Khandhar was the 22nd feature film Directed by Mrinal Sen and released in 1984. The movie won India’s National film award for Best Direction, Best Actress and Best Editing. It was screened in many international film festivals and has won accolades all over the world.
Ruins (Khandhar) of old palaces, fortresses, mansions etc have provided the grand setting to several iconic movies. This is one among the best. Mrinal Sen will go on living through his work. Along with Ritwik Ghatak and Satyajit Ray, he has taken Bengali cinema to envious heights.
Novelty seeker Dipu (Pankaj Kapur) invites his friends Subhash (Naseeruddin Shah) and Anil (Annu Kapoor) to his dilapidated ancestral home in the country. The story revolves around the three days they spend there in the company of the caretaker and his daughter. The only other occupants are a mother (Gita Sen) and her daughter named Jamini (Shabana Azmi...
Ruins (Khandhar) of old palaces, fortresses, mansions etc have provided the grand setting to several iconic movies. This is one among the best. Mrinal Sen will go on living through his work. Along with Ritwik Ghatak and Satyajit Ray, he has taken Bengali cinema to envious heights.
Novelty seeker Dipu (Pankaj Kapur) invites his friends Subhash (Naseeruddin Shah) and Anil (Annu Kapoor) to his dilapidated ancestral home in the country. The story revolves around the three days they spend there in the company of the caretaker and his daughter. The only other occupants are a mother (Gita Sen) and her daughter named Jamini (Shabana Azmi...
- 2/5/2019
- by Arun Krishnan
- AsianMoviePulse
Kolkata, Dec 18: Filmmaker Mrinal Sen, who had sustained hip injuries two days ago, was "doing well" after a minor surgery here Wednesday, family sources said.
The 90-year-old Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, who paved the way for parallel cinema in India with landmark films like "Bhuvan Shome", had slipped on the bathroom floor Monday, his wife said.
"He had injured his hip and was operated early morning today (Wednesday) at a private hospital. He is recovering and is doing well," Sen's wife Gita Sen told Ians over phone.
However, Sen's date of discharge is not yet confirmed, she added.
The filmmaker.
The 90-year-old Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, who paved the way for parallel cinema in India with landmark films like "Bhuvan Shome", had slipped on the bathroom floor Monday, his wife said.
"He had injured his hip and was operated early morning today (Wednesday) at a private hospital. He is recovering and is doing well," Sen's wife Gita Sen told Ians over phone.
However, Sen's date of discharge is not yet confirmed, she added.
The filmmaker.
- 12/18/2013
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
Khandhar (The Ruins) (1984)
My friends are amazed that I should rate a Mrinal Sen film among the very best in world cinema. In fact, there are two films of Mrinal-da that I rate very high—Oka oorie katha (a film in Telugu language based on the Munshi Premchand tale Kafan) made in 1977 and Khandhar (made in Hindi language). These are two films, for me, which raise the bar of quality of Indian cinema, decades after they were made.
Mrinal Sen is an acknowledged Leftist. Yet a viewer of Khandhar will not come across Communist propaganda or even a red flag. There are no political speeches. The Mrinal-da of the overtly political Chorus-that won awards at Moscow and Berlin festivals apart from top Indian national honors--and Calcutta ’71 cannot be recognized as such in Khandhar.
Why then do I rate Khandhar so high? Is it because it won the Golden Hugo...
My friends are amazed that I should rate a Mrinal Sen film among the very best in world cinema. In fact, there are two films of Mrinal-da that I rate very high—Oka oorie katha (a film in Telugu language based on the Munshi Premchand tale Kafan) made in 1977 and Khandhar (made in Hindi language). These are two films, for me, which raise the bar of quality of Indian cinema, decades after they were made.
Mrinal Sen is an acknowledged Leftist. Yet a viewer of Khandhar will not come across Communist propaganda or even a red flag. There are no political speeches. The Mrinal-da of the overtly political Chorus-that won awards at Moscow and Berlin festivals apart from top Indian national honors--and Calcutta ’71 cannot be recognized as such in Khandhar.
Why then do I rate Khandhar so high? Is it because it won the Golden Hugo...
- 3/11/2010
- by Jugu Abraham
- DearCinema.com
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