Kolkata, Sep 6: Expressing shock over the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan, filmmaker Ujjwal Chatterjee Friday remembered Banerjee as a "daring" and "outspoken" woman.
Banerjee, a Kolkata native, who wrote a popular memoir about her escape from the Taliban was shot dead in Afghanistan's Paktika province by suspected Taliban militants, police said Thursday.
Chatterjee, a Bengali filmmaker, had adapted Banerjee's memoir - "A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife" - on her escape from Afghanistan and life under the Taliban militia, into the 2003 film "Escape From Taliban".
"She.
Banerjee, a Kolkata native, who wrote a popular memoir about her escape from the Taliban was shot dead in Afghanistan's Paktika province by suspected Taliban militants, police said Thursday.
Chatterjee, a Bengali filmmaker, had adapted Banerjee's memoir - "A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife" - on her escape from Afghanistan and life under the Taliban militia, into the 2003 film "Escape From Taliban".
"She.
- 9/6/2013
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
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