Shyam Benegal

Shyam Benegal

b. 1934 — d. 2024 (aged 90) Alwal, Hyderabad, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India)

Director Writer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Shyam Benegal (born 14 December 1934, in Trimulgherry, near Secunderabad is a prolific Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur (1973), Nishant (1975) Manthan (1976) and Bhumika (1977) he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India although he himself has expressed dislike in the term preferring his work to be called New or Alternate cinema. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991. On 8 August 2007, he was awarded the highest award in Indian cinema for lifetime achievement, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2005. He has won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi seven times. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shyam Benegal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Ankur

Manthan

Bhumika

Trikal (Past, Present, Future)

Trikal (Past, Present, Future)

Filmography

Kehta Hai Joker - Centenary Cut

Mujib: The Making of Nation

Mujib: The Making of Nation

The Alphabets of Cinema

Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India

Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India

Women Prayed and Preyed Upon

Cinema Is Everywhere

Cinema Is Everywhere

Well Done Abba!

Well Done Abba!

Welcome to Sajjanpur

Welcome to Sajjanpur

2008 Director Writer

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero

Shabana! Actor, Activist, Woman

Zubeidaa

Hari-Bhari

Kehta Hai Joker

Conflict

Sardari Begum

The Making of the Mahatma

The Making of the Mahatma

1996 Director Writer

Mammo

Amravati Ki Kathayein

The Seventh Horse of the Sun

The Seventh Horse of the Sun

Antarnaad

A Quilt of Many Cultures: South India

Abode of Kings: Rajasthan

Nature Symphony

In Search of Guru Dutt

Bharat Ek Khoj

Susman

Katha Sagar

Trikal (Past, Present, Future)

Trikal (Past, Present, Future)

1985 Director Writer

Festival of India

Nehru

Mandi

1983 Director Writer

Arohan

Tata Steel: Seventy Five Years of the Indian Steel Industry

Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination in Bovines

Satyajit Ray

Bombays neue Sterne - Das indische Hollywood und sein alternatives Kino

Growth for a Golden Future

Jawaharlal Nehru

Kalyug

1981 Director Writer

Hari Hondal Bargadar : Share Cropper

Junoon

1979 Director Writer

Reaching Out to People

Kondura (The Sage from the Sea)

Kondura (The Sage from the Sea)

Anugraham

1978 Director Writer

Bhumika

1977 Director Writer

New Horizons in Steel

Manthan

1976 Director Writer

Tomorrow Begins Today: Industrial Research

Nishant

Charandas Chor

1975 Director Writer

The Quiet Revolution, Part 2

Ankur

1974 Director Writer

The Quiet Revolution

You Can Prevent Burns

Violence: What Price? Who Pays? No. 5

Learning Modules for Rural Children

The Shruti and Graces of Indian Music

Power to the People

Foundations of Progress

The Raag Imam Kalyan

Raga and Melody

Notes on the Green Revolution

The Pulsating Giant

Tala and Rhythm

Steel: A Whole New Way of Life

Quest for a Nation

Horoscope for a Child

Sinhasta, or The Path to Immortality

Indian Youth: An Exploration

1968 Self Director

Close to Nature

A Child of the Streets

After the Eclipse

Gher Betha Ganga

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