Noted filmmaker Mrinal Sen dies at 95

Legendary Indian filmmaker and Padmabhushan awardee, Mrinal Sen has died in Kolkata; he was 95.

Sen breathed his last at his home in Bhawanipur, Kolkata on Sunday. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted about his death. “Saddened at the passing away of Mrinal Sen. A great loss to the film industry. My condolences to his family,” she wrote in her tweet.

He was a noted moviemaker with several National Film Awards to his credit. He was known for movies like Baishe Sraban (Bengali, 1960), Bhuban Shome (Hindi, 1969), Mrigaya (Hindi, 1976), Oka Oori Katha (Tamil, 1977), Akaler Sandhane (Bengali, 1980), Kharij (Bengali, 1982) and Khandahar (Hindi, 1983).

A part of the famous trio of Bengali master auteurs that by large represented Indian New Wave cinema between 1950s and the 1970s - the two other being Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak - Sen is best known for the aesthetic and technical quality of films that generally delved on socio-political issues and often carried a political overtone.

Source: Hindustan Times