'Palan': 'For a change, I played a character who resembles me,' says Paoli Dam

Actress Paoli Dam is one of the leads in Kaushik Ganguly's 'Palan', which pays a birth centenary tribute to late Mrinal Sen with the reprise of the roles from the filmmaking legend's 1982 film 'Kharij'. Ahead of the September 22 release, IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh catches up with Paoli on her debut project with Kaushik Ganguly and more at Tapaste - The Spanish Cafe in Kolkata

Chanchal Chowdhury as Mrinal Sen in Srijit Mukherji's Padatik. Catch the first look

Kolkata/IBNS: After a sweeping success with Hawa, Bangladeshi actor Chanchal Chowdhury is set to work with filmmaker Srijit Mukherji to essay legendary director Mrinal Sen in upcoming Bengali film Padatik.

Kaushik Ganguly's Palan a tribute to legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen on his birth centenary year

Kolkata/IBNS: Kaushik Ganguly will be paying his tribute to late legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen on the latter's 100th birth anniversary through his next Bengali film Palan.

Iconic filmmaker Mrinal Sen no more, world of cinema mourns the loss

Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): Iconic filmmaker Mrinal Sen, who ushered in the new wave in Indian cinema along with other stalwarts of his time, died at his south Kolkata residence on Sunday, bringing to an end an era that took the country's arthouse movies to the world's connoisseurs of films and the international festival circuit. 

Legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen passes away at 95

Kolkata, Dec 30 (IBNS): An era in India's arthouse serious cinema came to an end as legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen passed away at his home in Kolkata's Bhawanipur on Sunday.

Kolkata: Dhakuria's Tarun Mahal felicitates filmmaker Mrinal Sen on his 95th birthday

Kolkata, May 18 (IBNS):  Dhakuria Tarun Mahal, one of the most popular and active social clubs in southern part of the city, felicitated veteran and internationally acclaimed film director Mrinal Sen on the occasion of his 95th birthday recently.