FILM DIRECTOR
Mrinal Sen
1923 - 2018
Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen (14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was a Bengali film director and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Bengali, and a few Hindi and Telugu language films. Regarded as one of the finest Indian filmmakers, along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, and Tapan Sinha, Sen played a major role in the New Wave cinema of India. Sen received various national and international honors including eighteen Indian National Film Awards. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mrinal Sen has received more than 1,013,506 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Mrinal Sen is the 752nd most popular film director (up from 993rd in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Bangladesh (up from 32nd in 2019) and the most popular Bangladeshi Film Director.
Memorability Metrics
1.0M
Page Views (PV)
50.95
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
33
Languages Editions (L)
2.38
Effective Languages (L*)
4.25
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among FILM DIRECTORS
Among film directors, Mrinal Sen ranks 752 out of 2,041. Before him are Jerry Schatzberg, Alexandre Trauner, Rajko Grlić, Allan Dwan, Henry Selick, and Andrew Marton. After him are Ivan Passer, Erik Balling, Paul Scheuring, Stephen Daldry, Terence Fisher, and Ritwik Ghatak.
Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsJerry Schatzberg
1927 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 746
Alexandre Trauner
1906 - 1993
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 747
Rajko Grlić
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 748
Allan Dwan
1885 - 1981
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 749
Henry Selick
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 750
Andrew Marton
1904 - 1992
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 751
Mrinal Sen
1923 - 2018
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 752
Ivan Passer
1933 - 2020
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 753
Erik Balling
1924 - 2005
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 754
Paul Scheuring
1968 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 755
Stephen Daldry
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 756
Terence Fisher
1904 - 1980
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 757
Ritwik Ghatak
1925 - 1976
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 758
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1923, Mrinal Sen ranks 237. Before him are Barney Kessel, Jacob Taubes, Betsy Blair, Alice Coachman, Rafael Addiego Bruno, and Og Mandino. After him are Mikhail Yegorov, Brendan Behan, Karl Vaino, Gordon R. Dickson, François Cavanna, and Netti Witziers-Timmer. Among people deceased in 2018, Mrinal Sen ranks 223. Before him are Arie den Hartog, Luis Posada Carriles, Sergey Litvinov, Juan Bautista Agüero, Stanley Cavell, and Kim Yong-chun. After him are Shehu Shagari, Inge Borkh, Domenico Losurdo, Otis Rush, Phan Văn Khải, and Morris Halle.
Others Born in 1923
Go to all RankingsBarney Kessel
MUSICIAN
1923 - 2004
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 231
Jacob Taubes
PHILOSOPHER
1923 - 1987
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 232
Betsy Blair
ACTOR
1923 - 2009
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 233
Alice Coachman
ATHLETE
1923 - 2014
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 234
Rafael Addiego Bruno
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2014
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 235
Og Mandino
WRITER
1923 - 1996
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 236
Mrinal Sen
FILM DIRECTOR
1923 - 2018
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 237
Mikhail Yegorov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1923 - 1975
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 238
Brendan Behan
WRITER
1923 - 1964
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 239
Karl Vaino
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2022
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 240
Gordon R. Dickson
WRITER
1923 - 2001
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 241
François Cavanna
WRITER
1923 - 2014
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 242
Netti Witziers-Timmer
ATHLETE
1923 - 2005
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 243
Others Deceased in 2018
Go to all RankingsArie den Hartog
CYCLIST
1941 - 2018
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 217
Luis Posada Carriles
EXTREMIST
1928 - 2018
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 218
Sergey Litvinov
ATHLETE
1958 - 2018
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 219
Juan Bautista Agüero
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2018
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 220
Stanley Cavell
PHILOSOPHER
1926 - 2018
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 221
Kim Yong-chun
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2018
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 222
Mrinal Sen
FILM DIRECTOR
1923 - 2018
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 223
Shehu Shagari
POLITICIAN
1925 - 2018
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 224
Inge Borkh
SINGER
1921 - 2018
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 225
Domenico Losurdo
HISTORIAN
1941 - 2018
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 226
Otis Rush
MUSICIAN
1934 - 2018
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 227
Phan Văn Khải
POLITICIAN
1934 - 2018
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 228
Morris Halle
LINGUIST
1923 - 2018
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 229
In Bangladesh
Among people born in Bangladesh, Mrinal Sen ranks 28 out of 74. Before him are Mahasweta Devi (1926), Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930), Radhabinod Pal (1886), S. D. Burman (1906), Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918), and Patrick D'Rozario (1943). After him are A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873), Fakhruddin Ahmed (1940), Ritwik Ghatak (1925), Taslima Nasrin (1962), Kalpana Datta (1913), and Humayun Ahmed (1948).
Others born in Bangladesh
Go to all RankingsMahasweta Devi
WRITER
1926 - 2016
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 22
Shahabuddin Ahmed
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2022
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 23
Radhabinod Pal
LAWYER
1886 - 1967
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 24
S. D. Burman
MUSICIAN
1906 - 1975
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 25
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
POLITICIAN
1918 - 1996
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 26
Patrick D'Rozario
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 27
Mrinal Sen
FILM DIRECTOR
1923 - 2018
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 28
A. K. Fazlul Huq
POLITICIAN
1873 - 1962
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 29
Fakhruddin Ahmed
ECONOMIST
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 30
Ritwik Ghatak
FILM DIRECTOR
1925 - 1976
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 31
Taslima Nasrin
WRITER
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 32
Kalpana Datta
POLITICIAN
1913 - 1995
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 33
Humayun Ahmed
WRITER
1948 - 2012
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 34
Among FILM DIRECTORS In Bangladesh
Among film directors born in Bangladesh, Mrinal Sen ranks 1. After him are Ritwik Ghatak (1925), and Bimal Roy (1909).
Mrinal Sen
1923 - 2018
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 1
Ritwik Ghatak
1925 - 1976
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 2
Bimal Roy
1909 - 1966
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 3