Mrinal Sen, a leading left wing political film maker, died December 30, 2018 in Kolkata. His films won numerous international awards. The Case Is Closed (1982), a critique of the hypocritical reaction of a wealthy Kolkata family to the death of a servant boy, was awarded the Jury Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.

Although he remained politically committed, Sen felt that the "difference between party Marxists and a private Marxist like me is that others think they pocketed truth, whereas I am always in search of truth... "

Sen was born May 14, 1923 in Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India, which is now part of Bangladesh. After studying physics at Calcutta university, Sen worked as a freelance journalist, a salesman of patent medicines and a sound technician in a film studio. In the mid-1940s he joined the Indian People's Theatre Association and at that time began to read about and study film. The association had links to the Communist Party of India and this heralded the beginning of Sen's involvement with Marxist politics. In 1956 Sen made his debut with Raat Bhore (1956), the first of his 30 (as of 2002) films. Although his first film was openly political, he achieved national status as the director of a comedy, Bhuvan Shome (1969). Influenced by Italian neorealism and the work of fellow countryman Satyajit Ray, Sen used location shooting and non-professional casts in his early films. By the 1970s he was making wider use of symbolism and allegory.

Mrinal Sen directed the following films:

 2018 My Land 

 1996 And the Show Goes on: Indian Chapter (TV Movie documentary) 

 1993 Antareen 

 1992 Mahaprithivi 

 1990 City Life 

 1990 Calcutta My Eldorado - CITY LIFE - Calcutta 

 1989 Ek Din Achanak 

 1986 Genesis 

 1986 Kabhi Door Kabhi Paas (TV Series) 

 1984 Tasveer Apni Apni (TV Movie) 

 1984 Khandhar 

 1982 The Case Is Closed 

 1981 Chaalchitra 

 1981 In Search of Famine 

 1979 And Quiet Rolls the Dawn 

 1979 The Man with the Axe 

 1977 The Marginal Ones 

 1977 Mrigayaa 

 1975 Chorus 

 1973 Padatik 

 1972 Ek Adhuri Kahani 

 1971 Calcutta 71 

 1971 Interview 

 197 0Ichhapuran 

 1969 Bhuvan Shome 

 1967 Moving Perspectives (Documentary) 

 1966 Matira Manisha 

 1965 Akash Kusum 

 1964 Pratinidhi 

 1962 Abasheshe 

 1961 Punasha 

 1960 Baishey Shravana 

 1959 Neel Akasher Neechey 

 1956 Raat Bhore 

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