Bondhu (Seagull, 2023) is Kunal Sen’s first book. ‘Bondhu’ in Bengali means friend. That’s how Kunal addressed his father, renowned filmmaker Mrinal Sen, who would have turned 100 this year. In a ...
Actress Mrinal Navell who is best known for her role in the drama series ‘Yeh Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar’ has said that showbiz is a difficult profession that demands a lot of patience, and one that creates ...
It was a February morning last year when I was waiting to speak to Chanchal Chowdhury on the set of Srijit Mukherji’s Padatik. The set was at Mrinal Sen’s home in Beltala. Minutes later Chanchal walks ...
Known for his hard-hitting films exploring the dark alleys of Indian society, Mrinal Sen was a stalwart in the New Cinema Movement beside his contemporaries Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak. Together ...
Mrinal Sen and Arun Kaul, co-authors of the manifesto for a new cinema movement published in 1968. (Picture courtesy the Sen family collection) A charming, chuckle-aloud comedy about a big bureaucrat ...
Known for his hard hitting films exploring the dark alleys of Indian society, Mrinal Sen was a stalwart in the New Cinema Movement beside his contemporaries Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak. Together ...
The much-anticipated teaser of acclaimed Indian filmmaker Srijit Mukherji's directorial film "Padatik", has been dropped on the occasion of Mrinal Sen's 101th birthday today (May 14). The biopic film, ...