{"product_id":"always-being-born-a-memoir-9781803091761","title":"Always Being Born: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn outspoken memoir by a much-celebrated Indian filmmaker.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I am a filmmaker by accident and an author by compulsion,\" claims Mrinal Sen, who became part of the great triumvirate of Bengali cinema--along with Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak--in the 1950s and '60s when he founded the rebellious Indian New Wave. Throughout his career, he kept that fire of protest burning, his acute political awareness and left-wing orientation spurring his creativity. Over decades, the themes that pervaded his cinema mirrored the spectrum of human suffering and experience, and in turn crystallized the anger of a restive mind against social injustice, economic deprivation, and communal divide. In this memoir, a celebrated ambassador of Indian cinema on the global stage, for whom cinema became a lexicon that gave voice to the times, reflects on encounters with the legends of the world of images as well as his inspirations and obsessions--not least among them, the city of Calcutta. \u003ci\u003eAlways Being Born\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating memoir of a great artist and a buoyant social commentator who continued to confront, fight, and survive on the very challenges that propelled him to look beyond and dream. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMrinal Sen \u003c\/b\u003e(1923-2018) directed more than thirty feature films, documentaries, and telefilms. He was instrumental in launching the New Cinema movement in India with his critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eBhuvan Shome\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390506537234,"sku":"9781803091761","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4d3ab4bb-e6e2-4703-b987-1d80d8972de8.jpg?v=1728949797","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/always-being-born-a-memoir-9781803091761","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}