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Biography
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 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award · 2005
- Order of Friendship · 2000
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · 1985
- Padma Bhushan · 1981
- honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta
