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Mrinal Sen
Director 1923 - 2018

Mrinal Sen

Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India

Mrinal Sen entered the world of arts through Indian Peoples Theatre Association (IPTA) in 1943. He made his first film 'Raat Bhor' in 1956. Deeply influenced by the leftist ideology, most of his films deal with socio-political themes and the complexities of life of the urban... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

6 titles
Ek Din Achanak

Ek Din Achanak

Mrinal Sen 1989 1h 42m

A retired professor suddenly goes missing. Time passes by, life goes on, but his children and wife keep on looking back, trying to find their way through emotional torrents of the past and the present.

Genesis

Genesis

Mrinal Sen 1986 1h 45m

A farmer and a weaver who have both been liberated from enslavement struggle to survive in an arid, desert landscape. To secure basic necessities, they cast their lot with a merchant, who is a man of suspicious intent but provides for them nonetheless. Things change dramatically, however, when their camp is visited by a woman.

Kharij

Kharij

Mrinal Sen 1982 1h 31m

A pre-teen servant boy dies of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning on a cold winter night in the kitchen. The household is suddenly plunged into psychological turmoil, torn between guilt and fear of a police investigation and the resulting scandal. As events unfold, the employer and his wife reveal their petty, hypocritical selves.

Ek Din Pratidin

Ek Din Pratidin

Mrinal Sen 1979 1h 35m

The daughter of an economically middle-class family fails to return home one night.

Bhuvan Shome

Bhuvan Shome

Mrinal Sen 1969 1h 36m

Bhuvan Shome is a lonely widower, a proud old man and a strict disciplinarian. Looking back on the trodden path, strewn with staunch determination and drab attitudes, Bhuvan Shome, a thoroughly unenchanted man, seeks escape in a holiday.

Baishey Shravana

Baishey Shravana

Mrinal Sen 1960 1h 50m

The tragic story set in the late 1930s, just before famine struck Bengal. It tells of the marriage of a dumpy middle-aged salesman of small goods to a beautiful teenager, and how, after initial days of happiness together, a series of misfortunes strike which slowly embitter the man.

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