Mrinal Sen, born May 14, 1923 in Faridpur (Bengal Presidency of the British Raj, now Bangladesh) and died December 30, 2018 in Kolkata, India, was a Bengali Indian film director.
He occupies a special place in Indian film production. His best-known works in Europe are The Outcasts (1977) and Gene... More
Mrinal Sen, born May 14, 1923 in Faridpur (Bengal Presidency of the British Raj, now Bangladesh) and died December 30, 2018 in Kolkata, India, was a Bengali Indian film director.
He occupies a special place in Indian film production. His best-known works in Europe are The Outcasts (1977) and Genesis (1986). The filmmaker is considered, through his work, to be deeply Marxist and a figure close to the Communist Party of India.
Mrinal Sen entered the world of arts through Indian Peoples Theatre Association (IPTA) in 1943. He made his first film 'Raat Bhor' in 1956. Deeply influenced by the leftist ideology, most of his films deal with socio-political themes and the complexities of life of the urban middle class of Bengal. His second film, 'Neel Akasher Nichey' was banned by the government for two months in 1958. Though he predominantly worked in Bengali cinema, Sen also made films in the Odia, Telugu and Hindi languages. He won the National Award for Best Film four times and his films were screened at various international film festivals that bestowed accolades upon him. Sen also served as a jury member at the Cannes International Film Festival.
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