Maverick maestro Mrinal Sen may have accidentally forayed into Filmmaking, but he had a clear vision: to create a modern cinematic style fashioned in the language of protest. His films leave a rich legacy as the nation’s conscience keeper. In his career spanning more than six decades, the much feted and controversial Filmmaker had only one commercial hit which paradoxically ushered in the Indian New Wave Cinema. At Home with Mrinal Sen is an up-close and personal account of the rebel, the genius through the eyes of his close friend and confidant. It showcases the auteur’s never-published-before interview in which the pioneer of Indian cinema reflects back on his art; his cinematic, literary and political influences; his first and only ?act of violence?; his inadvertent encounter with law; his first brush with romance; his close friendship with the Paradise Caf? gang comprising Ritwik Ghatak, Salil Choudhury, Kali Banerjee and Tapas Sen; his equation with his contemporaries especially his infamous duel with Satyajit Ray; his identity as the ?outsider?; and last but not the least, his first love  Calcutta.