New Delhi: Shaunak Sen, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary ‘All That Breathes’, shared an update on his health with fans on Sunday. The filmmaker was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in his kidney which has now been successfully removed and he is now on the road to recovery. He is 37 years old.
He posted about his health condition on Instagram, writing: “Slightly absurd update. At the end of October, while getting checked for an autoimmune thing I got a shocking diagnosis: a routine scan revealed a small malignant tumor in the kidney. Absolutely clear. No kidney-related symptoms, no hereditary No history of drinking/smoking. Immediate surgery was advised on 26th December i.e. a part of my kidney was removed (it was done open). In the middle, there is a dramatic Cronenbergian lesion.) It was successful, the cancer came out of me, catching it very early in the low-grade stage. Was taken, since then I am recovering and gaining strength again (there was no better excuse than this for complaining to all my acquaintances in recent months – my puja, Diwali, Christmas, New Year all hospital rooms Were in. And here are some of those friends. Blurry photos. Combined with excellent surgeons made it tolerable.) (PS – The masked men in picture 1 are the heroes of All That Breathes. ,
Shaunak told that he had undergone surgery in December, which was successful. Filmmaker Mira Nair and actress Tillotama Shome, among others, also visited Shaunak in the hospital.
The 2022 release ‘All That Breathes’ was directed by Shaunak Sen. It is produced by Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer under the banner of Rise Films. The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary Competition.
It also screened in the Special Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Golden Eye. It was later nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.
The film subsequently won a Peabody Award at the 84th ceremony for its ‘beautiful portrait of the empathy and interconnectedness between nature and man’.
We wish him a speedy recovery.
