![]() Such landmark films as Baishe Sraban (Bengali, 1960), Bhuban Shome (Hindi, 1969), Mrigaya (Hindi, 1976), Oka Oori Katha (Tamil, 1977), Akaler Sandhane (Bengali, 1980), Kharij (Bengali, 1982) and Khandahar (Hindi, 1983) earned him several national awards as well as awards from the prestigious Venice Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival and Carthage Film Festival.ĭaringly experimental in his story-telling techniques, Sen developed a language of his own. Utpal Dutt and Suhasini Mulay in Bhuvan Shome. Mrinal Sen was a noted Bengali filmmaker with several movies to his credit.((Photo Samir Jana))Ī part of the famous trio of Bengali master auteurs that by large represented Indian New Wave cinema between 1950s and the 1970s – the two other being Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak – Sen is best known for the aesthetic and technical quality of films that generally delved on socio-political issues and often carried a political overtone. The filmmaker breathed his last at his Kolkata residence on Sunday.The Dadasaheb Phalke and Padma Bhushan recipient had been suffering from age-related ailments for several years. ![]() ![]() ![]() The death of Mrinal Sen (1923-2018) marks the end of the last of the stalwart filmmakers of the Golden Age (1950s and 1960s) who earned global repute and redefined the boundaries of Indian cinema. ![]()
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