Celebrated filmmaker Mrinal Sen, the last of the triumvirate of directing icons, Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, was cremated in Kolkata on Tuesday in the presence of eminent film personalities.
Celebrated
filmmaker
Mrinal
Sen,
the
last
of
the
triumvirate
of
directing
icons,
Satyajit
Ray
and
Ritwik
Ghatak,
was
cremated
in
Kolkata
on
Tuesday
in
the
presence
of
eminent
film
personalities.
Sen's
funeral
took
place
after
the
arrival
of
his
son
Kunal
from
Chicago
on
Tuesday
early
morning.
His
mortal
remains
were
moved
from
Peace
World
mortuary
to
Keoratala
crematorium.
The
procession
was
a
low
key
affair
as
desired
by
the
filmmaker,
his
son,
who
addressed
him
as
'bondhu'
(friend),
said.
"Bondhu
(Sen)
had
often
told
me
there
should
not
be
any
hype
surrounding
his
death.
He
had
asked
me
to
see
wreaths
don't
pile
up
on
his
body
and
it
is
not
kept
in
any
of
the
state-run
cultural
complexes
like
'Nandan'
or
'Rabindra
Sadan'.
He
had
said
that
he
hated
such
things," Kunal
said.
Actor-director
Anjan
Dutt,
who
was
introduced
in
movies
by
Sen
with
"Chaalchitra" in
1981,
actor
Ranjit
Mallick,
who
made
a
debut
in
Bengali
cinema
with
Sen's
"Interview",
Ray's
son,
director
Sandi
Ray,
Sen's
favourite
actor
Sreela
Majumder,
veteran
actor
Madhabi
Mukhopadhyay,
director
Aparna
Sen
and
Bengali
superstar
Prosenjit
Chatterjee
attended
the
last
rites.
Actor
Nandita
Das
was
also
present
along
with
CPI(M)
leaders
Biman
Bose,
Sujan
Chakraborty
and
others.
Sen
had
breathed
his
last
at
his
Bhawanipore
residence
on
Sunday
after
a
prolonged
battle
with
age-related
ailments.
He
was
95.
The
auteur,
who
started
the
new
wave
of
Indian
cinema
with
"Bhuvan
Shome"
released
in
1969,
was
one
of
the
most
acclaimed
filmmakers
of
the
country
and
had
brought
recognition
to
the
country's
film
industry
on
international
platforms.
His
1982
Bengali
film
"Kharij"
had
won
the
jury
prize
at
the
1983
Cannes
Film
Festival.
PTI