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The volume showcases the legend that was Satyajit Ray in black and white pictures. It is a fascinating pictorial study of the celluloid maestro. With an exclusive testimonial from Mrinal Sen, ace photographer, Aloke Mitra, here uses his exceptional sense of perception to capture wonderful images of the artiste at work. He presents an array of images that range from the candid to the serene and the contemplative, from the private moments of the filmmaker to scenes ...
In this remarkably candid interview with his close friend, Mrinal Sen reminisces about a long and eventful life in cinema, weaving into it a rich matrix of socio-political, literary and cultural movements that have proved to be of lasting influence in his art. Internationally and nationally renowned personalities from the worlds of cinema, theatre, literature and politics throng these pages, recreating the vibrant times that both Sen and Bandyopadhyay have lived ...
Mrinal Sen's films Ekdin Pratidin, Kharij and Ekdin Achanak, considered amongst his best works, are sensitive portrayals of the middle-class psyche. Although not strictly forming a trilogy, having been produced years apart, each in its own way deals centrally with the idea of absence: the sudden absence of one member of a unit, exposing the absence of certain values, and leading to a qualitative change in relationships and attitudes amongst those left behind. A ...
Even when I go outside my time, I cannot go outside history…I have seen history as a continuous, growing phenomenon, marching almost imperceptibly into the character of our own time. Above everything else, I am committed to my own time. Veteran filmmaker Mrinal Sen has always seen his life and work as part of the social and political fabric of his time. As he has continued to experiment with cinema over the decades, evolving his own quest in response to the ...
In Search of Famine takes a Felliniesque look at a young film director's effort to portray, with commitment and honesty, the famine that ravaged Bengal in 1943. Forty years after the event, and within a village setting, the young filmmaker comes up against a famine that still runs relentlessly on; and he is faced with a community of elders which resists both reality and the cinema. As a result, his task becomes irretrievably difficult. Mrinal Sen built his ...