Happy birthday to Moon Moon Sen.

Happy birthday to Moon Moon Sen. The viewers of bollywood films and Bengali films wish happy birthday to Moon Moon Sent the daughter of the legendary actress Suchitra Sen on 28th March, 2011. She had acted in around 60 films and 40 teleserials to date.

She was born as the daughter of Dibanath Sen and Suchitra Sen on 28th March, 1958. She studied in Loreto Convent, Darjeeling and Loreto House, Kolkata. She did her Masters in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She started her acting career with the film Andar Bahar in 1984.

She was successful opposite Tapas Pal in the film Baidurjya Rahashya. It was crime thriller directed by Dadasaheb Phalke Wining Director Tapan Sinha. Bosonto Choudhury acted in a double role in the film. Her other successful Bengali films included Rajbadhu, Tumi Kato Sundar, Pujarini, Neel Nirjane, etc.

In respect of hindi films she acted in Musafir, Sheesha, Pyar Ki Jeet, Lekin, Jeevan Ek Sunghursh, etc. She played the role of the elder sister of Madhuri Dixit in the film 100 Days. She was killed in the film by the villain and that was the subject matter of the film. She acted in few Tamil, Telegu films as well, like 12B, Sirivennela, etc.

She also worked in the field of advertisement. She acted as models in soap advertisements and endorsements of other products. Her both daughters Raima Sen and Riya Sen established themselves in bollywood films. While Raima Sen had been successful in films like Parineeta, God Mother, Riya Sen had been successful in films like Apna Sapna Money Money, Heroes, etc. The viewers expect Moon Moon Sen to continue acting in character roles in future.

The Japanese Wife is quite an Abstract Film.

The Japanese Wife is quite an Abstract Film.

Aparna Sen had experimented with Kunal Basu’s story in her film The Japanese Wife. The story of the film is very abstract.

In the film Rahul Bose and Chigusa Takaku were pen friends who exchanged wedding vows through letters. They did not meet each other within 15 years, yet their attachment towards each other remained intact.

The relationship faced challenge when a young widow played by Raima Sen with a small child came to stay with Rahul Bose. Rahul Bose a teacher in Sunderbans and cared for the rural population of the place.

He cared for his unseen Japanese wife as well. When he came to know that she was ill with cancer, he took leave from his school to find a cure for the ailment. But later when the entire village was infected with malaria, he got infected too. He died at the end.

His Japanese wife came to the village in white saree, the symbol of a widow. The performances of Rahul Bose, Raima Sen and Chigusa Takaku were excellent. Moushumi Chatterji also did well in her respective role.

The music of Sagar Desai was soft and meaningful. Aparna Sen used the camera to perfection. But the trouble with these films lies in the ability of the viewers to accept it. Firstly the development of romantic relationship between a man and a woman through letters in the 21st century is very much imaginative.

Life had become so fast in the last years , that the impulses of slow moving personalities can reach the viewers to boredom. The story had very strong human values embedded in it, and the direction of Aparna Sen had been brilliant, but going by the record of realistic films in the last 5 years, it does not seem like being a crowd-puller in the real sense.

Even then it was a brilliant effort on the part of Aparna Sen to choose such a subject and do justice with it.