FILM DIRECTOR

Mrinal Sen

1923 - 2018

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Mrinal Sen (/mrɪˈnɑːl/ Bengali pronunciation: [/mriːˈnal/]; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) 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 the finest Indian filmmakers, along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, and Tapan Sinha, Sen played a major role in India's parallel cinema movement, which offered a realistic, socially aware counterpoint to splashy Bollywood films, as well as in the country's New Wave cinema. He also served as the President of FTII from 1984 to 1986. Sen received various national and international honors including eighteen Indian National Film Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mrinal Sen is the 1,061st most popular film director (down from 752nd in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 28th in 2019) and the most popular Bangladeshi Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mrinal Sen ranks 1,061 out of 2,041. Before him are Mike Figgis, Joseph Sargent, Leopold Lindtberg, Ruth Orkin, Stanislav Rostotsky, and Harry Beaumont. After him are Curtis Bernhardt, Milcho Manchevski, Mary Harron, Yasuzo Masumura, Irwin Winkler, and Fran Walsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Mrinal Sen ranks 317. Before him are Shlomo Hillel, Patrick Moore, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Bülent Eken, Hanna Maron, and Geoff Duke. After him are Imre Varga, Eugene Sledge, Willie Steele, Harold Gould, Red Garland, and Thad Jones. Among people deceased in 2018, Mrinal Sen ranks 343. Before him are Jon Hiseman, Vanessa Marquez, Marty Balin, Michael Harner, Roberto Suazo Córdova, and Yoshiaki Arata. After him are John Miles, Fernando Serena, José Antonio Zaldúa, Mario Segale, Doina Cornea, and Carla Marangoni.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Mrinal Sen ranks 40 out of 74. Before him are Fakhruddin Ahmed (1940), Zainul Abedin (1914), Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918), Motiur Rahman Nizami (1943), Kalpana Datta (1913), and Pritilata Waddedar (1911). After him are Ritwik Ghatak (1925), A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873), Suchitra Sen (1931), Humayun Ahmed (1948), Nurul Amin (1893), and Bagha Jatin (1879).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Bangladesh

Among film directors born in Bangladesh, Mrinal Sen ranks 1. After him are Ritwik Ghatak (1925), and Bimal Roy (1909).

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