At the 17th Habitat Film Festival in Delhi, contemporaries, colleagues and friends filmmaker Aparna Sen and actress Shabana Azmi were in conversation to commemorate the golden jubilee of Azmi's acting journey in cinema.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Over 350 films in four decades, People’s Star Mithun Chakraborty ruled the Class, Mass and Crass cinema, won three National Awards, including for his debut art film, his Disco Dancer was Bollywood's first Rs 100 crore grosser, and he’s the undisputed King of low-budget B-movies
National Award-winner Kaushik Ganguly’s 'Palan' is a sequel to Mrinal Sen's 'Kharij', the story of a Bhadralok couple whose apathy is responsible for a 'servant boy’s' death. Taut and clear-eyed, 'Kharij' won the jury prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.
Mrinal Sen (1923-2023) directed 27 features, 14 shorts, and five documentaries in a 47-year-career, working with actors like Dimple Kapadia, Mithun Chakraborty, Mamata Shankar, Simi Garewal, Shabana Azmi and Dhritiman Chatterjee, among others.
Mrinal Sen turns 90, says he has not yet retired