In sad turn of events, veteran filmmaker Mrinal Sen passed away on Sunday at 10:30 am at his home in Bhawanipore, Kolkata. He was 95. He had been suffering from age-related ailments for a long time.
Mrinal Sen was a noted Bengali filmmaker based in Kolkata. Along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, he was often considered to be one of the greatest ambassadors of Bengali parallel cinema on the global stage.
Mrinal was born in Faridpur in Bangladesh on May 14, 1923. After completing high school in Bangladesh, Sen came to Kolkata. He studied physics at Scottish Church College. He got a post-graduate degree from the University of Calcutta.
Sen, a Padma Bhushan and Dada Saheb Phalke awardee, paved the way for parallel cinema in India with films like Ek Din Achanak, Padatik, Bhuvan Shome, Akaler Sandhane, Calcutta 71 and Mrigayaa.
