Montage: Life, Politics, Cinema (Hardcover)  | Released: 01 Jan 2002

Veteran filmmaker Mrinal Sen has always seen his life and work as part of the social and political fabric of his time. This collection includes original writings - memoirs, letters, musings on politics, literature, theatre and cinema; critiques of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Chaplin and a host of other international filmmakers; and intensive interviews with scholars critics and filmmakers such as Samik Banerjee, Swapan Mullick and Reinhard Hauff. In juxtaposition with intimate photographs of the artist at work and stills from his movies, these form a rare montage of the filmmaker and the man. There is also a complete filmography encompassing his features, telefilms and documentaries.