The Life Of Filmmaker Mrinal Sen

He himself called his first film a "disaster". But he went on to become one of the most admired filmmakers in India and abroad...

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00:00To be able to create, you need to be sane and also you need to be mad.

01:30You need to be sane and also you need to be mad.

02:00You need to be sane and also you need to be mad.

02:30You need to be sane and also you need to be mad.

02:58You need to be sane and also you need to be mad.

03:26This is my fifth visit to Cannes.

03:38Last year I was on the jury and this year I am on the other side of the fence.

03:44So last year I was one of the executioners and this year I was ready to be executed.

03:56We say a big no to nuclear tests, nuclear explosions and all.

04:19This is what we have to do and this way we echo the voice of sanity spread out all over the world.

04:49This is what we have to do and this way we echo the voice of sanity spread out all over the world.