SEN AND NEW WAVE FILMING!

Pioneer of our India's New Wave Cinema..Mrinal Sen's birth anniversary recently happened. Now here is a look on similarity between Sen's filming scene and filming scenes by pioneers of 'French New Wave'!

Here are those three pictures:-

 

Mrinal Sen filming scene of his film 'Chorus' (1975) from the building in Calcutta..with cinematographer K. K. Mahajan one of the pioneers of our India's new wave cinema!

One of the pioneers of 'French New Wave' veteran French-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard filming his landmark film..'About de Souffie' ('Breathless'/1960) on the street of Paris with French cameraman Raul Coutard..one of pioneering cinematographers of 'French New Wave'!

One of the leading pioneers of 'French New Wave'..Francoise Truffaut filming his movie 'Antoine et - Colette' ('Antoine and Colette'/1962) from the building..with French cameraman Raul Coutard..one of the pioneering cinematographer of..

'French New Wave'!

It's a tribute to Sen & New Wave Cinema!!

- Manoj Kulkarni