Coupled with leftist sentiments the modern prodigy,Mrinal Sen has given us one of the most soul searching and thought provoking movies.In the league of Ray and Ghatak,Mrinal Sen is always considered one of the best directors ever.
Mrinal Sen is regarded as one of the pioneers of Parallel cinema in Indian Film Industry.Started with Bhuvan Some, the simplicity of his movie making style reflected. Starring Enigmatic Utpal Dutt and charismatic Suhasini Mulay in the lead role, the movie was a critically acclaimed hit.
With the advent of Naxalite turbulence in Bengal,Sen directed movies like Padatik and Calcutta-76.Those movies wedged the exact plight and mindset of people that time.He made movies with on versatile subjects with each movie used to carry a message,From the famine struck wife of the poor farmer in ‘Akaler Sandhaney’ to ‘Lonely mysterious girl’ of Antareen, sen had portrayed each of his characters in subtle shades.
My favourite of his films would be Mahaprithibi,the movie again based on the Naxalite Movement.It tells the story of a Person who left his family in dire straits during the movement and went to Germany, and what happens after he comes back, aptly played by dynamic Victor Banerjee.
Always tagged with the ideas of Marxism,Surrealism ,Italian Neorealism etc,Sen’s movies seldom have a happy ending or precisely it did not have a definitive finale .
On His 85th Birthday i pay my tributes and salutations to this great man.
4 comments:
wel wriiten account of d legendary personality... havnt watchd any movies so far but have heard many good things about him....
wil surely lend my hand on one his movies....
nice one....
I am still to try out Mrinal Sen Saurav..I am planning to get back to the movie watching period after a long break..
Madhu ......this is the time to be man.....u have some time now.....you would love it man
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