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A War At Home

Aparna Sen is using film as a metaphor for politics.

In the busy 18th-floor office of Shree Venkatesh Films, Aparna Sen radiates a kind of sunny aura in her bright yellow chiffon sari. Her film, Ghawre Bairey Aaj, will release on November 15, and promotions for it have begun in earnest.

Her three lead actors-Jisshu Sengupta, Anirban Bhattacharya and newcomer Tuhina Das-mill about from room to room, while Sen, for her part, seems fairly relaxed. This isn't her first rodeo.

Though it might as well be.

Ghawre Bairey Aaj, says

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