Mrinal Sen Movies

A kaleidoscopic panorama of the world. A visual anthology of twelve short stories by twelve innovative directors from all over the world.

When the elderly mother of a Kolkata middle-class family commits suicide, no one has the courage to read the old woman's diary. When the eldest son...

A film by Mrinal Sen.

After being accused wrongly of theft, a slightly addled servant runs away to the city, carrying as his only real possession an axe, which he claims...

A father living on the fringes of a village believes that working is a fool's errand, for the lord takes what little the workers make. When a young...

An elusive actor is a rarity. Talking Head is about the actor Dhritiman Chaterji. In October 1970, Pratidwandi (The Adversary) one of Satyajit...

A young man still to find a place in the sun puts up an innocent bluff to a young girl he chances upon. They meet frequently since then. Bluffs...

Subrata joins his father's business that he quits due to ideological differences. What awaits his fate now?

The tragic story set in the late 1930s, just before famine struck Bengal. It tells of the marriage of a dumpy middle-aged salesman of small goods to...

This biographical film is a tribute to a pioneering actress Smita Patil through her works a tribute to the parallel cinema. Her realistic dignified...

A Naxalite revolutionary escapes police custody and begins to question his beliefs whilst hiding out in a luxury apartment.

A young engineer marries a young widow with a child by her previous husband. In a society where taboos play a dominant role, the marital life,...

Difficulties erupt between a couple when their relationship gets hit by societal pressures, norms, and deep-rooted patriarchy.

After Shokhina's marriage to Noor ends, she remarries Meher but faces many complications in her married life. Things get worse when Noor returns to...

Based on a Bengali story, Gotrantar by Subodh Ghosh.

In this rather routine, made-for-television movie by famed Indian director Mrinal Sen, an employee (K.K. Raina) in a large office is suddenly facing...

The greed for the possession of the family land destroys the affection and brotherhood between siblings, Baraju and Chakadi after their father, Shama...

The film unfolds the history of India since the beginning of time to present day through the help of sculptures, paintings, photographs and live...

Deeply influenced by leftist ideology, this film dealt with social and political themes: A poor village boy's hazardous experience in a rich urban...

A young boy wishes to switch roles with his father, and the wish is granted for a trial period. Mrinal Sen made this film for the Children's Film...