Artistic Integrity vs Social Reality: The Struggles Behind Mrinal Sen’s Cinema

Explore Artistic Integrity vs Social Reality in Mrinal Sen’s cinema, tracing failure, creative compromises, criticism, social concerns and the making of Padatik

Can an artist remain uncompromising when money is limited, criticism is loud and reality refuses to fit neatly inside a screenplay? For Mrinal Sen, artistic integrity was tested throughout the filmmaking process, from writing and financing to shooting and editing. Padatik brings viewers closer to the filmmaker behind those difficult choices: an artist constantly balancing […]

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