Montage: Life, Politics, Cinema Moving Focus India and looking back on his

and looking back on his experiences over a long and eminent career

This volume contains the English translation of the diary accompanied by the artist's sketches as well as reproductions of the original Bengali text

in one photograph

Sterne and DeLillo—who have been important to him

Nityan Unnikrishnan

Montage: Life, Politics, Cinema Moving Focus India and looking back on hisOne of the greatest ambassadors of Indian cinema on the global stage, Mrinal Sen has always seen his life and work as part of the social and political fabric of his time. Considered the enfant terrible of Indian cinema when he broke on the scene in the 1960s and 70s, Sen today is known for his films that capture moments of truth in the ordinary lives of ordinary people. His masterfully subtle and nuanced portraits of urban class tension, leftist