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Mrinal Sen ( also spelled " Mrinal Shen ", born 14 May 1923 ) is an Indian filmmaker based in Kolkata . Along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak , he is often considered to be one of the greatest ambassadors of Indian parallel cinema on the global stage . Like the works of Ray and Ghatak , his cinema is known for its artistic depiction of social reality . Although the three directors shared a healthy rivalry , they were ardent admirers of each other ' s work , and in so doing , they charted the independent trajectory of parallel cinema , as a counterpoint to the mainstream fare of Hindi cinema in ___MASK38___ . Ritwik Ghatak (" Ritbik Kumar Ghôôk ", ; 4 November 19256 February 1976 ) was a Bengali filmmaker and script writer . Along with prominent contemporary Bengali filmmakers Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen , his cinema is primarily remembered for its meticulous depiction of social reality . Although their roles were often adversarial , they were ardent admirers of each other ' s work and , in doing so , the three directors charted the independent trajectory of parallel cinema , as a counterpoint to the mainstream fare of Hindi cinema in ___MASK38___ . Ghatak received many awards in his career , including National Film Award ' s Rajat Kamal Award for Best Story in 1974 for his " Jukti Takko Aar Gappo " and Best Director ' s Award from Bangladesh Cine Journalist ' s Association for " Titash Ekti Nadir Naam ". The Government of ___MASK38___ honoured him with the Padma Shri for Arts in 1970 . ___MASK38___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK38___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK38___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK38___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , ___MASK88___ , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Bengal ( bgl ; Bengali :    ,      and    ) is a region in Asia which is located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal . Geographically , it is made up by the Ganges - Brahmaputra delta system , the largest such formation in the world ; along with mountains in its north ( bordering the Himalayan states ) and east ( bordering Northeast ___MASK38___ and Burma ). Padma Shri ( also Padmashree ) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of ___MASK38___ , after the Bharat Ratna , the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan . Awarded by the Government of ___MASK38___ , it is announced every year on ___MASK38___ ' s Republic Day . Vittorio De Sica ( 7 July 1901  13 November 1974 ) was an Italian director and ___MASK73___ , a leading figure in the neorealist movement . Deepa Mehta , ( born 15 September 1950 ) is an Indo - Canadian film director and screenwriter , most known for her Elements Trilogy , " Fire " ( 1996 ), " Earth " ( 1998 ), and " Water " ( 2005 ); among which " Earth " was sent by ___MASK38___ as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , and " Water " was Canada ' s official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , making it only the third non - French - language Canadian film submitted in that category after Attila Bertalan ' s 1990 invented - language film " A Bullet to the Head " and Zacharias Kunuk ' s 2001 Inuktitut - language feature "", and the first to receive an Oscar nomination . Parallel Cinema is a film movement in Indian cinema that originated in the state of West Bengal in the 1950s as an alternative to the mainstream commercial Indian cinema , represented especially by popular Hindi cinema , known ___MASK7___ as Bollywood . Kolkata (, also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001 ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal . Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River , it is the principal commercial , cultural , and educational centre of East ___MASK38___ , while the Port of Kolkata is ___MASK38___ ' s oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port . In 2011 , the city had population of 4 . 5 million , while the population of the city and its suburbs was 14 . 1 million , making it the third - most populous metropolitan area in ___MASK38___ . In 2008 its gross domestic product ( adjusted for purchasing power parity ) was estimated to be 104 billion , which was the third highest among Indian cities , behind Mumbai and Delhi . Aparna Sen ( née Dasgupta ) (" Ôporna Shen "; born 25 October 1945 ) is an Indian filmmaker , screenwriter and actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema . A leading actress of late 1960s , 1970s , 1980s . She has received eight " BFJA Award ", five for best actress , two for best supporting actress and one for lifetime achievement award . She is the winner of three National Film Awards and nine international film festival awards for her direction in films . She was awarded the " Padma Shri ", the fourth highest civilian award , by the government of ___MASK38___ in 1987 . Dhritiman Chaterji ( Bengali :                    ) is a Bengali ___MASK73___ . He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Ray ' s Pratidwandi ( The Adversary ) . Most of his acting work has been in India ' s `` parallel '' , or independent , cinema with filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray , Mrinal Sen and Aparna Sen , among others . He has also worked in English films with well - known filmmakers such as Deepa Mehta and Jane Campion . He has received several acting awards in India and has been on the Jury of the Indian National film Awards . Chaterji pursues a parallel career in advertising , social communications and documentary filmmaking . Never a part of mainstream `` Bollywood '' , he ' s made an astonishingly small number of films . In recent years he ' s taken roles with filmmakers as diverse as Jane Campion and hugely successful Mumbai directors Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Mani Ratnam . Dhritiman is his screen name . He is otherwise known as Sundar Chaterji and is quite active on the English stage in Chennai . Born on 30 May 1945 , he was educated at Kolkata ' s St Xavier ' s Collegiate School and Presidency College , and the Delhi School of Economics . About his acting qualities Satyajit Ray once remarked , `` I do not know what definition of a star these filmmakers have been using , but mine goes something like this . A star is a person on the screen who continues to be expressive and interesting even after he or she has stopped doing anything . This definition does not exclude the rare and lucky breed that gets lakhs of rupees per film ; and it includes everyone who keeps his calm before the camera , projects a personality and evokes empathy . This is a rare breed too but one has met it in our films . Dhritiman Chatterji of Pratidwandi is such a star . '' - ( Our Films Their Films ) Dhritiman is currently anchor of Pradhanmantri ( TV Series ) in Bengali on ABP Ananda from 14 December 2013 . The Elements trilogy is a trilogy of films by Indian film - maker Deepa Mehta , dealing with controversial issues of social reform on the Indian subcontinent . " Fire ", the first release in 1996 , dealt with issues of arranged marriage and homosexuality in the patriarchal culture of ___MASK38___ . " Earth ", released in 1998 , dealt with the religious strife associated with the partition of ___MASK38___ and formation of Pakistan in the mid - 20th century . " Water ", released in 2005 , was the most critically successful of the three , and dealt with suicide , misogyny , and the mistreatment of widows in rural ___MASK38___ . Jean Renoir ( 15 September 1894  12 February 1979 ) was a French film director , screenwriter , ___MASK73___ , producer and author . As a film director and ___MASK73___ , he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s . His films " La Grande Illusion " ( 1937 ) and " The Rules of the Game " ( 1939 ) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made . He was ranked by the BFI ' s " Sight & Sound " poll of critics in 2002 as the fourth greatest director of all time . Among numerous honors accrued during his lifetime , he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975 for his contribution to the motion picture industry . Renoir was the son of the painter Pierre - Auguste Renoir . Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly (" Shunil Gônggopaddhae "), ( 7 September 1934  23 October 2012 ) was an Indian Bengali poet and novelist based in the Indian city of Kolkata . Born in Faridpur , in what is now Bangladesh , Gangopadhyay obtained his ___MASK30___ ' s degree in Bengali from the ___MASK89___ . In 1953 he and a few of his friends started a Bengali poetry magazine , " Krittibas ". Later he wrote for many different publications . Satyajit Ray ( 2 May 1921  23 April 1992 ) was an Indian Bengali filmmaker , widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century . Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature . Starting his career as a commercial artist , Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica ' s Italian neorealist film " Bicycle Thieves " ( 1948 ) during a visit to London . Pratidwandi or Pratidandi ( literally " Adversary ", " Opponent " or " Competitor " in Bengali ; known internationally as The Adversary ) is a 1970 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray based on the novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay . It is the first part of the Calcutta trilogy . Set during the period of the Naxalite movement in Bengal ,