Mrinal Sen (Bangla: মৄণাল সেন) is a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He was born on (May 14, 1923) , in the town of Faridpur, now in Bangladesh. After finishing his high school there, he left home to come to Calcutta as a student and studied physics at the Scottish Church College and at the University of Calcutta. During his student days, he got involved with the cultural wing of the Communist party. Though he never became a member of the party, his association with the Indian Peoples Theatre Association ( IPTA ) brought him close to a number of like-minded cultural people. This article is about the Bengali language. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Faridpur is a district in central Bangladesh. ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density. ... Located at 1 & 3 Urquhart Square, Calcutta - 700006, the Scottish Church College is the oldest Missionary liberal arts and sciences academy in India. ... Formally established on the 24 January 1857, the University of Calcutta (also known as Calcutta University) is the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...

His interest in films started after he stumbled upon a book on film aesthetics. However his interest remained mostly intellectual, and he was forced to take up a job of a medical representative, which took him away from Calcutta. This did not last very long, and he came back to the city and eventually took a job of an audio technician in a Calcutta film studio, which was the beginning of his film carrier.

Mrinal Sen made his first feature film, (Raatbhor), in 1955. His next film, (Neel Akasher Nichey) (Under the Blue Sky), earned him local recognition, while his third film, Baishey Shravan (Wedding Day) was his first film that gave him international exposure.

After making five more films, he made a film with a shoe-string budget provided by the government of India. This film, Bhuvan Shome (Mr. Shome), finally launched him as a major filmmaker, both nationally and internationally. Bhuvan Shome also initiated the “New Cinema” film movement in India.

His next few films were overtly political, and earned him the reputation as a Marxist artist. This was also the time of large-scale political unrest throughout India, particularly in and around Calcutta. This phase was immediately followed by a series of films where he shifted his focus, and instead of looking for enemies outside, he looked for the enemy within his own middle-class society. This was arguably his most creative phase and won him a large number of international awards. Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ...

Mrinal Sen never stopped experimenting with his medium. In his later films he tried to move away from the narrative structure and worked with very thin story lines. After a long gap of eight years, at the age of eighty, he made his latest film, Aamar Bhuban, in 2002.

During his career, Mrinal Sen’s film have received awards from almost all major film festivals, including (Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Moscow, Karlovy Vary, Montreal, Chicago, and Cairo). Retrospectives of his films have been shown in almost all major cities of the world. Cannes (Canas in Provençal) (pronounced ) is a city and commune in southern France, located on the Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes département. ... This article is about Germanys largest city. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia), nicknamed the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice in Italy. ... Government Russia District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuri Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... Karlovy Vary (help· info) or Carlsbad (German: Karlsbad), is a spa city situated in the western part of the Czech Republic on confluence of OhÅ™e and Teplá rivers. ... City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 366. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Cairo Minarets Cairo (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: , transl. ...

In 2004 Mrinal Sen completed his autobiographical book, Always Being Born.

Selet Filmography:

• Raatbhor (1955)
• Neel Akasher Neechey (1959)
• Baishey Sravan (1960)
• Punascha (1961)
• Abasheshe (1963)
• Pratinidhi (1964)
• Akash Kusum (1965)
• Matira Manisa (1966)
• Bhuvan Shome (1969)
• Ichhapuran (1970)
• Interview (1970)
• Ek Adhuri Kahani (1971)
• Kolkata 71 (1972)
• Padatik (1973)
• Chorus (1974)
• Mrigaya (1976)
• Oka Uri Katha (1977)
• Parasuram (1978)
• Ek Din Pratidin (1979)
• Akaler Sandhane (1980)
• Chalchitra (1981)
• Kharij (1982)
• Khandahar(1983)
• Genesis (1986)
• Ek din Achanak(1989)
• Citi Life - Calcutta My El Dorado (1989)
• Mahaprithibi (1991)
• Antareen (1993)
• 100 Years of Cinema (1999)
• Amar Bhuban (2002)

External links

• Important Source of Information-1
• Important Source of Information-2
• Encyclopaedia Britannica article on Mrinal Sen
• From Calcuttaweb
• Professional Details, Films made in chronological order
• From Mid-Day
• Rediff.com article
• The Mrinal Sen webpage