The Ekagra film festival dedicated to Mrinal Sen began here on Tuesday with the screening of the movie Bhuvan Som. Screened at Abhirang Hall, Bharat Bhavan festival is being organized under its Chhavi series of classical cinema.Ekagra is one of the regular events of Bharat Bhavan which is dedicated to nationally and internationally acclaimed film directors, actors and producers. Also tribute was given to filmmakers like Sohrab Modi, Guru Dutt, William Shakespeare, Bimal Roy, Krishikesh Mukherjee and others.
This time the film festival is dedicated to Mrinal Sen, 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. The fest would begin here from July 1 with the Hindi movie Bhuvan Som. On Thursday, Bengali movie Antarin will be screened. On Friday, Hindi movie Mrigaya will be screened. Further on Saturday Bengali movie Ek Din Pratidin will be screened. The fest will have a grand closure with the Hindi movie Ek Din Achanak. All the movies will be screened at Bharat Bhavan, at 7 pm.