Sen’s heroines, especially in his later films are everyday workers who could well be typists and saleswomen who came out in droves after partition, gradually
Sen sometimes came across as a passionate documentary film maker especially with his use of real-life footage of violence, and montages of newspaper cuttings to
When they first met, Mrinal da had already read ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ and was enamoured by the book. As jury members there was
