Bhuvan Shome (1969): Starring Utpal Dutt and Suhasini Mulay, this small Film Finance Corporation-funded satire was Mrinal Sen's big national-level break. Many also regard it as the film that marked the beginning of the New Indian Cinema movement. The story of an uncompromising civil servant who takes a holiday, encounters village girl Gouri and is deeply transformed by his experience, Bhuvan Shome won three National Awards – Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. In 1970, India sent Tamil film Deiva Magan to the Oscars.