Mrinal Sen
About
Filmography
Family & Companions
Biography
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Writer (Feature Film)
Producer (Feature Film)
Music (Feature Film)
Life Events
1956
Feature film debut, "Raat Bhore/The Dawn"
1959
Began 10-year affiliation with cameraman Sailaja Chatterjee, "Neel akaher neechey/Under Blue Skies"
1965
"Akash kusum/Up in the Clouds" sparked a lively debate about form and content of film in the letters column of the Calcutta STATESMAN between Sen and his contemporary Satyajit Ray
1967
First film in color, the documentary "Moving Perspectives
1969
Directed "Bhuvan Shome", widely regarded as "a pivotal film in Indian film history" and as the beginning of India's new wave"; shot in black and white by K K Mahajan, Sen's cinematographer of choice for the next 20 years
1970
Made color children's fantasy, "Ichhapuran", for India Children's Film Society
1974
"Chorus", Sen's most liberated film as far as technique, bombed with audiences
1976
First dramatic feature in color, "Mrigaya/The Royal Hunt"; first film made in Hindi since "Bhuvan Shome"
1979
Championed the rights of women in India with "Ekdin Pratidin/And Quiet Rolls the Dawn", a straightforward narrative that gained wider acceptance than his agitprop films, causing some of his former admirers to accuse him of "selling out"
1981
"Aakaler/In Search of Famine" received the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival
1986
"Genesis", Sen's first international co-production, a Franco-Indian collaboration with additional participation from Switzerland and Belgium
1990
Directed "Calcutta, My Eldorado" episode of the experimental "City Life"
1994
Last feature film to date, "Antareen/The Confined"
1996
Directed his mini-documentary chapter on the Indian cinema ("The Show Goes On--The Indian Chapter") for the larger project "The Century of Cinema"
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