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December 30th, 2018 - Mrinal Sen RIP

12/30/2018

 
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#BabuKishanSpotlight:

Another great Legendary #Indian#Filmmaker passes away at 95 in #Kolkata.

Mrinal Sen RIP

LegendaryFilmmaker from the golden era #MrinalSen was not only the #InternationalFilmBoard’s #Judge, he was also #PuneFilmInstitute’s Head and introduced #BollywoodDada #MithunChakraborty #Mrigaya and many more...

Most of the indian Filmmakers, even many #filmmakers #internationally followed him after #SaryajitRay!! 

My connection was very homely and he was one of my inspirations. I met many times in #Kolkata, and  I used to visit him personally at his home all the time. I was friends with his whole family. We would have great discussions on creativity in Indian Music and Film, he was like a Grandpa and I learned a lot from him.

He helped #ShyamBenegal #GirishKarnad #ManiRatnam #MaheshBhatt many more used to work and disciples of him.

Mirnal Sen's wife #ShobhaSen was a theatre actress who also acted in my film #Arohan so did #Ompuri his second Film that he acted in. 

Arohan the first Hindi Film I worked on as a Film Designer. Shyam Benegal was the Director of Arohan, this film received a First #Nationalaward in 1981 ! Mrinal Sen was the advisor for this movie.

I composed the music for Arohan (film) but under the suggestion of my mother I gave my fathers name for the music for this film. My Mom would do anything for my Dad and she would often guilt me into sacrificing my career for my Dad. By mistake HMV actually gave my Dads name by accident and when I went to correct it, my mom said No leave it.

I was the one who won the top award for music in this film. My Dad and Mom only sang in this film and I had to teach my Dad how to sing in Hindi. All Music was composed, arranged by Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das at the time. Shyam Benegal knew who composed the music and thus I was received the award for top music in India. My name is still in the Arohan movie title as Krishnendu Das...More to come.

Husband and wife were top level #Communist and IPTA workers of #Bengaltoo. 

These top Bengali filmmakers such as #SatyajitRay, #MrinalSen and #RitwikGhatak created and popularized #Festivalfilms #ArtFilms #Creativefilms which are famous today around the world.
They were the pioneers of #Crossoverfilm in #indian film industry, their roles in the Indian Film Industry are Prestigious and made a place in #world just like a blessed for #IndianCinema awesome unforgettable memories. Mrinal Sen and others of this generation brought Indian Cinema to the World through festivals.


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The above photo taken by Mrinal Sen's wife: 1980

I was one the #Pioneer to bring first compact #VideoCamera to Calcutta and was the Indian Videographer for India Television and Calcutta and side by side I did Marriage Videography.

I  had just started videography of almost everything and then ended up as #MarriageVideographer .

In #Calcutta , #ShobhaSen and #MrinalSen asked me to do a  #Video for his #Brother’s Son’s marriage who also my friend.

In this phot I was talking with #MrinalSen and my friend suddenly #Wellknown footballer Shyam Thapa came and #ShobhaSen said, "ready click", the above photo was taken by: Shobha Sen the wife of Mrinal Sen.
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Miaz the lyrics Writer, Music Director Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das.

Babu Kishan's father Purna Das Baul and Shyam Benegal (Director) all trying to teach Purna Das Baul how to sing and pronounce in Hindi for the movie Arohan, in which Mrinal Sen was the advisor, Babu Kishan was also, the film designer.
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    unique, personal stories, past and present of 40 years in Indian Cinema (Bollywood) and a lifetime in Indian Music in India and around the world with all the Greats of Indian Music and Greats outside of India.

    "Spotlight on Babu Kishan" aka Krishnendu Das coming soon to Youtube.

    These are not just fan photo's, these are stories and people who Babu Kishan worked with and had personal relationships with over long periods of time in India and outside of Indian since the 1970's because Babu has been traveling the world from India since the 1971.. Before the internet, before Indian's were even coming to America. Babu Kishan has already been there done that ambassador of Indian Culture.

     It was difficult back then, which today is so easy to do.

    Babu Kishan is one of the very few pioneers of  Indian Music who went outside of India. He is a leader in the recording and producing, of Indian music in India. He had a hand in all the Major Music Companies in Bombay India and was there from the beginning.

    He is the first to create fusion music and World Music in India playing with Bob Dylan 40 concerts around the USA, jamming The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Beach Boys and many more.

     His Bollywood Music Guru was RD Burman whom he was an assistant to for 14 years.
     
    He speaks and has recorded in an unlimited amount of Indian Languages, and is a Sanskritist (oral and classical) at the highest Levels.
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    He is the first to record the Hanuman Chalisa and to help create many of India's top Music Companies in Mumbai. He categorized all of India's Folk music for the Record Companies in Mumbai. He is a Folk Music Expert.

    Today anybody can have a picture with a famous person but to actually have friendships and have worked in Indian Cinema at the beginning of the stories is way different. He was one of the original people who actually created Bollywood & the name Bollywood in Bombay.


    ​Babu Kishan is a behind the scenes of Indian Cinema and Indian a Music Legend.
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    Babu Kishan has been a:  
    Cultural Representative of India for 40 years,
    traveling worldwide as a representative of 'India'. 
    With the

    Sangeet Natak Akademi
    ​"Indian National Academy of Music Dance and Drama"
     
    &
    ICCR "Indian Council of Cultural Relations"
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    New Book on Babu Kishan's life coming soon!

    Master of Indian Music
    Pandit
    Indian Music
    Indian Folk
    Indian Cinema
    Bollywood
    Music Director
    Music Composer
    Music Producer
    ​Fusion


    Multi-Instrumental playing 15 or more instruments.

    Released over 1000 albums

     Produced over 60 albums

    '150 Musical Scores for Indian Cinema'

    Master of 

    Indian Classical,
    Baul, Bhajan, Kirtan, chant Master
    Baul Kirtan
    East West
    ​Fusion 

    An Award winning Music Composer and Film maker.

    As an 11 year old he was awarded, 
    "The youngest  Music and Film Director  in Bengal" in 1978 in the 1980's he was highly awarded as a Music Composer in Bengal. He went on to receive a 2007 award for his contribution to Bollywood, A lifetime Achievement
    Award from Bollywood Buddy.

    ​Babu then known as Krishnendu Das composed all of his famous fathers music and those albums were the most successful of Purna Das Bauls career.

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