Director
Shyam Benegal
91 years · Alwal, Hyderabad, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India) · 33 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 33
Mujib: The Making of a Nation
2023 · Director
Benegal's New Cinema
2014 · Actor
The Last Adieu
2014 · Himself
Celluloid Man
2012 · Self
Light, Shadow, and Me
2012 · Self
Pride of India: Shama Zaidi
2011 · Actor
Well Done Abba
2010 · Director
On Plex
Welcome To Sajjanpur
2008 · Director
Bose: The Forgotten Hero
2005 · Director
Smita
2001 · Actor
Zubeidaa
2001 · Director
On Brew
Hari-Bhari
2000 · Director
Sardari Begum
1996 · Director
The Making of the Mahatma
1996 · Director
Mammo
1994 · Director
Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda
1992 · Director
Inner voice
1991 · Director
In Search of Guru Dutt
1989 · Self - Director, Cousin of Guru Dutt
Susman
1987 · Producer, Director
Satyajit Ray
1985 · Self, Director
Trikal
1985 · Director, Screenplay
Nehru
1984 · Director, Writer
Mandi
1983 · Director, Writer
On Brew
Arohan
1983 · Director