President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief on the passing away of acclaimed film-maker Mrinal Sen at the age of 95.
About:
Mrinal Sen was born in 1923 in Faridpur, now in Bangladesh. He was a prominent director of golden era of Parallel cinema of 50s and 60s decade.
Career: He debuted in 1955 with “Raat Bhore” and found local acclaim with “Neel Akasher Neechey” and “Baishey Shravana”. However, ‘Bhuvan Shome’, finally launched him as a major filmmaker, both nationally and internationally.
Awards and Honours:
Sen also won the four national Awards for direction for ‘Bhuvan Shome’, ‘Ek Din Pratidin’, ‘Akaler Sandhane’ and ‘Khandhar’.
In 1981, the Government of India awarded Sen with the Padma Bhushan.
In 1985, he was awarded the Commandeur de Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters), the highest civilian honour conferred by France for his contribution to arts.
Between 1998 and 2003, he was made an Honorary Member of the Rajya Sabha.
In 2005, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was awarded to him for the year 2003.
In 2017, he was inducted as a member of the Oscar Academy.
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