengali poets like Sunil Gangopadhyay, Jibanananda Das, Shakti Chattopadhyay, Shankha Ghosh, and Joy Goswami. |
| 17. She incorporates elements of magic realism in her films, inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Spanish surrealism. |
| 18. A documentary about her life, 'Paroma: A Journey with Aparna Sen', was made by Suman Ghosh. |
