Shyam Benegal
Directing
December 14, 1934
Died December 23, 2024 (90 years old)
Alwal, Hyderabad, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India)
10
Acting Credits
29
Directed
Biography
Shyam Benegal (December 14, 1934–December 23, 2024) was 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 ...
Known For
Filmography
The Master: Shyam Benegal
2022
as Himself
4
The Last Adieu
2014
as Himself
Benegal's New Cinema
2014
Celluloid Man
2012
as Self
7
Light, Shadow, and Me
2012
as Self
Pride of India: Shama Zaidi
2011
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
2002
as Himself
Smita
2001
In Search of Guru Dutt
1989
as Self - Director, Cousin of Guru Dutt
6
Satyajit Ray
1985
as Self
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