Mrinal Sen's birth centenary: How his film Bhuvan Shome pioneered New Wave movement in Indian cinema

• Filmmaker Mrinal Sen, known for his politically-bold and rebellious movies, was born on May 14, 1923
• Bhuvan Shome was noted art-filmmaker Mrinal Sen’s debut Hindi film
• The 1969 film, featuring Utpal Dutt and a young Suhasini Mulay, won three National Awards
• It also featured Amitabh Bachchan, then a struggling actor, as narrator
• Bhuvan Shome is regarded as a pioneer of the New Wave Cinema movement in Hindi films
• Suhasini Mulay looks back, with lovely anecdotes, on shooting the film

Filmmaker Mrinal Sen would have turned 100 today. On this day, we recall one of his pioneering films -- Bhuvan Shome. The 1969 film, director Mrinal Sen’s first Hindi movie, won three National Awards and is regarded as a pioneer of the New Wave Cinema movement in Hindi films.

“If you had a suggestion and he liked it, he'd incorporate it. And the suggestion could come from anybody. I mean, I remember even the chaiwala told Mrinal Da, ‘Why don't you do it like this? Because in the village, this is not how it is done. It is done like this.’ And he said, ‘Oh, is that right? Okay. So we won't do it’.”