Mrinal Sen's words continue steadily to haunt me
Debojyoti Mishra who composed for Mrinal Sen's film 'Amar Bhuvan' (2002) says it had been a great learning encounter for him to utilize the get better at filmmaker who passed on on December 30 found in 2018.
"He was the primary filmmaker, who explained that cinema was about chronicling the 'present'. He said, 'You don't remain for enough time when 'today' can be 'yesterday'. The theory is to fully capture 'today' through cinema. His words continue steadily to haunt me," recalls the acclaimed composer during an exclusive chat with ETimes.
While Srikanta Acharya rendered 'Mamo Chitte' in the film, Rupankar lent his vocals to the subject composition. "Both of these did a great work and Mrinalda was happy with what sort of music formed up. Today, I may be involved in a great level of work, but his film will be specialized. It's sad that Mrinalda's city, the Kolkata he loved so many, has changed a whole lot through the years," he rued.
Known for taking up non-regular themes, Mrinal Sen once explained that he sometimes departs from the most common start, middle and end method of a narrative. Along with his films filled up with social evaluation and psychological drama, the Left-leaning director possessed bagged four National Film Award as the very best director and was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1983.
