Family of veteran filmmaker Mrinal Sen on Thursday morning rubbished reports suggesting that the cinephile has passed away.
News(passing away) is false, he is absolutely fine and having tea right now: Legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen's family
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 30, 2016
Since late last night, Twitter was buzzing with the ‘sad’ development and messages of condolence pouring in, praising the Indian cine legend.
Many prominent Twitterati were forced to withdraw their tweets.
Just been told the news about MrinalDa is incorrect. Relieved. Lesson is don't tweet without waiting for the whole world to confirm news.
— SUHEL SETH (@suhelseth) June 29, 2016
Apologoes. Mrinal da is fine. Sorry for jumping to conclusions without checking the facts completely
— joybhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) June 29, 2016
Sen, along with Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, is considered one of the greatest flag bearers of parallel cinema.
Apart from being a multiple award-winning filmmaker, Sen has been in the jury of many internationally renowned film festivals such as Cannes.