Shyam Benegal (December 14, 1934 – December 23, 2024) was a celebrated Indian film director, screenwriter, and documentary ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian filmmaker known for pioneering a cinema movement that tackled social issues ...

Shabana Azmi saw Shyam Benegal has her friend and as a mentor. In an exclusive conversation with Zoom, the actress credits ...

Ankur remains a searing, pain-lashed comment on social inequality with a career-defining performance by Shabana Azmi. The eyebrows apart. Shyam Benegal’s Ankur started the tsunami in Indian ...

Filmmaker Shyam Benegal died today in Mumbai at the age ... oeuvre—24 films over a period of 50 years, beginning with Ankur (1974)—can be viewed purely as sophisticated, politically and ...

Photograph: Rediff Archives Shyam Benegal, who heralded the Indian parallel cinema movement in the 1970s and 1980s with films like Ankur, Nishant and Manthan, died on Monday, his daughter Pia ...

Dec. 26, 2024 Shyam Benegal, an Indian filmmaker who ... Shah said in a statement after Mr. Benegal’s death. Mr. Benegal’s “Ankur” (1974) was nominated for the Golden Bear, the highest ...

Benegal, who burst on the scene with his first film "Ankur" in 1974, was a chronicler of India's times and politics, that rare artiste who worked both in non-fiction and fiction across varied ...

Shyam Benegal, a pioneering filmmaker in India's parallel cinema movement, passed away days after his 90th birthday. His debut film 'Ankur' marked the beginning of a new wave in Hindi cinema.

Shyam Benegal, known as a pivotal figure in the Indian ... advertising before transitioning to filmmaking. His debut film, Ankur, set him apart with its incisive storytelling that explored the ...