Both Mrinal Sen (1923-2018) and Ritwik Ghatak (1925-1976) had their productive period when Satyajit Ray (1921-1992) was lighting up cinema, churning out one masterpiece after another. Though they are often discussed together, there was not much in common in their preparedness and approach to filmmak
A hundred years after his birth, we plot a beginner’s path through the politically charged and formally experimental films of Mrinal Sen, one of the leading lights of the Indian New Wave.