Mrinal Sen

After making five more films, he made a film with a shoestring budget provided by the Government of India. This film, Bhuvan Shome (Mr. Shome, 1969), finally launched him as a major filmmaker, both nationally and internationally. Bhuvan Shome also initiated the "New Cinema" film movement in India.[5]

In 1982 he was a member of the jury at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.[8] In 1983 he was a member of the jury at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.[9] In 1997 Sen became the member of the jury at the 20th Moscow International Film Festival.[10] On 24 July 2012, Sen was not invited to the function organised by West Bengal government to felicitate film personalities from the State. As per reports, his political views are believed to be the reason for his omission from the function.[11]

Sen had been suffering from age related ailments for many years. He died on 30 December 2018 at the age of 95 at his home in Bhawanipore, Kolkata.[12][13] The cause was a heart attack.[14]

• In 1979, he was awarded the Nehru Soviet Land Award by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for his contribution to world cinema.
• In 1981, the Government of India awarded Sen with the Padma Bhushan.[18]
• In 1985, President François Mitterrand, the President of France, awarded him the Commandeur de Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters), the highest civilian honour conferred by that country, in recognition of significant contributions to the arts, literature, or the propagation of these fields.[19]
• In 1993, he was awarded an honorary D. Litt. by the University of Burdwan.
• In 1996, Sen was awarded an honorary D. Litt. by Jadavpur University.
• In 1999, he was awarded an honorary D. Litt. by Rabindra Bharati University.[20]
• Between 1998 and 2003, he was made an Honorary Member of the Indian Parliament in the Rajya Sabha.
• In 2000, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian federation honoured him with the Order of Friendship.
• In 2005, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honour given to an Indian filmmaker, was awarded to him by the Government of India for the year 2003.[21]
• In 2009, he was awarded an honorary D. Litt. by the University of Calcutta.[22]
• In 2017, he was inducted as a member of the Oscar Academy[23]

• Raat Bhore (The Dawn) (1955)
• Neel Akasher Neechey (Under the Blue Sky) (1959)
• Baishey Shravana (Wedding Day) (1960)
• Punascha (Over Again) (1961)
• Abasheshe (And at Last) (1963)
• Pratinidhi (The Representative) (1964)
• Akash Kusum (Up in the Clouds) (1965)
• Matira Manisha (Man of the Soil) (Odia film) (1966)
• Bhuvan Shome (Mr. Bhuvan Shome) (1969)
• Interview (1971)
• Ek Adhuri Kahani (An Unfinished Story) (1971)
• Calcutta 71 (1972)
• Padatik (The Guerilla Fighter) (1973)
• Chorus (1974)
• Mrigayaa (The Royal Hunt) (1976)
• Oka Oori Katha (The Outsiders) (1977)
• Parashuram (The Man with the Axe) (1978)
• Ek Din Pratidin (And Quiet Rolls the Dawn) (1979)
• Akaler Sandhane (In Search of Famine) (1980)
• Chalchitra (The Kaleidoscope) (1981)
• Kharij (The Case Is Closed) (1982)
• Khandhar (The Ruins) (1983)
• Genesis (1986)
• Ek Din Achanak (Suddenly, One Day) (1989)
• Mahaprithibi (World Within, World Without) (1991)
• Antareen (The Confined) (1993)
• Aamaar Bhuvan (This, My Land) (2002)

• Works by or about Mrinal Sen at Internet Archive
• Mrinal Sen at IMDb
• Mrinal Sen
• Mrinal Sen at the Encyclopædia Britannica