Mrinal Sen ( Beng. মৃণাল সেন , English Mrinal Sen ; May 14, 1923 , Faridpur , British India - December 30, 2018 , Calcutta , India ) is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter who shot mostly films in Bengali . He is one of the representatives of the "parallel cinema" of India, in contrast to Bollywood films showing life in a realistic manner and touching on acute social problems.
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| Place of Birth | Faridpur , Bengal Presidency , British India | |||
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| Profession | film director , screenwriter | |||
| Career | 1955 - 2002 | |||
| Direction | parallel movie | |||
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For his contribution to the development of cinema, he was awarded the third highest government award Padma Bhushan and the highest Indian cinema award named after Dadasaheb Falke . He was awarded the National Film Award seven times as the best director and screenwriter.
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Biography
Mrinal Sen was born on May 14, 1923 in Faridpur [3] . His family was middle class; she supported anti-imperial sentiments, rejected the caste hierarchy and religious obscurantism. He studied in Calcutta , studied physics at Scottish Church Colleg e, and then continued his studies at the University of Calcutta . Sen from his student years became close to the Communist Party of India , but was never a member of it. After graduation, he tried his hand at medicine, journalism and only then came to the cinema. For some time he held the position of sound technician at the Calcutta film studio.
Career
He shot his first film, Before Dawn, in 1955, where Uttam Kumar who had not yet reached stellar status, played the main role . To this day, the picture has not been preserved, and Mrinal Sen regarded it as a catastrophic failure [4] .
Success came to him only with the third tape “Wedding Day” (1960), which provided him with international fame, and strengthened after the film “ Bhuvan Shom ” (1969), filmed with state support. "Bhuvan Shom" was one of the first films belonging to the movement "New Cinema" in India [5] . It was also the first success after a series of five failures [5] . The film brought Mrinal Sung his first National Film Award for Best Director .
His next few films were openly political. At this stage of his work, he received most of his international awards. His films received four National Film Awards for Best Feature Film . Sen made his last film in 2002 at the age of 80. In 2004, he completed his autobiography, Always Being Born .
Filmography
| Released | Russian name | original name | Areas of activity | Notes | ||
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| 1955 | Before sunrise | Raat bhore | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1958 | Under the blue sky | Neel Akasher Neechey | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1960 | Wedding day | Baishey shravana | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1961 | Afterword | Punascha | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1965 | High behind the clouds | Akash Kusum | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1969 | Bhuvan shom | Bhuvan shome | Yes | Yes | Yes | National Film Award for Best Director |
| 1971 | Job interview | Interview | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1972 | Calcutta 71 | Calcutta 71 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1973 | Shooter / Private | Padatik | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1975 | Choir | Chorus | Yes | Yes | Yes | MIFF Silver Medal |
| 1977 | Royal hunt | Mrigayaa | Yes | Yes | Critical Filmfare Award for Best Film | |
| 1977 | Marginals | Oka Oori Katha | Yes | Special Prize of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Jury | ||
| 1979 | Quiet day begins | Ek Din Pratidin | Yes | Yes | Yes | National Film Award for Best Director |
| 1979 | Parasuram | Parasuram | Yes | Yes | Berlin IFF Prize, MIFF Silver Medal | |
| 1981 | Anatomy of hunger | Akaler Sandhane | Yes | Yes | National Film Award for Best Director, two Berlin Film Prizes | |
| 1981 | Kaleidoscope | Chalchitra | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1982 | The case is dismissed | Kharij | Yes | Yes | Cannes IFF Jury Prize, Golden Ear of the VF Valladolid | |
| 1984 | Ruin | Khandhar | Yes | Yes | National Award for Best Director, Golden Hugo of the Chicago International Film Festival , Special Jury Award of the Montreal International Film Festival | |
| 1985 | Genesis | Genesis | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1989 | Day has come | Ek Din Achanak | Yes | Yes | honorable mention at the Venice IFF | |
| 1989 | City life | City life | Yes | |||
| 1994 | Hopelessness | Antareen | Yes | |||
| 2002 | My land | Aamaar bhuvan | Yes | Silver Pyramid to the Best Director at the Cairo IFF | ||
Recognition
Received wide national and world recognition. He was a member of the jury of the Berlin (1982) and Venice (1996) IFFs. Winner of the highest national cinema award named after Dadasaheb Falke (2005). He was appointed an honorary member of the Upper House of the Parliament of India (1998-2003). Honorary Doctor of a number of Indian universities, including alma mater. Several documentaries have also been filmed about Mrinal Sen.
Rewards
- The Order of Padma Bhushan ( India , 1981 ) [3] [6]
- Commander of the Order of Arts and Literature ( France , 1985 ) [3]
- Order of Friendship ( September 25, 2000 , Russia ) - for his great contribution to the development of Russian-Indian relations and the strengthening of friendship between the peoples of the Russian Federation and the Republic of India [7] .
Notes
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ Legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen passes away at 95 // The Times of India - 2018 .-- ed. size: 3321702
- ↑ 1 2 3 Sen, Mrinal // The International Who's Who 2004. - London: Europa Publications, 2003. - xix + 1888 p. - (The International Who's Who, vol. 67). - ISBN 978-1-857-43217-6 . - P. 1518.
- ↑ Cinema of India / Editorial board: L. M. Budyak, E. S. Gromova, V. M. Murian, R. P. Sobolev, I.A. Zvyagintsev. - Moscow: Art , 1988 .-- S. 252-278. - 288 p.
- ↑ 1 2 Suresh Kohli. Bhuvan Shome (1969 ) . The Hindu (May 12, 2012). Date of treatment September 9, 2014.
- ↑ Padma Awards . // Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (2015). Date of treatment February 14, 2017.
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 25, 2000 No. 1691 “On the Awarding of the Citizens of the Republic of India by the Order of Friendship” . The official website of the President of Russia. Date of treatment February 14, 2017.
Links
- Mrinal Sen on the Internet Movie Database
- An article about the director in the British Encyclopedia
- Biography and Creativity
- Mrinal Sen website