A contemporary of acclaimed filmmakers Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Mrinal Sen passed away on December 30, 2018. Sen died of a heart attack at 10:30 am on Sunday at his residence in Bhowanipore. The funeral of Mrinal Sen took place in Calcutta and was attended by a host of politicians and celebrities. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh).
Mrinal Sen’s son Kunal Sen and his wife at the funeral. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)
Aparna Sen was seen at the funeral of Mrinal Sen. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)
Prosenjit Chatterjee joined Aparna Sen in paying last respects to Mrinal Sen. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)
Satyajit Ray’s son and filmmaker Sandip Ray attended Mrinal Sen’s funeral. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)
Nandita Das was present at Mrinal Sen’s funeral. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)
Madhabi Mukherjee attended the funeral too. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)
We spotted Mamata Shankar at the filmmaker's funeral. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)
Filmmaker Tarun Majumdar attended Mrinal Sen's funeral (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh).
CPIM leader Sujan Chakraborty also paid his last respects. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh).
Director Anjan Dutt attended the last rites of Sen. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh).