Shyam Benegal
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 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. Benegal died of kidney disease on 23 December 2024 in Mumbai and is survived by his daughter.
Celluloid Man
as SelfIndian documentary about Indian film history and P. K. Nair, the founder of the National Film...
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In Search of Guru Dutt
as Self - Director, Cousin of Guru DuttThis documentary is a three-part tribute to director Guru Dutt, who died in 1964 at the age of...
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Pride of India: Shama Zaidi
as uncreditedThe film starts with the earliest form of cinema and how Shama Zaidi became an integral part of...
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The Last Adieu
as HimselfHaving the need to resolve the unfinished relationship with her father who had died suddenly...
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Smita
as uncreditedThis biographical film is a tribute to a pioneering actress Smita Patil through her works a...
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