Montage : life. politics. cinema. / Mrinal Sen ; photography by Subhas Nandy

An Uncertain Journey -- Unfamiliar Faridpur -- Interview, 1981 -- Paradise Café -- A Terrible Dearth of Dreams and Dreamers -- To Say Something New -- An Old Letter -- Interview, 1981 -- My Son and I -- Interview, 1982 -- Interview, 1983 -- A World Built or Gained Is but the World Lost… -- Apu, Eternal Apu -- Chaplin's Odyssey -- Cinema Par Excellence: Films from Latin America -- A Funny, Bitter Allegory: Lindsay Anderson -- This Space of Silence: Andrei Tarkovsky -- Shards of Sound and Scraps of Seeing -- Cinema and Literature -- ‘The Time of the Prologue Is Eternity’ -- Filmography

"Mrinal Sen has always seen his life and work as part of the social and political fabric of his time. Considered the enfant terrible of Indian cinema when he broke on the scene in the 1960s and 70s, Sen is known for his films that capture moments of truth in the ordinary lives of ordinary people. His masterfully subtle and nuanced portraits of urban class tension, leftist politics and the city of Calcutta itself set his cinema apart from that of his contemporaries. Montage encapsulates half a century of filmmaking. A first-of-its-kind anthology, it includes intensive interviews with scholars and critics and Sen's own writings memoirs, letters, musings on politics, literature, theatre and cinema; critiques of on temporaries such as Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, as well as inspirations such as Charlie Chaplin and a host of international filmmakers. The result is a unique montage, revealing both the flmmaker and the man, mapping a unique creative landscape and offering valuable insights into his acclaimed films.
MRINAL SEN has directed over 30 features, documentaries and telefilms over more than five decades. Sen was instrumental in launching the New Cinema movement in India with his critically acclaimed Bhuvan Shome (1969). Sen's films have received awards from almost all major film festivals, and retrospectives of his films have been screened in major cities of the world. In 2005, Sen received the Dadashaeb Phalke Award, India's highest honour in cinema."-- Book cover