Bengali filmmaker Mrinal Sen dies at 95
New Delhi: Legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen died at the age of 95 on December, 30.
Accroding to Anandabazar Patrika, Sen died around 10:30 am at his home in Bhawanipore, Kolkata. He had been suffering from age-related aliments for a long time.
West Bengal chief minister mamata Banerjee tweeted about his death. ''Saddened at the passing away of Mrinal Sen. A great loss to the film industry. My condolences to his family,'' her tweet read.
Mrinal was born in Faridpur in Bangladesh on May 14, 1923. After completing high school in Bangladesh, Sen came to Kolkata. He studied phyaics at Scottish Church College. He got a Post-Graduate Degree from the University of Culcutta.
The filmmaker is considered to be one of the greatest ambassadors of Indian parallel cinema at an international level.
He is know for helming films like 'Bhuvan Shome', Mrigaya', 'Akaler Sandhane' and Calcutta 71'.
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