The Noted filmmaker Mrinal Sen passed away in Kolkata on December 30, 2018 after a prolonged battle with age-related illnesses.
In 2005, Mrinal received the country’s highest honour in film, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
In 1983, he became a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian award.
He was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Fifth Global Film Festival in Noida in 2012 and was inducted as a member of the Oscar Academy in 2017.