Mrinal Sen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mrinal Sen

Indian film director

Date of Birth: 14-May-1923

Place of Birth: Faridpur Municipality, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh

Date of Death: 30-Dec-2018

Profession: screenwriter, politician, film director, autobiographer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Mrinal Sen (also spelled Mrinal Shen; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was an Indian filmmaker and a nominated Member of the Indian parliament.
Sen directed films primarily in Bengali and Hindi.
Along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, he pioneered the New Wave cinema in India.
Sen was an ardent Marxist.
His earlier films are characterized by their left-leaning, often Marxist approaches to Indian society.
Sen won the National Film Awards 18 times, next only to Ray.
He was made the Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1985.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2008 and the Order of Friendship in 2005.
The same year, he was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award his contribution to Indian cinema.
He is considered to be one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.He is the only Indian filmmaker along with Satyajit Ray whose films have been awarded at the big three film festivals namely the Cannes film festival, Venice Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival.