No producer for Aparna Sen

A decade has passed since Aparna Sen decided to make a comedy film, but the ace filmmaker and winner of several National Awards is still struggling to convince a producer to fund her dream project."Getting a national award and getting a producer are two different things. People think that I am a good director but that doesn't mean that the producers will put in their money into my films. They think that they will not profit without big stars," Sen told PTI here.

Rated as one of India's best cerebral film-makers, Sen has won the National Film Award twice for the best director.The 65-year-old Padma Shri who has made cinematic gems like '36 Chowringhee Lane' (1981), 'Mr and Mrs Iyer' (2001) and '15 Park Avenue' (2005) is trying hard to make a film on novelist Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay's Bengali story 'Goyenar Baksho' or 'Jewellery Box'.

"I really want to make it. I have been trying for the past few years, but it is very difficult to get funding for my type of films," she said.Bollywood actor Govinda had reportedly agreed to play the lead as the hedonistic son of a zamindar's family who turns a blind eye as the family crumbles to bankruptcy. Actress Soha Ali Khan was also approached to star in it.The story is about three generations of women and their changing attitudes viewed through a box of jewels.