On Mrinal Sen’s birth centenary, we celebrate his legacy on radical artistic practice. One of the extraordinary filmmakers of the 1960s and beyond, Sen was a influential figure in the dissemination of ideas and practices of third cinema in India, breaking sharply from the realist art film pioneered by Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak’s melodramas. Over a series of panels and a closing roundtable, the conference will feature a range of international scholars, critics, and filmmakers whose conversation will provide new understandings of this renowned figure.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16
7:00pm – Bhuvan Shome (1969, 96 mins)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17
10:00am – Padatik (The Guerrilla Fighter, 1973, 98 mins)
2:00pm – Akaler Sandhane (In Search of Famine, 1982, 115 mins)
7:00pm – Khandhar (Ruins, 1984, 106 mins)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18
This one-day conference will feature talks by Anustup Basu, Moinak Biswas, Supriya Chaudhuri, Manishita Dass, Sanghita Sen, Meheli Sen, Rochona Majumdar, Neepa Majumdar, Parichay Patra, Masha Salazkina, a closing roundtable featuring Kunal Sen and Anjan Dutt, and an exhibition of Sen’s memorabilia, photographs, and papers.
Presented by 3CT, Film Studies Center, University of Chicago Center in New Delhi, Franke Institute for the Humanities, Committee on South Asian Studies, Nicholson Center for British Studies, Department of Cinema and Media Studies, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, National Film Development Corporation of India, National Film Archives of India, and Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections