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Tag Archives: Mrinal Sen
Amitava Nag’s upcoming The Cinema of Tapan Sinha, An Introduction book provides a succinct introduction to the cinema of Tapan Sinha and the significant place he holds in Bengali...
The Great Bengal Famine, a holocaust that obliterated nearly 3 million Bengalis in a span of a year or so is mostly forgotten and undiscussed. The first film to illustrate the tragedy...
Buoyed by the human chains formed in Rajsahi, Dhaka and Toronto to demand restoration of the decaying ancestral houses of the legendary filmmakers Satyajit Ray, Ritwik...
Mrinal Sen made Chorus in 1974. His political fantasy set in future was very avant-garde in its treatment and conception, but it has never been connected to the genre of Cyberpunk; a sub-genre of science fiction...
With Mrinal Sen behind the camera Indian cinema changed format, language, tenor. Ratnottama Sengupta explores the myriad aspects of his cinema, life and beliefs. A Silhouette exclusive.
"I have always believed that the political aspect of Mrinal Sen’s films – certainly his better ones – is eclipsed by their over-riding human concern." John W Hood explores the artistic and humanitarian...
Ek Din Pratidin offers a deep insight into the difference in treatment of and attitude towards men and women among the urban Indian middle-class tilted against women and towards...
Somewhat surprisingly while there are numerous studies on 19th Century Calcutta,[1] enquiries on the political history of Calcutta from the partition years...
