#Mrinal Sen

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Mrinal Sen - Padatik (1973)

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Antareen (The Confined) | Mrinal Sen | 1993 | India

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Mrinal Sen - Padatik (1973)

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Ek Din Achanak (1989) | dir. Mrinal Sen

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Mrinal Sen, May 14, 1923 – 30 December 2018.

With cinematographer Carlo Varini during the making of Genesis (1986).

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Suddenly One Day (Mrinal Sen, 1989)

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Ek Din Pratidin (1979) dir. Mrinal Sen

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CHAALCHITRA EKHON [Kaleidoscope Now]

Anjan Dutt, 2023

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Calcutta 71

(Calcutá 71)

IND, 1972

Mrinal Sen

8/10

Revolucionário

Este é um filme que claramente demonstra que há um cinema indiano para além de Bollywood e que nem sequer é novo. Na verdade, Satyajit Ray já filmava o realismo indiano desde a década de 1950.

Este é um filme difícil de classificar. Se no essencial é uma obra crua e realista, que denuncia a miséria de uma cidade (e de um país) onde as desigualdades são gritantes e as carências chegam ao nível da mera sobrevivência, por outro, na sua estrutura segmentada, na mensagem por vezes revolucionária, tem ecos de nouvelle vague, sobretudo após o Maio de 1968. Há umas breves influências de Godard e uma frescura de jovem contestatário de 1971, que contrastam claramente com a linguagem cinematográfica habitual do subcontinente indiano.

Um belo filme sobre uma realidade terrível.

Revolutionary

This is a film that clearly demonstrates that there is an Indian cinema beyond Bollywood and that it is not even new. In fact, Satyajit Ray had been filming Indian realism since the 1950s.

This is a difficult film to classify. If in essence it is a raw and realistic work, which denounces the misery of a city (and a country) where inequalities are glaring and deficiencies reach the level of mere survival, on the other, in its segmented structure, in the message that is sometimes revolutionary, it has echoes of nouvelle vague, especially after May 1968. There are brief influences from Godard and a freshness from the young protester of 1971, which clearly contrast with the usual cinematic language of the Indian subcontinent.

A beautiful film about a terrible reality.

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Mrinal Sen was an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Bengali, and a few Hindi and Telugu language films. Regarded as one of t...

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Happy Birthday to #ShyamBenegal, born on December 14, 1934.

He's a well-known director and writer famous for his great movies and documentaries. Shyam Benegal has been a major figure in parallel cinema since the 1970s. He has received many big awards, like the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2005, the highest honor in Indian cinema. The Indian government also awarded him high civilian honors: the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991.

Born in Hyderabad, Benegal's career began as a copywriter. His first documentary, "Gher Betha Ganga," was released in 1962. He became known for his first four films - "Ankur," "Nishant," "Manthan," and "Bhumika" - which were key to the new wave film movement. His films like "Mammo," "Sardari Begum," and "Zubeidaa" won several National Film Awards and form what's known as the Muslim women Trilogy.

Benegal's career also included teaching at the Film and Television Institute of India and making over 900 sponsored documentaries and advertising films. He was involved in early TV projects and continued making influential films in the 1970s and 1980s, like "Junoon" and "Kalyug." He explored different themes, including political satire in "Mandi" and human relationships in "Trikal."

In the 1990s, Benegal made impactful films about Indian Muslim women and moved into mainstream Bollywood with "Zubeidaa." He also tackled biographical subjects like "Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero." Critiquing the caste system in "Samar," he continued to win accolades.

Currently, Benegal heads the Federation of Film Societies of India and runs Sahyadri Films. He has written three books based on his films, contributing significantly to Indian cinema.

#MrinalSen, Shyam Benegal and #SatyajitRay.

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Seen in 2023:

Suddenly, One Day (Mrinal Sen), 1989

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Akaler Sandhane by Mrinal Sen Bengali Book pdf

Akaler Sandhane by Mrinal Sen, Bengali Book pdfe-book name- ‘Aakaler Sandhane’ Full screenplay,Written by – Mrinal Sen,Type of book- Bengali Book,File format- PDF,PDF size- 31 Mb,Pages- 86,Uploader – Saikat SenguptaQuality- Good, no watermark ‘Akaler Sandhane’ is a photo of the photo shoot. Some questions while taking pictures, to myself, to others. There are many photo-taking tricks, madness,…

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For the ask game

14 and 8!

thank you!! <3

14. Who is your favorite director? Why?

hard to pick just one, but if i have to, i'd say mrinal sen. because he had such a raw and unflinching way to look at and show the issues of his country, india (which are, in some ways, issues not just restricted to india, but he obviously looks at how they present in india). he wasn't afraid to show the ugly truth and to denounce the injustices that pervaded the country (and in some ways still do). i love the way he's able to sometimes mix fiction and documentary, and i think some of his movies that i watched had insane editing

8. Has a film ever made you extremely angry?

ohhhhhh yeah. a fantastic woman (2017). just literal trauma porn about a trans woman who doesn't experience one single good thing and is treated like shit by everyone around her in the vilest, most overt ways. which, i'm not denying it happens, but the film clearly only wants to show the most obvious transphobia and 1) it's stomach turning to see a trans woman on screen go through so many hate crimes and invasions of privacy and just the worst shit ever; trans people, especially trans women, don't want to see a movie directed by a cis man that shows how utterly, always horrible life is for a trans woman character; 2) in doing this, in showing only the most extreme, overt transphobia, it tries to tell cis audiences that that's the only way they can be transphobic and mistreat a trans person. it's like giving them a pat on the back like, don't worry, if you're not doing this really horrible thing to a trans woman in your life, you're safe, you can't be transphobic and have no self reflection to do (untrue most of the time! as shown by the vastly positive reception this film got from cis people). anyway, i'd have more to say, and i especially had more to say when the movie was fresh in my mind (it's been over 3 years, thankfully it's not anymore) but suffices to say it's a movie about a trans woman made by a cis man for a cis audience

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Ek Din Achanak (1989) | dir. Mrinal Sen

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Mrinal Sen, May 14, 1923 – 30 December 2018.