From the Street to Home: Mrinal Sen in the 1980s

Mrinal Sen’s cinema underwent thematic and stylistic changes as the radical 1970s came to a close. This essay tries to place the director’s work in the 1980s, keeping in view the general crisis of representation that beset the decade. Sen appeared to leave the streets for the home in these films. The essay explores the meanings and functions that the home took on.

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BioScope South Asian Screen Studies
Published
2026-09-21
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https://doi.org/10.1177/09749276261487800
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South Asian Cinema and Culture
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From the Street to Home: Mrinal Sen in the 1980s

Moinak Biswas
BioScope South Asian Screen Studies
South Asian Cinema and Culture
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From the Street to Home: Mrinal Sen in the 1980s

Moinak Biswas
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Mrinal Sen’s cinema underwent thematic and stylistic changes as the radical 1970s came to a close. This essay tries to place the director’s work in the 1980s, keeping in view the general crisis of representation that beset the decade. Sen appeared to leave the streets for the home in these films. The essay explores the meanings and functions that the home took on.

BioScope South Asian Screen Studies
Jadavpur University (IN)
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South Asian Cinema and Culture
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