Mrinal Sen

Mrinal Sen was born on 14 May 1923 in Faridpur, in East Bengal, the son of a lawyer who supported the independence fighters. A physics student in Calcutta, he joined the Indian People's Theatre Association, then worked as a journalist, a medical representative and a sound technician. He made films mostly in Bengali, but also in Hindi and Telugu, was in 1982 the first Indian member of the Cannes jury, and sat from 1997 to 2003 in the upper house of Parliament, by nomination. He died in Calcutta on 30 December 2018.

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• CinemaBhuvan Shomeभुवन शोमMrinal Sen · 1969Cinema