Key facts
- Born
- 14 May 1923, Faridpur
- Died
- 30 December 2018, Kolkata
- State of birth
- Faridpur
- Sector
- Film & entertainment
- Profession
- Indian film director (1923–2018)
- Gender
- Male
Biography
Mrinal Sen was an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Bengali, and a few Hindi and Telugu language films. Regarded as one of the finest Indian filmmakers, along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, and Tapan Sinha, Sen played a major role in India's parallel cinema movement, which offered a realistic, socially aware counterpoint to splashy Bollywood films, as well as in the country's New Wave cinema. He also served as the President of FTII from 1984 to 1986.
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Timeline
- 1923Born in Faridpur
- 1981Awarded the Padma Bhushan
- 1985Awarded the Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- 1998Becomes member of Rajya Sabha
- 2000Awarded the Order of Friendship
- 2005Awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
- 2018Dies in Kolkata
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) · Riyaz Ahamed